Speeches by President

Excellency, President Abdulla Shahid, At the outset, it gives us pleasure to extend my congratulations to you and your friendly country, the Republic of Maldive...

On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your outstanding election to the presidency of the General Asse...

Mr President, Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen, Let me start by thanking the UN Secretary-General, for his leadership in these difficult times. I also expres...

Praise be to God and may peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, his family and his companions. Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and...

I take great pleasure in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Sr...

On behalf of the Government and the delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on h...

At the outset, I would like to sincerely congratulate Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at ...

On behalf of the delegation of the Central African Republic, and in the name of our Head of State, President of the Republic François Bozizé, I extend warm a...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of State and Government, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The partic...

Mr. President, Colleagues, Today, humanity has once again come to a historical crossroads. We are facing a changing and turbulent world. Challenges of insecuri...

1. Excellency President Mr. Philemon Yang, thank you for this opportunity to address the 79th session of the General Assembly. 2. Representing Malaysia, I sta...

President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The United Nations General Assembly meets this year in a virtual format, in the shadow of COVID-19. The pandemic ...

It is a pleasure for me to express on behalf of my delegation warm congratulations on the outstanding election, of the President to lead the sixtieth regular se...

- Excellency Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly, - Excellency Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, - Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! This y...

**Colleagues,** It is an honour to stand before you once again and to speak about the state of the world as we see it. I have listened to many speeches, and w...

I add my voice to that of the speakers who have preceded me in congratulating you on your election as President of the 75th regular session of the General Assem...

1. Mr. President, I am glad to have the opportunity today of congratulating you on your election to the office of President of the General Assembly, one which ...

Your Excellency Philémon Yang, President of the General Assembly, I congratulate you on your election as president of the General Assembly at its current sessi...

Mr. President It is an honor to address this Assembly today. We all wish we could be in New York now — and benefit from the unique opportunity that High-Level w...

Just last June we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Charter, which to this day still governs our Organization. On that occ...