Speeches by President

137. May I first extend to you my country's sincere congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. In view o...

Allow me first of all to offer my warmest congratulations to Mr. de Pinies on his accession to the presidency of the fortieth session of the General Assembly o...

Mr. President, in the name of His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Saimawn Al-Khalifa, The Emir of the State of Bahrain, it gives m .pleasure at the outset to congratula...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly and on the very effective manner in which you are presiding over its proceedin...

The delegation of Belize takes immense pride, Sir, in your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. This is the first tim...

Twenty years ago I took the floor for the first time before the General Assembly. A few months before that, on 28 May 1993, Monaco had become the one hundred...

 Please convey, Sir, my warm congratulations to the President on his election to preside over the forty-third session of the General Assembly. I wish him luck ...

Every age has brought about some remarkable change in the fortunes of man — either a spiral advancement in his culture, his arts and his economic progress, or a...

127. On this, the first occasion on which I address the present session of the General Assembly, I should like, Mr. President, to reiterate on behalf of my dele...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We celebrate 75 years since the establishment of the United Na...

Mr. President, the Holy See takes this opportunity to congratulate you on your election and looks forward to working with you. At the same time, it is my plea...

I have the honour, on behalf of my country, the United Arab Emirates, to extend to you, Sir, and to your friendly country, the Czech Republic, our congratulati...

145. On behalf of my Government, may I tender to you, Mr. President, our most heartfelt congratulations upon your election to preside over the deliberations of ...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly today at the beginning of its forty-fourth session. I should like to congratulate Joseph Garba of Nigeria, a dist...

76. I want first to congratulate our President on his election, to wish him success and to express our goodwill and our support. I would want also to express ou...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and also to commend his predecess...

Mr. President, I wish to thank you on behalf of the German Government for your congratulatory words. The establishment of German unity and the agreements conne...

On behalf of the Government and people of Sri Lanka I congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the high office of the presidency of the Gener...

Today, I am honoured as I congratulate you, Madam President, on your election as the first Arab woman to ever preside over this body, hoping that this herald...

On this important occasion, allow me to extend to the President the congratulations of the people and the Government of Zambia upon his well- deserved election ...