Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Ireland

IRL
1983
Session 38
Barry

48. Mr. President, I wish to join in congratulating you on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. Your wide experience of int...

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Libya

LBY
1968
Session 23
Mr. ORABI

1. Mr. President, it is my pleasure to begin my statement by extending to you, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Libya, and on my own behalf, our si...

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Cyprus

CYP
1992
Session 47
VASSILIOU

The memory of the cold war is fading rapidly in people's minds. Yet, the efforts for adaptation to a world not structured by the East-West divide have not yet...

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Djibouti

DJI
1982
Session 37
FARAH

I take great pleasure in congratulating, on behalf of my delegation, the President on his election to preside over this thirty-seventh session of the General ...

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Cuba

CUB
1980
Session 35
Viera

It had been planned that our Foreign Minister would address the Assembly. However, given the great concern that has been caused by the conflict between Iran an...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2017
Session 72
Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera

Costa Rica congratulates the President on his election and welcomes the priorities that he has established for his tenure. I would like to reiterate my country’...

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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
2019
Session 74
Mr. Keith Rowley

It is indeed a distinct honour to address, for the first time, the General Assembly, which is entrusted with the responsibility of charting the way forward on t...

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Niger

NER
1974
Session 29
Mr. Adamou

I should like first of all, Mr. President, to offer you, on behalf of my delegation, our warmest congratulations on your election to the important post of Presi...

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Vietnam

VNM
1978
Session 33
Nguyen Duy Trinh

59. First of all, I wish to congratulate you warmly, Sir, as a prominent Colombian statesman, on your election to the lofty and important office of President o...

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Sweden

SWE
1967
Session 22
Mr. NILSSON

1. Mr, President, I wish to congratulate you most sincerely on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly at this twenty-second sessi...

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Ecuador

ECU
1964
Session 19
Mr. Escudero

1. Mr. President, I wish to offer you my warmest congratulations on your unanimous and well-deserved election to the office of President of the General Assembly...

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Peru

PER
1975
Session 30
Mr. de la FLOR VALLE

It is an honor for me to speak once again from this rostrum on behalf of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru, as well as in fulfillment of...

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Norway

NOR
1969
Session 24
Mr. HAMBRO

20. Madam President, nothing said from this rostrum can add to your honour and prestige, but my Government wishes to add its voice to the impressive choir of c...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH
2010
Session 65
Haris Silajdzic

It is an honour to address the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. Allow me to express my gratitude to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki for having ably pres...

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St Kitts and Nevis

KNA
1988
Session 43
SIMMONDS

I warmly welcome this opportunity to extend to you. Sir, the congratulations of the delegation of St. Kitts and Nevis on your election to the eminent post of P...

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Colombia

COL
1967
Session 22
Mr. ZEA

48. Mr. President, on behalf of Colombia I should like to join in the well-justified congratulations that have been addressed to you upon your assuming the high...

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Ukraine

UKR
2005
Session 60
Borys Tarasyuk

At the outset I wish to express my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Rest assu...

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Japan

JPN
2001
Session 56
Kiichi Miyazawa

I would like to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, on his assumption of the presidency of the Gen...

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Pakistan

PAK
1961
Session 16
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

81. We associate ourselves with the representatives of the other Member States in sing our deep satisfaction that Mr. Slim was unanimously elected to preside o...

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Mozambique

MOZ
1984
Session 39
CHISSANO

We are extremely pleased, Sir, to see you, an experienced and well-known African diplomat, a representative of a front-line State, presiding over the affairs o...

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