Speeches by President

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I am confident that, with...

114. I should like to congratulate His Excellency, Mr. Fanfani, the distinguished Foreign Minister of Italy, on his election to the Presidency of the twent...

• Excellency, Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly • Excellency, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres • Excellencies, Heads of State and Government •...

At the outset, I wish to express how deeply saddened we are over the crash of the American Airlines aircraft a few hours ago, a few miles away from this Headqu...

It is indeed an honour for me to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the Government and people of Solomon Islands, as President of the General Assembly at ou...

I should like first of all to express my heartiest congratulations to Mr. Julian Hunte on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth...

Mr. President, I have great pleasure on behalf of the State of Bahrain in offering you my sincere congratulations on the occasion of your election as President...

103. Mr. President, in electing you President of this General Assembly our Organization could hardly have made a better choice: you represent an exceptional com...

On behalf of Bolivia, I wish to express a concern that is global: the issue of terrorism. A world that is haunted by terrorism is an insecure world, one whose p...

85. Mr. President, your election to the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly is both a tribute to you personally and a...

We are proud to have our African brother, Sam Kutesa, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uganda — a member country of the African Union — presiding o...

Thirty years ago, my country attained its national sovereignty. Indeed, it was on 17 September 1974 that the young Republic of Guinea-Bissau was admitted to the...

I have the greatest honour to speak on behalf of the people of Tuvalu, who wish me first of all to convey their warmest greetings to this session of the General...

114. Mr. President, in the absence of Miss Brooks, I should like to pay my tribute to her; her election was an inspiring and most auspicious event. Her long, in...

I should like to begin by congratulating Mr. Jean Ping on his election as President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. He may be sure that Aust...

Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to convey to you our cordial congratulations and regards on your election as President of the fifty-fifth session of the ...

1. On behalf of the Ethiopian delegation, I should like to offer congratulations to Mr. Maza, representative of Chile, on his unanimous election as President of...

Today humankind faces enormous shifts unseen in a century and has entered yet another period of geopolitical confrontation. The essence of the threat comes from...

At the outset, it is my pleasure to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third se...

Allow me to express my sincere gratitude for this opportunity to speak from the high rostrum of the United Nations. A few weeks ago, our people widely celebrate...