Speeches by President

37. I offer you, Madam President, the profound and sincere felicitations of the Liberian delegation and myself on your election to the eminent position of Presi...

1. I am happy to express to you, Sir, the satisfaction of the Government of Ecuador upon your well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at i...

I would like to begin this statement by congratulating the Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Dennis Francis, on his election as President of the General As...

Mr. President, in choosing you to preside over the forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, this Organization took a very wise decision, on w...

Every year since San Francisco, 35 years ago, the General Assembly, inspired by its determination to achieve peace, discusses the future of the human race in a...

38. Permit me, Sir, to congratulate you warmly upon your election to the important post of President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly of t...

It is a great pleasure and a distinguished honour, on behalf of the delegation of Liberia and myself, to extend sincere congratulations to the President, Mr. Mu...

Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- second session. I also ...

85. Mr. President, it is a privilege to join the distinguished speakers who have preceded me on this rostrum in congratulating you on your unanimous election t...

It is a privilege to address the General Assembly this year as the United Nations celebrates its seventieth birthday. My first remarks are to congratulate you, ...

The President has been elected to chair at what is undoubtedly one of the most challenging sessions of the General Assembly in recent times. My delegation cong...

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful, Your Majesties and Excellencies, Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General of the U...

Allow me to read the statement that was to be delivered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mr. Ahmed Maher El Sayed, who, unf...

Last year, from this same rostrum, at the seventieth anniversary session of the General Assembly, much was said concerning the critical turning point in world d...

I am deeply honoured to address this supremely important Assembly on behalf of the President of the Republic of Botswana, Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, ...

Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I ...

84. The Greek delegation wishes to associate itself with the well-deserved praises and congratulations addressed to Mr. Fanfani on his election to the Presi...

Although we have been given the reputation of speaking at great length, the Assembly need not worry. We shall do our best to be brief, saying only what we regar...

Sir, at the outset I wish to extend to you my sincere felicitations on your unanimous ejection as President of the General Assembly. Your ejection bears test...

Mr. President, I am very pleased to be able now to pay tribute to the great statesman and man of law, Edvard Hambro, who so successfully and brilliantly preside...