Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Kenya

KEN
1974
Session 29
Mr. Maina

Mr. President, allow me first to join the previous speakers in congratulating you on your unanimous election to the high office of President of the General Asse...

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Niger

NER
1978
Session 33
Adamou

268. Mr. President, first of all I should like to offer you my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of our Assembly. Nor can I forget your p...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
2007
Session 62
Ralph E. Gonsalves

It is with a profound sense of anticipation that I welcome Mr. Kerim’s assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. In a...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1996
Session 51
Seyoum Mesfin

First of all, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. I wish to assure you th...

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Iran, Islamic Republic of

IRN
1992
Session 47
Mr. VELAYATI

At the outset, I should like to offer the President my most sincere congratulations on his well-deserved election to preside over the forty-seventh session of...

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Senegal

SEN
1980
Session 35
Niasse

Mr. President, the excellent relations which unite our two countries, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Senegal, are the reason for our pleas...

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Rwanda

RWA
2005
Session 60
Charles Murigande

Allow me to begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, Mr. Jean Ping of Gabon, and all Member States on the succe...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2002
Session 57
Ranil Wickremesinghe

Let me begin by conveying, on behalf of the Sri Lanka delegation, our sincere felicitations to Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of this fifty-seventh...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1994
Session 49
Mr. Morales-Troncoso

On behalf of the Dominican Republic and its Constitutional President, Mr. Joaquin Balaguer, I offer to the President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth ...

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El Salvador

SLV
1994
Session 49
Mr. Armando Calderón Sol

I wish, on behalf of the people and the Government of El Salvador, to express sincerest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the G...

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Cuba

CUB
1966
Session 21
Mr. ROA

92. Exactly eight years ago, Cuba spoke in this hall for the first time since the founding of the United Nations, clearly and decisively as an independent ...

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Mozambique

MOZ
1989
Session 44
MOCUMBI

It is with profound satisfaction that I congratulate the President on his unanimous election to preside over the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly. ...

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Guatemala

GTM
1960
Session 15
Mr. UNDA MURILLO

Mr. President, it is a great honour for me to convey to you the congratulations of my Government on your well deserved election to the presidency of the General...

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Maldives

MDV
2023
Session 78
Ahmed Khaleel

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Dennis Francis on his election to his important high office. It is a testament to one of our key principles — that small isla...

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Rwanda

RWA
2014
Session 69
Paul Kagame

I want to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. We are living through a period of unprecedented progress ...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
2012
Session 67
Winston Dookeran

Her Excellency Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, MP, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on whose behalf I speak, extends her congratulations to ...

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Barbados

BRB
2005
Session 60
Dame Billie Miller

I join with other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly...

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Netherlands

NLD
1958
Session 13
Mr. Luns

33. Mr. President, allow me to preface my observations on the world situation by saying that my delegation rejoices in the circumstance that the generous gestur...

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Lebanon

LBN
2022
Session 77
Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati

I offer my sincere congratulations to the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I also take this opportunity to...

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Swaziland

SWZ
2018
Session 73
King Mswati III

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, where we have come to renew our commitment to creating an enabling env...

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