Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Romania

ROU
1981
Session 36
Mr. ANDREI

Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to convey to you my warm congratulations on your assumption of the important responsibility of presiding over ...

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Ethiopia

ETH
2015
Session 70
Hailemariam Desalegn

I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at this important juncture in the histo...

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Oman

OMN
2004
Session 59
Mr Yousef bin Alawi bin ABDULLAH

On behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of this session. We assure you that w...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
2008
Session 63
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I have the pleasure to express to you, Mr. President, and to your friendly country our sincere congratulations on your...

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Madagascar

MDG
1980
Session 35
Rabetafika

The delegation of Madagascar is happy to join those which have addressed their congratulations and praise to Mr. Rudiger von Wechmar, for we are convinced that...

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Cameroon

CMR
1961
Session 16
Mr. Muna

Since this is the first time that my delegation has spoken, I hope that Mr. Slim will allow me to associate myself, on behalf of my delegation, with the very w...

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FDR

DEU
1983
Session 38
GENSCHER

28. I wish first of all, Sir, to take this opportunity to convey to you the congratulations of the Federal Republic of Germany on your election to the high off...

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New Zealand

NZL
1992
Session 47
Mr. BOLGER

Mr. President, New Zealand congratulates you on your election to lead the Assembly and offers you its support in your task. One year ago I stood on this rost...

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Indonesia

IDN
1977
Session 32
MALIK

51. It gives my delegation great pleasure to salute our present President, Mr. Lazar Mojsov, the representative of Yugoslavia, which is a founding member of th...

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Central African Republic

CAF
1986
Session 41
Mr. PSIMHIS

On behalf of His Excellency President Andre Kolingba, Head of State and Government of the Republic, who wishes us every success in our work, I should like to e...

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Singapore

SGP
2014
Session 69
K. Shanmugam

I wish to convey our congratulations to Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We wish him su...

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Greece

GRC
1974
Session 29
Mr. Mavros

Mr. President, on behalf of the Greek Government, and on my own behalf, I should like to express our deep feelings of satisfaction at your election to the presi...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
2009
Session 64
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, Minister of African Union Affairs of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on his unanimous election ...

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Togo

TGO
1990
Session 45
APODO

 In recent months the world has been stirred by uplifting events that give us grounds for believing that mankind has at last - and once and for all - entered a...

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Solomon Islands

SLB
1993
Session 48
Mr. SAEMALA

Let me extend to you, Sir, the warm greetings of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands. We congratulate you on your election as President of the Gene...

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Tanzania

TZA
1984
Session 39
Mkapa

72. It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to see you, an illustrious son of Africa, occupying the post of President of the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth sess...

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Syria

SYR
2012
Session 67
Walid Al-Moualem

I would like to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić and his friendly country, the Republic of Serbia, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixt...

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Djibouti

DJI
2017
Session 72
Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I would like...

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United Kingdom

GBR
2013
Session 68
Nicholas Clegg

In my lifetime, the world has been sliced up and labelled in many different ways: East and West; communism and capitalism; North and South; Christian and Mus...

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CUB

CUB
1994
Session 49

As we who are gathered here deliver our statements, a small and impoverished Caribbean nation is being subjected to military occupation. The inconceivable deal ...

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