Speeches by President

On behalf of the Government and people of Thailand, I extend warmest congratulations to Mr. Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of the Gene...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly as the first democratically elected President in the history of my country since its independence...

I should like sincerely to congratulate Mr. Essy on his election as president over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His country and mine maintai...

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, and the Republic of Guyana, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth se...

Mr. President, please permit me to express, on behalf of the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic and on my own behalf, my great pleasure at seeing you electe...

At the time when I have the honor of addressing representatives of the nations of the world meeting together here, I take particular pleasure in conveying to Mr...

At the outset, I would like to express my great and profound satisfaction for the recent release of four hostages kidnapped in Iraq, among them a young woman wh...

At the outset, I wish to congratulate President Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session and express my con...

Allow me, Sir, to convey to you on behalf of the people and Government of Chad, our heartfelt congratulations on your unanimous election to preside over the for...

Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your unanimous election as President of this session of the General Assembly. Your long service at the Uni...

1. Mr. President, my first words are naturally addressed to you, Sir, in extending heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of this thirty...

First of all, I should like to wish you every success, Mr. President, in your responsible office. We are delighted that you, a representative of our Czech neig...

Because Tunisia, together with France, has, as it were, held us over the baptismal font at the United Nations, we rejoice unreservedly at the well-merited succ...

I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Muhammad-Bande on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. I assure him that th...

The Republic of Haiti finds it a source of genuine satisfaction that the fifty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly is being presided over by Mr. Theo...

My President, Mr. Daniel Arap has directed me to convey to you, Mr. President, his best wishes for a successful forty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I...

Mr. President, the forty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly has begun in political and economic circumstances which are particularly alarming...

I am particularly pleased to express my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. Your grea...

17. We were very sorry to learn that Mr. Fanfani, the President of the General Assembly is incapacitated. I would ask you, Mr. Vice-President, to be kind enough...

85. Madam President, on behalf of the delegation of Lebanon and on my own behalf, I should like to offer you our sincere congratulations on your election to the...