Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Paraguay

PRY
2009
Session 64
Fernando Lugo Mendez

I should like at the outset to express my sincerest congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its ...

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Argentina

ARG
1950
Session 5
Mr. REMORINO

The world is witnessing today a conflict of forces more intense than ever before, the pressure of which has provoked and continues to provoke actions and reacti...

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Malaysia

MYS
1973
Session 28
Zakaria

34. Let me begin by offering to Mr. Leopoldo Benites the Malaysian delegation's heartiest congratulations on his unanimous election as President of the twenty-...

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Vietnam

VNM
1990
Session 45
NGYEN CO THACH

 Allow me to congratulate Mr. de Marco on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. I am convinced that by building upon th...

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Slovenia

SVN
1994
Session 49
Mr. Janez Drnovsek

Please allow me to congratulate you, Sir, and Côte d’Ivoire on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Our delibera...

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Micronesia

FSM
2023
Session 78
Wesley W. Simina

I bring warm greetings from the people of the Federated States of Micronesia to the Assembly. At the outset. I congratulate Mr. Dennis Francis on his election a...

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Andorra

AND
1994
Session 49
Mr. Oscar Ribas Reig

Your election, Sir, to the presidency of the forty-ninth session of the Assembly marks an important moment for your country, Côte d’Ivoire, and for the entire A...

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Afghanistan

AFG
1977
Session 32
ABDULLAH

212. On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Afghanistan, I should like to join the representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you, Si...

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Australia

AUS
1979
Session 34
Peacock

It gives me particular pleasure to address the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly, meeting as it is under the presidency of Ambassador Salim. The Au...

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Cambodia

KHM
2019
Session 74
Mr. Prak Sokhonn

Let me start by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth s...

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

KNA
2018
Session 73
Mr. Timothy S. Harris

It is my privilege and honour once again to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. At the outset, allow me to cong...

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Cyprus

CYP
2014
Session 69
Nicos Anastasiades

I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, and I convey my Government’s full support ...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2010
Session 65
Laura Chinchilla Miranda

From this universal podium I convey a warm greeting to the Assembly and the whole of humanity. I especially commend my fellow Costa Rican citizens for their ...

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Malta

MLT
1979
Session 34
Gauci

The lengthy debates we have had at this session and over the past three and a half decades, particularly on the theoretical parameters of important economic an...

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Georgia

GEO
2020
Session 75
Mr. Giorgi Gakharia

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Esteemed Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honor to have this opportunity to address you and share what our ...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2023
Session 78
Ranil Wickremesinghe

I congratulate Mr. Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. I extend my sincere...

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USA

USA
1988
Session 43
RONALD REAGAN

 Half a world away from this place of peace, the firing, the killing, the bloodshed in two merciless conflicts have for the first time in recent memory diminis...

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Cuba

CUB
1987
Session 42
PEOLI

 My delegation expresses its warmest congratulations to you, Sir, a worthy representative of the German Democratic Republic - a bastion of peace and socialism ...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
2013
Session 68
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

We bring to this sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly the fraternal and friendly greetings of the people of Equatorial Guinea. We also bring our ferv...

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Romania

ROU
2003
Session 58
Mircea Geoana

I wish to add Romania's voice to the heartfelt congratulations of others to His Excellency Mr. Julian Robert Hunte on his election to the important position of...

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