Speeches by President

I wish to extend to you, Sir, my delegation’s warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am con...

At this stage of the general debate, after the full discussion we have had, it is not without some reluctance that I venture to make a few comments on behalf of...

May I, or behalf of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands, congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the forty-fifth session of the Uni...

 The hope placed in the United Nations, which for a time had given way to indifference and mistrust, if not scorn, is being reborn. There is a new course in in...

I bring cordial greetings to the authorities of the United Nations and to all the Heads of State and representatives here with us. This session of the General ...

I wish first of all to join other heads of delegations who have preceded me to this rostrum in conveying to His Excellency Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury congra...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, We have all gathered here, the world leaders, with the responsibility of a better...

I would like to congratulate the President on her election to lead this session of the General Assembly. I am sure that her work will attest to the pertinence o...

I should like to join other representatives in presenting my warm congratulations to Mr. Guido de Marco of Malta on his unanimous election as President of the ...

There is an overwhelming air of expectancy across the world as we gather at this fifty- second session of the General Assembly. It is hoped that the events of ...

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your brilliant election to the presidency of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. That election is a sig...

I congratulate the President on his assumption of the difficult role of guiding the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. This session is being held dur...

I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your unanimous election to preside over the forty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. We...

First of all, Sir, let me congratulate you most warmly on your elevation to the high office of President of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. ...

It gives me pleasure to convey to the President the greetings of His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, Acting Prime Minister and Minister fo...

On behalf of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, I have the very great pleasure and privilege of reading out our national statement in Portuguese to the Gen...

At this time, when the General Assembly is beginning its yearly session, we must recognize, in a spirit of cold reality, that there has been no relaxation of te...

Mr. President, allow me to express to you, on behalf of the delegation of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea, our warm congratulations on your brilli...

I stand before the Assembly for the first time as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and I wish to reaffirm Nigeria's complete dedication and comm...

This is a special moment for Fiji as you, Sir, assume the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session — the first Fijian and the first Pacif...