Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Sri Lanka

LKA
1990
Session 45
HERAT

 On behalf of President Premadasa and the people of Sri Lanka, I extend to the President and to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session our warmest gre...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
2017
Session 72
Mr. Samura M.W. Kamara

I bring the Assembly fraternal greetings and very best wishes from His Excellency Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. President Ko...

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Mauritius

MUS
2001
Session 56
Anerood Jugnauth

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to address this Assembly under your able and distinguished leadership. May I, on behalf of my delegation, take this o...

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Republic of Burundi

BDI
2020
Session 75
Mr. Evariste Ndayishimiye

Your Excellency Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Governme...

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Ethiopia

ETH
2024
Session 79
Taye Atske-Selassie Made

Mr. President, • As a country that was one of the fifty-one founding members of the United Nations, Ethiopia is a strong proponent of effective multilatera...

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Republic of Tunisia

TUN
2020
Session 75
Mr. Othman Jerandi

Mr. President, I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Mr. Kais Saied, as His Excellency’s contribution t...

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Venezuela

VEN
2023
Session 78
Yvan Gil Pinto

From the homeland of the liberator Simon Bolivar and Commander Hugo Chavez Frias, we convey warm greetings on behalf of the constitutional President of the Boli...

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Seychelles

SYC
2021
Session 76
Wavel Ramkalawan

Mr President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Secretary-General of the United Nations, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies ...

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Oman

OMN
2013
Session 68
Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdullah

It gives me great pleasure, at the outset, to extend my warmest congratulations to the President and his friendly country, Antigua and Barbuda, on his electi...

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Mali

MLI
2012
Session 67
Cheick Modibo Diarra

At the outset, I would like to pay well-deserved tribute to Chris Stevens and his colleagues, who died in Benghazi for the same ideals as those of our common O...

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Haiti

HTI
1972
Session 27
Mr. Raymond

The Republic of Haiti takes particular satisfaction in extending its warm congratulations to Mr. Trepczynski on his election to the presidency of the twenty-sev...

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Barbados

BRB
1993
Session 48
Mr. TAITT

Permit me, Sir, on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, to express our profound appreciation of the high honour which the international community ha...

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Republic of Cuba

CUB
2020
Session 75
Mr. Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez

Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, A global pandemic has changed everyday life drastically. From one day to the next, millions of people get infected and tho...

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Colombia

COL
2023
Session 78
Gustavo Petro Urrego

One week ago. I was in Santiago de Chile for the commemoration of the 50 years that had passed since the homicidal and bloody coup against President Salvador Al...

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Belgium

BEL
1989
Session 44
EYSKENS

First of all, allow me warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I am confident that you will carry out the lofty...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1978
Session 33
Jimenez

 54. Mr. President, permit me first to express to you the congratulations of our delegation since the General Assembly has with discern...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
1994
Session 49
Mr. Ouedraogo

The honor and the duty of presiding over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly have been entrusted to you, Mr. President, and, through you, to your co...

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Nauru

NRU
2013
Session 68
Baron Divavesi Waqa

May I first congratulate Mr. John Ashe on his election to the presidency at the current session. I am sure that his wisdom and experience will guide our deli...

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Guatemala

GTM
2013
Session 68
Otto Fernando Pérez Molina

I would like to begin my remarks by welcoming Mr. John Ashe in his capacity as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We are pleased ...

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Tanzania

TZA
2003
Session 58
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

It gives me great pleasure on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of ...

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