Speeches by President

I bring with me warmest greetings from the people of Nepal and their best wishes for the success of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I congra...

212. The opportunity we have at this time to address this illustrious Assembly of the United Nations—the symbol for all the peoples represented here of hope fo...

Costa Rica congratulates the President of the General Assembly on his election and reiterates its commitment to work to achieve the goals we have set for this s...

The profound and dizzying change that took place in the world during the last decade, with the end of the cold war and the acceleration of the process of globa...

On Sunday, 19 September, at 3:12 p.m., a volcano erupted on the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. Since then, Spain has been following the devel...

1. Mr. President, I should like, first of all, to congratulate you on your unanimous election as President.of the twenty-fifth regular session of the General As...

On behalf of the people and Government of Papua New Guinea, I should like to congratulate Ambassador Insanally of Guyana on his election to preside over the Gen...

First of all. I wish to congratulate Ambassador Dennis Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session and to extend ...

It is my pleasant duty to offer to Prince Wan Waithayakon my heartiest congratulations on his election to the office of President of this Assembly. The Italian ...

I should like first of all to express the heartfelt congratulations of the Senegalese delegation to you, Sir, on your brilliant election to the presidency of...

I wish first of all to congratulate Mr. Jan Eliasson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We are convinced that, given ...

The man of goodwill who tries with an honest mind and a simple heart to follow the work of this distinguished Assembly must at times feel sorely perplexed. We o...

I congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, and I hope that the decisions and initiative...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his deserved election as President of the General Assembly at this session. We wish him every success. I would al...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished delegates, It is my privilege and honour to address the United Nations General Assembly today. On behalf of ...

Sixty-three years after its formation, the United Nations remains the world’s central international body. Only here do all countries come together to devise ...

Allow me to congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Through you, I would like also to thank your predecessor, ...

It is a distinct honour to address this Assembly on the occasion of the sixtieth regular session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, an important mil...

It is my pleasure to express my sincere congratulations to Mr. Gurirab on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. Hi...

I bring the fraternal greetings of a country covering 274,000 square kilometres, where 7 million men, women and children refuse henceforth to die of ignorance,...