Speeches by President

I wish to begin by congratulating Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I am confid...

Twenty-four months ago, and yesterday in the memory of America, the centre of New York City became a battlefield, and a graveyard, and the symbol of an unfinis...

Echoing the sentiments of Pope Francis, who recently visited the United Nations, I wish to renew the congratulations of the Holy See to Mr. Lykketoft on his ele...

I have much pleasure in extending to you, Sir, my warm congratulations and those of the members of the Maldives delegation on your election as President of the...

38. Mr. President, permit me to offer you, on behalf of the delegation of Czechoslovakia, sincere congratulations on your election to an important and respo...

Antigua and Barbuda offers hearty congratulations on the election of the president of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. His efforts towards brin...

Mr. President, at the outset I should like to express our deep thanks to all delegations of Member States for the uananimous decision to confer the presidenc...

I should like first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am all the more pleased to do this because I...

I would like to begin by taking this opportunity to congratulate President Muhammad-Bande on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sev...

1. Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Guyana my delegation congratulates you most warmly on your accession to the Presidency of the Genera...

I wish first to say how deeply moved I am at the thought that our Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, is no more. On behalf of Cambodia and its people, I d...

Our strength is in our unity. That lesson — that together we can achieve much more than we can alone — is a lesson that the world of today is learning in circum...

Mr. President, my first words must be ones of congratulation to you on the assumption of the highest office in the Assembly. Your election represents not only ...

53. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you warmly on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-third regular session of th...

In this changed world that came out of the Second World War — more global and interdependent — Uruguay wishes to reaffirm its confidence in the vital role playe...

I bring everyone warm greetings from the people of Kiribati, on whose behalf I am once again privileged to address this body. In my country we begin all form...

I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of this body. I have no doubt that your diplomatic experience and p...

185. Mr. President, I should like, first of all, to add my congratulations and those of my delegation on your election to the presidency of this Assembly. You m...

First let convey my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election. As we enter the new millennium, the United Nations is crossing a significan...

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Al-Nasser on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- sixth session. I express my gr...