Speeches by President

This is the first time that I have spoken since the beginning of the twelfth session. I should therefore like at the outset to extend to Sir Leslie Munro, on be...

135. Mr. President, I have the honour of addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the European Community and its 10 member States. It is with particular pl...

It is my pleasure at the outset to extend to you as President of the Assembly at its forty-ninth session, Sir, and to your fraternal country, Côte d’Ivoire, my ...

45. In celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the United Nations feels obliged to take stock of its eventful years of growth. It would be only natural that ...

May I take this opportunity to join those who have come before me in congratulating His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of our Assem...

I am grateful for the opportunity to address the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on...

I am honored Sir, to extend to you our warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at this significant and historic session. Your...

It takes decades to build peace and trust, but it only takes seconds, one selfish or narrow-minded decision, to break them. We gather here every year to enhance...

 On behalf of the Malawi delegation. I have much pleasure in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to preside over this forty-fifth session of the General ...

121. I should like to begin by congratulating Mr. Hambro, as previous speakers have done, on his election as President of this historic twenty-fifth session of...

92. Mr. President, I should like to begin by offering you the warm congratulations of the Senegalese delegation on your triumphant election as President of the ...

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Ali Treki on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. We are confident that...

Mr. President, may I begin by congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency and assure you of New Zealand's cooperation during your term of office. 1...

At the outset, I would like to express our sympathies to Mexico and its people as they grapple with the effects of the earthquake that has resulted in so many t...

54. Mr. President, let me say first of all that the Romanian delegation is most gratified to see that the high office of President of the General Assembly, of w...

1. The honour has fallen to me of speaking in the general debate in the place of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, who has been obliged by unf...

On behalf of the Government and the people of South Africa, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations to Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his elec...

It gives me great pleasure to express, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, our sincere congratulations to you, Sir, and to your friendly...

I should like to begin by congratulating Mr. Mongi Slim and Tunisia on his election as President of the General Assembly. Mr. Slim has had a distinguished reco...

I should like, first of all, to extend to Ambassador von Wechmar, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and on my own b...