Speeches by President

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. We are confident that his vast exp...

I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and pledge Nepal’s support in...

Mr. President, I have already had an opportunity, a few days ago, to congratulate you on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly. But with your ...

138. Madam President, it is with particular pleasure that I extend to you our warm congratulations and greetings on your election to the high office of the Pres...

212. I wish to convey to the President the congratulations of my delegation on his appointment to this high international office. I am sure that his appointment...

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, whom I am pleased to greet i...

At the outset, I would like to sincerely congratulate His Excellency Mr. Csaba Korosi and the friendly State of Hungary on his election as President of the Gene...

With the admission of sixteen new Members we all feel that we are in the presence of a revolutionary moment in human history. These countries represent millions...

 I extend to Mr. Illueca the felicitations and good wishes of Sri Lanka on his election as President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. It...

I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. May I also pay tribute to your predeces...

It is with great pleasure that I extend to you, Sir, the warmest congratulations of the Hellenic delegation on your unanimous election to the high post of Pres...

From this rostrum at the United Nations. I would like, first, to offer our most heartfelt condolence s to the Governments of the Kingdom of Morocco and Libya, a...

I am very pleased on behalf of the people and the Government of Guinea to convey to Mr. Harri Holkeri of Finland our warmest congratulations on his unanimous el...

1. Mr. President, may I, on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, congratulate you on your unanimous election to the office of President of the th...

Our delegation is very pleased to see Mr. Guido de Marco presiding over the work of this session of the General Assembly, at a time of particular importance fo...

I should like first of all to extend to Ambassador von Wechmar my sincerest congratulations on his election to the high office of President of this important r...

Our President arises in this Assembly as a breath of fresh air and presides as an inspiration to women, particularly in the Middle East, and to human beings ...

I come to the opening of the ninth session of the General Assembly with a deep sense of the significance of this occasion. This annual gathering of the represen...

It gives me particular pleasure on behalf of the President of the Socialist Republic of Romania, to convey to you, Mr. President, as well as to the Secretary-G...

When we met here last year, financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers and American International Group (AIG) were falling like tenpins. For weeks, credi...