Speeches by President

I would like to start by congratulating Ms. Haya Rashed Al- Khalifa on her election to preside over this session and to wish her success in achieving the obje...

Sixty years ago, Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand told representatives to the San Francisco Conference that its sole aim should be “the setting up of ...

We are once again gathered here in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, where so many debates have been heard on the most pressing questions of sta...

On behalf of the Philippine Government and the Filipino people, I wish to convey our warmest congratulations to Ambassador Peter Thomson on his election as Pres...

Let me join other world leaders in congratulating Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General...

There once was a widow who suffered an injustice. She went to a judge and told him, “Judge, I have suffered an injustice. Give me justice.” The judge did nothin...

It is with great pleasure that I present my compliments to you, Mr. Amara Essy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, and congratulate y...

First of all, let me express to His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral my sincere congratulations on his election to the responsible post of President of th...

Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is a recognition of your extraordinary diplomatic skills, but,...

My delegation would join in the condolences expressed to the Government and the people of Mexico in connection with the tragedy which has just befallen them and...

Allow me, first of all, on behalf of the people of the Comoros, my Government and in my personal capacity, to sincerely congratulate you, Madam President, on...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I am confident that with y...

The forty-sixth session of the General Assembly is taking place in a spirit of true peace, tranquillity and security under the auspices of the international co...

On behalf of the delegation of Uganda, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the deliberations of the fifty- seventh regular session of the...

I am happy, Sir, to express to you the warm congratulations of the Ivory Coast delegation upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its tw...

Like the other Heads of State and Government who preceded me at this rostrum, I, too, would like, on behalf of the delegation of Côte d’Ivoire and on my own ...

In addressing this international gathering, I hove the honour to convey to the Assembly a message of fraternity and best wishes for every success from Major Pi...

ADDRESS BY MR. MANUEL PRADO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU 1. PRESIDENT PRADO (Peru) (translated from Spanish): My visit to the United States in my capacit...

At the outset, I would like to salute Mr. Ali Treki, our President and a distinguished diplomat. I wish him much success in leading the deliberations of this ...

Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the Assembly and assure you of the whole-hearted co-operatio...