Speeches by President

It is indeed a pleasure to stand before the Assembly and extend to Mr. Choudhury, in the name of Qatar, my most sincere congratulations on his election as Pres...

Mr. SANTA CRUZ began by saying that the greatest concern of the General Assembly was to see whether the United Nations still enjoyed the faith and confidence of...

Mr. President, it is a source of pride and gratification for me to express to you my heart felt congratulations on your election as President of the General Ass...

254. Since my appointment as Foreign Minister of Paraguay this is my first opportunity to address the General Assembly of the United Nations to express the view...

There is a famous etching by Goya called “The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters”. Goya taught us that when reason deserts us, when it literally falls asleep, it...

It gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. John Ashe and his friendly country, Antigua and Barbuda, upon his assumption of the presidency of the General Assemb...

130. It is with great pleasure that I add my voice to the many that have greeted with felicitations the election of His Excellency Mr. Arenales, the Foreign Min...

The tragic earthquake in Haiti, the devastating floods in Pakistan and the financial crisis have reminded us that the global challenges of the twenty-first c...

135. Mr. President, may I first of all extend the warmest congratulations of the delegation of the Republic of Mali on your brilliant election to the presidency...

Allow me to begin by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on becoming President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. I app...

At the outset, I would like to address my warmest congratulations to Mr. Vuk Jeremić on the confidence that the entire United Nations family has invested in hi...

73. Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, to extend to you my heartfelt congratulations on your electio...

On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Benin, allow me to convey to Mr. Jan Kavan our heartfelt congratulations on his well-deserved election to the pr...

I extend my greetings to the President of the General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, whom I wish to recognize as the first Latin American woman t...

I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Community and its member States. Allow me, first of all, Mr. President, to pay a tribute to your predece...

Mr. President, I wish to convey to you the very warm congratulations of the Irish delegation on your election as President of the twenty-seventh session of the ...

Comrade President, in making my first speech from this rostrum, I should like first of all, on behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria and...

Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Excellences, Dear ladies and gentlemen, I want to live in a world that is in Peace. In a world that is not destroying it...

At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. My delegation is confident...

 340. May I first congratulate the President most warmly on his election to preside over the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. His merits, which ...