Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Swaziland

SWZ
1976
Session 31
Colonel MAPHEVU DLAMINI

Mr. President, I wish to express my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of this historic thirty- first session of the United Natio...

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Mauritius

MUS
1975
Session 30
Sir Seewoosagur RAMGOOLAM

1. Mr. President, may I express to you my sincere congratulations on your unanimous election as President of this session of the General Assembly. Your qualiti...

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Malawi

MWI
2010
Session 65
Bingu Wa Mutharika

I am delighted to address the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly as Chairman of the African Union. I offer my personal congratulations and those o...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
1999
Session 54
Tofik Zulfugarov

Allow me first of all to sincerely congratulate Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth ses...

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Armenia

ARM
2015
Session 70
Mr. Serzh Sargsyan

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. I am confident that, under your ...

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Egypt

EGY
1981
Session 36
Mr. ABDEL MEGUID

Sir, at the outset I should like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that...

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Cameroon

CMR
1978
Session 33
Keutcha

138. Dominated as it is by hegemonistic rivalries, the international situation during the past year has been characterized by mounting tensions, the rousing an...

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Czech Republic

CZE
2012
Session 67
Václav Klaus

I would like to congratulate President Jeremić on his election to serve as the highest representative of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. In...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1992
Session 47
Mr. MORAVCIK

Let me congratulate you. Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forth-seventh session. I wish you much success and promise you full...

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ZAF

ZAF
2016
Session 71

I wish to congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I assure him of South Africa’s continued...

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Portugal

PRT
2008
Session 63
Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva

Mr. President, I wish you all success for your tenure in office. Guaranteeing international peace and security as well as the sustainable development of ou...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2013
Session 68
Alva Romanus Baptiste

I address the General Assembly today with a sense of deep humility — humility in the wake of the great architects of world peace who have stood here before m...

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Micronesia

FSM
2004
Session 59
Mr. Anefal

I am honoured by the opportunity to speak before the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on behalf of the people of my Pacific island nation, the Federa...

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Tonga

TON
2011
Session 66
Lord Tu'ivakano of Nukunuku

Like others who have spoken before me, allow me to add my warm congratulations to Mr. Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly for our ...

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Mali

MLI
1995
Session 50
Mr. Traore

We are meeting on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations in order to assess, as we do each year, the progress made by our Organization, an in...

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Lesotho

LSO
1991
Session 46
Elias Phisoana Rameama

This year the General Assembly holds its forty-sixth session in a world that has undergone a historic transformation. Various events that have occurred since t...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2004
Session 59
Julian Robert HUNTE, OBE

Saint Lucia supported your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, Sir, as it shares the view of Member States that ...

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Lithuania

LTU
1991
Session 46
SIMUTIS

On behalf of the free people and the Government of Lithuania, I extend to Mr. Samii Shihabi sincere congratulations on his election to the office of President ...

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Gambia

GMB
2016
Session 71
Ms. Isatou Njie Saidy

First and foremost, I bring greetings from His Excellency Sheikh Alhaji Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Babili Mansa, President of the Islamic Republic of...

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Cote d'Ivoire

CIV
2002
Session 57
Abou Drahamane Sangaré

I am pleased to convey to Mr. Jan Kavan the warm congratulations of my Government on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Asse...

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