Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Solomon Islands

SLB
2007
Session 62
Patteson Oti

Mr. President, I am privileged to stand before you today in the place of my Prime Minister, Mr. Manasseh Sogavare, to renew the firm commitment of the Govern...

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Hungary

HUN
1991
Session 46
J0ZSEF ANTALL

May I, first of all, express my sincere congratulations to you on your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly during its forty-sixth sess...

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Cuba

CUB
1985
Session 40
Mr. Malmierca Peoli

Forty years ago, on the ruins of Nazi fascism and of the infamous and ignominious "New Order" that Hitler's hordes tried to impose on mankind, the peoples of th...

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Israel

ISR
1962
Session 17
Mrs. Meir

160. Mr. President, like those who have preceded me on this rostrum, may I congratulate you on your election to this high office. 161. I think those of us who h...

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Austria

AUT
1969
Session 24
Mr. WALDHEIM

150. Madam President, it is a privilege to convey to you our sincere congratulations upon your election to the highest office of this Assembly. In our forthco...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1993
Session 48
Mr. HURST

In 1965 three of the Caribbean’s most outstanding statesmen created an institution to foster cooperation and to quicken the pace of their countries’ developmen...

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Luxembourg

LUX
1993
Session 48
Mr. POOS

First of all, I should like to extend to the President of the General Assembly at this forty-eighth session my sincere congratulations on his election. He was u...

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Benin

BEN
1990
Session 45
NATA

Sir, allow me, first of all, to follow the example of the eminent speakers preceding me in addressing this Assembly and convey to you the warm congratulations ...

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Zaire

COD
1979
Session 34
Karl-i-Bond

The delegation of the Republic of Zaire is happy at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the work of the thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembl...

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Mozambique

MOZ
2021
Session 76
Verónica Macamo

It is with great pleasure and honour that I take part in the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi,...

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Kuwait

KWT
1970
Session 25
Mr. ALJABER

1. Mr. President, your election to the august position of President of the General Assembly during the present session is tantamount to consecrating the prin...

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USA

USA
2012
Session 67
Barack Obama

I would like to begin today by telling the Assembly about an American named Chris Stevens. Chris was born in a town called Grass Valley, California, the son of...

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Lao People's Democratic Republic

LAO
2014
Session 69
Thongloun Sisoulith

On behalf of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as Presi...

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Oman

OMN
1988
Session 43
Mr. ABDULLAH

 It is a pleasure for me, at the beginning of my statement, to congratulate Mr. Dante Caputo on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-...

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Vatican

VAT
2012
Session 67
Dominique Mamberti

As I congratulate the President on behalf of the Holy See on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, I have the ho...

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Romania

ROU
2006
Session 61
Mr. Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly. The Romanian delegation looks forward to a pres...

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Congo

COG
2021
Session 76
Jean Claude Gakosso

The United Nations, I need hardly recall, has a vocation to lead the peoples of the world towards collective wellbeing and prosperity, towards justice, peace, s...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
1972
Session 27
Mr. Pratt

Mr. President, permit me to congratulate you on your assumption of the high office of President of the twenty-seventh session. I wish you every success in steer...

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Lebanon

LBN
1990
Session 45
SELIM EL-HOSS

At the outset it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I am ...

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Macedonia

MKD
2013
Session 68
Nikola Gruevski

Allow me to begin by congratulating President Ashe on his election and wishing him great success in presiding over the General Assembly. I would also like to...

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