Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Qatar

QAT
1981
Session 36
Mr ALTHANI

Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to extend my warm congratulations to you on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembl...

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Guinea-Bissau

GNB
2021
Session 76
Umaro Sissoco Embaló

I warmly congratulate the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly, and wish him every success. As we...

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Lesotho

LSO
2016
Session 71
Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili

May I take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. ...

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Turkey

TUR
1969
Session 24
Mr. CAGLAYANGIL

168. Madam President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you my hearty congratulations upon your election as President of the General Assembly. We have a v...

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Guinea

GIN
1974
Session 29
Mr. Cissoko

Recent developments in the international situation have aroused hopes. The agreements concerning peace and co-operation reached in areas of tension in the world...

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Liberia

LBR
1973
Session 28
Dennis

85. Having already had the privilege of expressing to you, Sir, the profound congratulations of the Government of Liberia on your election to the presidency o...

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Federal Republic of Germany

DEU
1985
Session 40
Mr. Genscher

Let me offer you my congratulations. Sir, on your election to the high office of President of the fortieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in th...

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Federative Republic of Brazil

BRA
2019
Session 74
Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro

First of all, I thank God for my life, for the mission of presiding over Brazil and for the opportunity to re-establish truth, which is a good thing for all of ...

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French Republic

FRA
2019
Session 74
Mr. Emmanuel Macron

We are gathered here at the General Assembly at a time when the Secretary-General has chosen the very important theme of climate — we met on the subject yesterd...

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Pakistan

PAK
2016
Session 71
Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

We congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. We agree that the implementation of the 203...

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El Salvador

SLV
1995
Session 50
Mr. Armando Calderón Sol

At the outset, in addressing this distinguished Assembly, I should like to express to you, Mr. President, our sincere congratulations on your election to conduc...

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Romania

ROU
1974
Session 29
Mr. Macovescu

The unanimous election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly of Mr. Bouteflika, the distinguished representative of Algeria, a country with ...

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Japan

JPN
1977
Session 32
HATOYAMA

50. Mr. President, on behalf of the Government of Japan I wish to congratulate you, Mr. Mojsov, on your election as President of the thirty- second session of...

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Iraq

IRQ
1974
Session 29
Mr. Taqa

Mr. President, it is indeed a source of gratification to see the international community expressing its confidence in you by electing you to the Presidency of t...

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Belarus

BLR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Martynov

For decades now we have been hearing very disturbing questions from this rostrum: Where is our world heading?, Where is the United Nations going? At the dawn of...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
2016
Session 71
Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma

I congratulate the President on his election, and I commend his predecessor for his effective leadership at the previous session. Let me also, on behalf of the ...

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Dahomey

BEN
1971
Session 26
Mr. AHOUANMENOU

204. May I be allowed, on behalf of my delegation at this twenty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, to extend to the President my warmest co...

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Niger

NER
1975
Session 30
Mr. DJERMAKOYE ADAMOU

91. The thirtieth session of the General Assembly is taking place when the curtain has just come down on important events which make our era stand out, and whic...

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France

FRA
1971
Session 26
Mr. SCHUMANN

34. It is toward Asia where all the problems of the world are in ferment, but whose ancient wisdom never shuts out the possibility of dialog, that our thoughts ...

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Austria

AUT
1993
Session 48
Mr. MOCK

I should like to begin my statement by expressing my most sincere condolences to the victims of the terrible disaster which has taken place in India and to the ...

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