Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Ghana

GHA
1972
Session 27
Mr. Moore

Mr. President, on behalf of the Ghana delegation and on my own behalf I congratulate you on your election as President of the twenty-seventh session of the Gene...

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China

CHN
1958
Session 13
Mr. Tsiang

118. Mr. President, allow me first of all to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your great personal qualities, as well...

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Kuwait

KWT
1983
Session 38
Sheikh AL-SABAH

164. It is my pleasure at the outset to congratulate the President on his election as President of the thirty- eighth session of the General Assembly. I trust...

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Guatemala

GTM
1995
Session 50
Mr. Maldonado Aguirre

It is a pleasant duty for my delegation to welcome the election of Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral to the presidency of the General Assembly at this especially sole...

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Republic of Ghana

GHA
2019
Session 74
Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Ghana presents its compliments to the President, a worthy representative of our great neighbour the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and congratulates him heartily ...

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Rwanda

RWA
1976
Session 31
Mr. Nsekalije

Mr. President, it is with real pleasure that I add the voice of the Rwandan delegation to the chorus of praise addressed to you since the beginning of the thirt...

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Afghanistan

AFG
2011
Session 66
Zalmai Rassoul

I am honoured to be here to read the statement of my President, His Excellency Hâmid Karzai, who had to return from New York to Kabul on an urgent basis, fol...

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Marshall Islands

MHL
1995
Session 50
Mr. Muller

Please permit me to offer you, Mr. President, our congratulations on your election to your high office and to assure you of our support and cooperation. To the ...

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Tunisia

TUN
2006
Session 61
Mr. Abdelwaheb ABDALLAH

Madam President, on the occasion of your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- first session, I am pleased to convey to you and to o...

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Republic of Armenia

ARM
2019
Session 74
Mr. Nikol Pashinyan

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

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Israel

ISR
2012
Session 67
Benjamin Netanyahu

It is a pleasure to see the General Assembly presided over by the Ambassador from Israel, and it is good to see all of the representatives here. Three thousand...

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Liberia

LBR
2017
Session 72
Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

The seventy-second regular session of the General Assembly is being convened at a time of historic transition in Liberia and during a period of acute challenges...

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Belgium

BEL
1999
Session 54
Louis Michel

I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly and to thank you for having accepted the weighty task...

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Grenada

GRD
2017
Session 72
Mr. Elvin Nimrod

I bring warmest greetings from Grenada’s Prime Minister, the Honourable Keith Mitchell. Prime Minister Mitchell sincerely believes in the work of the General As...

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Romania

ROU
1985
Session 40
Mr. Andrei

It is a particular pleasure for me. Sir, to convey to you our warm congratulations and our best wishes for success on the occasion of your election to the presi...

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Nepal

NPL
1960
Session 15
Mr. KOIRALA

It is my honour and privilege, first of all, to convey the greetings and salutations of the people and Government of Nepal and the best wishes of our Sovereign,...

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Grenada

GRD
2015
Session 70
Ms. Clarice Modeste-Curwen

I am pleased to bring our usual warm greetings from the Government and the people of Grenada, on whose behalf I am privileged to address this renowned instituti...

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Angola

AGO
1996
Session 51
Venancio de Moura

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Ismail Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session, which is being held a...

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Togo

TGO
1976
Session 31
Mr. Kodjo

As William Shakespeare said in Act I, scene 2, of Julius Caesar: "Men at some time are masters of their fate: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But i...

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Macedonia

MKD
2005
Session 60
Ilinka Mitreva

It gives me great pleasure to address this forum and to share with the General Assembly my Government’s views on issues of the highest relevance to our Organiza...

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