Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Luxembourg

LUX
1985
Session 40
Mr. Poos

Luxembourg has assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Community during the second half of this year. It is thus on behalf of the Community and it...

Read full speech →

Uganda

UGA
2017
Session 72
Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session and assure him of Uganda’s ...

Read full speech →

Vietnam

VNM
2008
Session 63
Pham Gia Khiem

Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I am confident that you will ably ...

Read full speech →

Australia

AUS
1963
Session 18
Sir Garfield BARWICK

Mr. President, allow me on behalf of the Australian delegation, to congratulate you upon your election as President of this Assembly. This is a most distinguish...

Read full speech →

Comoros

COM
1999
Session 54
Souef Mohamed El-Amine

It is an honour and a pleasure for me to take the floor once again before this Assembly. At the outset I would like to congratulate the President on his brillia...

Read full speech →

Saint Lucia

LCA
2007
Session 62
Stephenson King

The pleasure is mine at this juncture, to join the other Members of the United Nations family in congratulating you, Mr. President on your election as Presid...

Read full speech →

Rwanda

RWA
1994
Session 49
Mr. Pasteur Bizimungu

Like those who have preceded us in addressing the Assembly, we wish first of all to offer you, Mr. President, our warmest congratulations on your election to pr...

Read full speech →

Malawi

MWI
1985
Session 40
Mr. Hara

Sir, on behalf of my President, His Excellency Ngwazi Dr. H. Karauzu Banda, the Government and the people of the Republic of Malawi, and on my own behalf, it is...

Read full speech →

France

FRA
1981
Session 36
Mr. CHEYSSON

My first words are addressed to the delegation of Vanuatu on the occasion of the admission of that country to membership in the Organization. France is tied wit...

Read full speech →

Iraq

IRQ
1989
Session 44
AZIZ

 Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session, and to wish you success in presiding ove...

Read full speech →

Egypt

EGY
2011
Session 66
Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr

I am pleased to congratulate the brotherly State of Qatar and Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser personally on his election as President of the General As...

Read full speech →

Burundi

BDI
1967
Session 22
Mr. NDABANIWE

47. Mr. President, it is a pleasure and an honour for me, as representative of the Republic of Burundi, to convey to you and to the distinguished representative...

Read full speech →

Bulgaria

BGR
1990
Session 45
ZHELYU ZHELEV

Please accept my sincere congratulations, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I wish you success and ex...

Read full speech →

Saudi Arabia

SAU
1964
Session 19
Mr. Sakkaf

191. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you personally, and on behalf of the delegation of Saudi Arabia, our warmest congratulations on the ...

Read full speech →

Argentina

ARG
1963
Session 18
Mr. CORDINI 

Mr. President, I wish, first, to convey to you my warmest congratulations on your election to the high post you occupy. I am convinced that the outstanding qual...

Read full speech →

India

IND
1955
Session 10
Mr. Menon

1. My delegation would like to join with the many that have preceded it in discharging its first and pleasant duty of paying a tribute to Mr. Maza and congratul...

Read full speech →

Egypt

EGY
2016
Session 71
Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi

Allow me at the outset to congratulate President Peter Thomson on having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session and to wish...

Read full speech →

Belarus

BLR
1997
Session 52
Ivan Antonovich

It gives me particular pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, the distinguished representative of Ukraine, on your election to the responsible post of President of...

Read full speech →

Algeria

DZA
2000
Session 55
Abdelaziz Belkhadem

I should like first of all, on my own behalf and that of the Algerian delegation, to convey to Mr. Holkeri heartfelt congratulations on his election to the pres...

Read full speech →

Greece

GRC
1993
Session 48
Mr. PAPACONSTANTINOU

Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend to you the warmest congratulations of the Greek Government on your election to the presidency of the forty-eight...

Read full speech →