Speeches by President

It is my distinct honour to address the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session today on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of ...

I am pleased to welcome the Government of South Sudan as a State Member of the United Nations. I also join the appeal by all African leaders for an urgent, e...

Once again, we have convened at this seat of the Organization of the peoples of the world, representing the whole of humanity and coming from all corners of ...

Mr. President, the honor conferred on Ecuador when I was elected President of the twenty-eighth session of this Assembly had the disadvantage of preventing me, ...

154. Perhaps more than in the past, for the young Republic of Chad the problem of peace is closely linked to the problems of decolonization and the rehabilitati...

In view of time constraints, I shall share an abbreviated version of my speech. The full text is being distributed in the Hall. Please forgive me for skipping t...

In this last quarter of the twentieth century, the world is beset by upheavals which bode no good. We are seeing a major deployment of arms, to such an exten...

I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I am convinced that your talent will enable us t...

Exactly 500 years ago, in 1492, two worlds collided. That collision completely altered the fate of human civilization and the destinies of the two peoples inv...

I join those who have spoken before me in congratulating Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-nin...

I would like to add Romania’s voice to those who have warmly congratulated His Excellency Mr. Jan Eliasson on his election to the important position of Presiden...

As Africa’s candidate for the position of President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was elected on 4 June (see...

Like the Heads of State and Government who have spoken before me, I would like, on behalf of the delegation of Côte D’Ivoire and on my own behalf, to address...

113. Any comprehensive evaluation of the general debate in our General Assembly so far, and particularly the statements on the international, situation made in ...

I stand before the Assembly as the representative of a free and independent country, the Republic of Serbia, which is on its European Union (EU) accession path,...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Kerim on his election to preside over this Assembly. We are confident that through his stewardship, issues on the agenda of the ...

Three days after the entry into force of the new treaties on the Panama Canal , a milestone in the history of Latin America, the President of Panama, Mr. Arist...

1. One source of satisfaction afforded me by this session of the General Assembly, Madam President, is the significant fact of your election to preside over it....

From this rostrum the most authoritative voices in world politics have taken up, with a greater or lesser degree of passion, the question of the emancipation of...

My delegation welcomes your inspired election, Sir, to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session, which is being held at a particularly importan...