Speeches by President

30. Mr. President, I begin by offering you my congratulations and good wishes as you commence the task of steering the General Assembly through its thirty-sec...

Mr. President, allow me first of all to congratulate you sincerely on your election to the presidency of the 4 fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly and ...

154. : It is not only in order to keep up a tradition that I shall start my statement by presenting to you, Mr. President, the congratulations of my delegatio...

It is fitting first of all to note that the current session of the General Assembly re-presents a turning-point in the history of the Organization. The events w...

It is a great honour to address the General Assembly for the first time in my capacity as President of the Republic of Cyprus. While it is realistic and prag...

20. Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, it is my great pleasure to express to you our warmest congratulations on your elect...

This meeting is being held at a most difficult hour. The terrorist attacks carried out in New York and Washington, D.C., cast a long shadow over this session o...

Mr. al-Jamali observed that in one generation the world had suffered the painful consequences of two world wars. The state of mind of the majority of mankind wa...

1. My first duty is a very pleasant one. It is to join many speakers in extending my congratulations to our new President, Mr. Maza. The United Kingdom delegati...

I am honoured to join those who have spoken before me in congratulating the President on his election to guide the work of the sixty- third session of the Gen...

Mr. DE FREITAS VALLE stated that his country’s participation in the San Francisco Conference had been marked by a spirit of confident hope, so much so that, des...

I offer my warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am confident that under your pr...

44. During last year's general debate in this Assembly, a vast majority of Member States, including the Polish People's Republic, expressed their satisfaction ...

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to convey to you our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I a...

Samoa would like to congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly. We fully support the agenda that will guide our work dur...

Mr. President, I should like, first, of all, to congratulate you on behalf of the Yugoslav delegation on your election to the high and responsible post of Presi...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am fully confide...

It is with special pleasure that the Government and the people of the Philippines extend to you, Sir, their warm felicitations on your assumption of the presi...

Let me express our deep sadness at the human loss resulting from the crash this morning of an American aircraft in a Queens neighbourhood and our condolences t...

Mr. President, may I add my most sincere congratulations to those of the many eminent persons who have spoken before me on your well-deserved election to the hi...