Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Guatemala

GTM
2000
Session 55
Juan Francisco Reyes López

Less than a week ago, in this same Hall, the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, addressed the Millennium Summit. On that occasion...

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Libya

LBY
2009
Session 64
Colonel Maummar Al-Qadhafi

In the name of the African Union, I would like to greet the members of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and I hope that this meeting will be among...

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Bolivia, Plurinational State of

BOL
1991
Session 46
ITURRALDE BALLIVIAN

The events that have just occurred in the sister republic of Haiti fill us with a sense of anguish. Democracy in that noble country - a cradle of the ideals of...

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Gabon

GAB
1978
Session 33
Bongo

104. On behalf of the President of the Republic of Gabon, may I join previous speakers in warmly congratulating the President on having been unanimously chosen...

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Burundi

BDI
1992
Session 47
Mr. SIBOMANA

For me it is a great pleasure and an agreeable duty to participate in the work of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. For almost half a century...

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South Sudan

SSD
2012
Session 67
Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon

Allow me, at the outset, to join fellow Member States in congratulating the President of the General Assembly on his election to preside over the Assembly at i...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
2007
Session 62
Joe Robert Pemagbi

The Sierra Leone delegation would like to join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the work of the General Assembly...

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Uganda

UGA
1971
Session 26
Mr. WANUMEKIBEDI

1. Mr. President, I wish, on behalf of the Uganda delegation, to add my voice to those who have congratulated you on your having been elect' ; to the high offi...

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Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

VEN
2014
Session 69
Nicolás Maduro Moros

At the outset, as this is the first time that I am attending in my capacity as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I wish to thank the Gen...

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Australia

AUS
1999
Session 54
Alexander Downer

May I begin by adding my congratulations to those of my colleagues on your election, Sir, as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. You ...

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Republic of Cameroon

CMR
2019
Session 74
Mr. Lejeune Mbella Mbella

At the outset, allow me to convey to the Members of the General Assembly the warm greetings of His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Camero...

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Japan

JPN
2020
Session 75
Mr. Suga Yoshihide

Mr. President, Excellencies, It is an honor for me to deliver my first statement after assuming office on 16 September as Prime Minister of Japan, at the United...

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Senegal

SEN
1971
Session 26
Mr. GAYE

127. I am happy, Mr. President, to address to you the congratulations of the delegation of Senegal on the occasion of your election as President of the twenty-...

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Gabonese Republic

GAB
2019
Session 74
Mr. Alain Claude Bilie By Nze

It is a special pleasure for me to offer, on behalf of the President of the Gabonese Republic, His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, my congratulations to Presi...

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Congo

COG
2007
Session 62
Basile Ikouebe

As he had to leave New York earlier than scheduled owing to pressing engagements, President Denis Sassou Nguesso has asked me to address the Assembly on his ...

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Colombia

COL
1978
Session 33
Uribe-Vargas

145. Mr. President, it is especially gratifying to my country to greet and to congratulate you upon your election as President of the General Assembly of the U...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
1982
Session 37
SERICHE BIOKO

It is a great honour for me to avail myself of this opportunity to address the Assembly in the name of the people of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the...

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United States of America

USA
1958
Session 13
Mr. Dulles

16. Mr. President, I wish first of all to congratulate this Assembly that it meets under your presidency. You helped to create this Organization and you have wo...

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Vietnam

VNM
2010
Session 65
Nguyen Minh Triet

Mr. President, On behalf of the Vietnamese Delegation, I wish to congratulate you on your election as the President of this sixty-fifth session of the Genera...

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Portugal

PRT
2023
Session 78
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

I would like to begin by saying that Portugal fully supports the priorities outlined by President Dennis Francis for his term. Allow me also to say a word of gr...

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