Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Lebanon

LBN
2003
Session 58
Jean Obeid

This great number of heads of State and Government have assembled at the current session neither to perform ceremonial rituals nor to conduct the periodic cons...

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Ethiopia

ETH
2006
Session 61
Negash Kebret BOTORA

Allow me to extend to you, Madam President, our sincere congratulations on your assumption of the Presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first sessi...

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Maldives

MDV
1995
Session 50
Mr. Jameel

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly on this...

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Netherlands

NLD
1961
Session 16
Mr. Luns

 Never during the many-years that I have been attending sessions of the General Assembly have I done so with such a heavy heart. Not only are the threats to pe...

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Malta

MLT
1986
Session 41
Mr. SCBBERRAS TRIGONA

On behalf of the delegation of Malta, and on my own behalf, I congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at i...

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Morocco

MAR
2006
Session 61
Mr. Mohammed BENAISSA

Madam President, I would like at the outset to extend my sincere congratulations to you and the brother country of the Kingdom of Bahrain on your election as ...

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Montenegro

MNE
2019
Session 74
Mr. Milo Đukanović

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of Montenegro and to reaffirm our strong commitment to the goals, the fundamental tenets a...

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Morocco

MAR
2007
Session 62
Mohamed Benaissa

I should like at the outset to express heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its present session, ...

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Comoros

COM
2022
Session 77
Azali Assoumani

At the outset, I would like to warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his effective leadership of the work of the seventy-sixth session of our...

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UAE

ARE
1998
Session 53
Abdullah Al-Noaimi

I have the honour to extend to the President the congratulations of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates on his election to the presidency of the General ...

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Fiji

FJI
1984
Session 39
Radrodro

Today, Sir, my country celebrates the fourteenth anniversary of its independence and it is a singular pleasure for me to extend to you my delegation's congratu...

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New Zealand

NZL
2012
Session 67
Murray McCully

I bring greetings from the South Pacific. For the past year, New Zealand has had the privilege of chairing the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional body that repr...

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Syria

SYR
2001
Session 56
Farouk Al-Shara

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session. We are confident that the posts you held in your count...

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Libya

LBY
1984
Session 39
TREIKI

At the outset allow me to convey to you, Sir, congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. It gives ...

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Dominica

DMA
2002
Session 57
Osborne Riviere

The Commonwealth of Dominica joins other delegations in congratulating you on your election to chair the proceedings of the fifty- seventh session of the Unite...

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Solomon islands

SLB
2002
Session 57
Allan Kemakeza

On behalf of the Government and people of Solomon Islands, I wish to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the fifty-seventh session ...

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Afghanistan

AFG
1999
Session 54
Abdullah Abdullah

Allow me to join the speakers preceding me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as the President of the General Assembly at this session, the last of the ...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1991
Session 46
LONCAS

I should like first to extend my sincere congratulations to Ambassador Shihabi, a good friend of mine and a prominent diplomat, on his election as President of...

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Qatar

QAT
2014
Session 69
Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We...

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Cuba

CUB
2014
Session 69
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla

We live in a globalized world that is moving towards multipolarity in an age characterized by the threat to the survival of the human species. The United Stat...

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