Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Guyana

GUY
1978
Session 33
Jackson

165. The history of the United Nations is a mixture of success and disappointment. The arrangements now necessary for accommodating representatives of States i...

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France

FRA
1948
Session 3
Mr. SCHUMAN

Mr. SCHUMAN, after referring to the speech of welcome by the President of the French Republic (136th meeting) said that his country was glad that all the Govern...

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Guinea

GIN
1990
Session 45
TRAORE

 Once again, I have the pleasure of addressing this distinguished Assembly to transmit to it the heartfelt and warm greetings of the people and the Government ...

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Pakistan

PAK
1987
Session 42
MOHAMMAD KHAN JUNEJO

I am deeply conscious of the privilege I have today of addressing the forty-second session of the General Assembly and welcome this opportunity to bring to the...

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Chile

CHL
1979
Session 34
Cubillos

May I congratulate you, Sir, on the happy circumstance you have just referred to of your presiding over the meeting this afternoon. My country joins in congrat...

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Sweden

SWE
1972
Session 27
Mr. Wickman

Mr. President, geographically and historically, the relations between Poland and Sweden have been close throughout the centuries. I therefore take particular pl...

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DDR

DDR
1978
Session 33
Fischer

 1. It is with dismay that the delegation of the German Democratic Republic to the United Nations has received word of the demise of His Holiness Pope John ...

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United States

USA
1992
Session 47
Mr. George BUSH

Forty-seven years ago I was a young man of 21, and, like thousands of others of my generation, I had gone off to war to help keep freedom alive. Forty-seven y...

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Georgia

GEO
2008
Session 63
Mikheil Saakashvili

I welcome the opportunity today to address this sixty-third annual gathering of the Assembly at such a critical moment in the history of my own country and o...

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Morocco

MAR
1996
Session 51
Abdellatif Filali

At the outset I would like, on behalf of my country, to congratulate the President sincerely, and the friendly country of Malaysia, on his election to preside ...

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Paraguay

PRY
1972
Session 27
Mr. Solano Lopez

Mr. President, may I convey to' you my sincerest congratulations on your election to preside over the deliberations of the "current session of the General Assem...

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Bahrain

BHR
1986
Session 41
Mr. AL-KHALI FA

Allow me at the outset. Sir, to offer you my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the forty-first session of the General AssAwhiv and to wis...

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Mauritania

MRT
1992
Session 47
Mr. OULD MOINE

It gives me pleasure, at the outset of my statement, to congratulate you warmly on behalf of the Mauritanian delegation on your unanimous election to the pre...

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Barbados

BRB
2019
Session 74
Ms. Mia Amor Mottley

At the outset I would like to congratulate Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, and to...

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Syria

SYR
1987
Session 42
AL-SHARA

 Your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is indeed gratifying, Sir, especially since you represent a country linked to Syria by...

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Kuwait

KWT
1987
Session 42
AL-SABAH

 I have pleasure in extending to Mr, Peter Florin my sincerest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty-second session of the United Nati...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1949
Session 4
Mr. VYSHINSKY

Mr. VYSHINSKY said that the general debate with which the General Assembly had begun its work, in accordance with its tradition, should enable it to evaluate wh...

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Argentina

ARG
2007
Session 62
Néstor Carlos Kirchner,

Allow me at the outset to express my sincerest congratulations to Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- ...

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Ghana

GHA
1990
Session 45
ASAMOAH

 The close and cordial relations between Malta and my country give me added pleasure in conveying to the President of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth s...

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Australia

AUS
1998
Session 53
Penelope Anne Wensley

On behalf of the Foreign Minister of Australia, Mr. Alexander Downer, who is unable to be here because of our national election next 23 week, I would like to ...

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