Speeches by President

Allow me, at the outset, to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembl...

Let me congratulate the President of the current session and former President Jean Ping for the success of the historic sixtieth anniversary summit. We admire t...

Allow me to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. My delegation and ...

Among the events which have shaken the world and especially the African continent in recent days, there is one of which we would like to make special mention: ...

I wish at the outset to express my sincere gratitude for being given the honour of speaking from this lofty rostrum. Allow me first of all to convey to the mem...

The world today is overcome with the overlapping challenges of war. global economic uncertainty, climate change and food insecurity. The cost of war. be it in t...

Mr. President, permit me to extend my delegation’s congratulations to you and your country, Côte d’Ivoire, on the occasion of your election to the high office o...

It is a pleasure and an honour to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. You and your country, Saud...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. We trust that his...

179. Madam President, the unanimity surrounding your choice as President and the moving tributes paid to you on your august election point to the respect and c...

Mr President, Excellencies All protocol observed, The year 2020 will go in history as the year of crises and the year of anniversaries. Crises were many, starti...

At the outset, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth session on his election and my wishe...

Mr. President, Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ladies and Gentlemen Delegates, It is a...

I welcome this opportunity to address the General Assembly for the first time since my election as President of the Union of the Comoros. I am very grateful to ...

My first words are to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Aware of h...

Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad- Bande for his distinguished leadership of the previous session, and we ...

230. May I extend to the President, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of the Niger, my sincere and heartfelt congratulations upon his brilliant elect...

I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Kavan on his election to the presidency. On 21 March at Monterrey, Mexico, the President of Nicaragua, Enrique B...

First of all, I would like to say a few words to Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and congratulate her on her election as the President of the ...

On the occasion of the fifty- fourth session of the General Assembly, marking our last meeting in this century, I am humbled to address this body on behalf of P...