Speeches by President

I have the honour to represent the President of Ecuador, Mr. Lucio Gutiérrez Borbúa, and the people of Ecuador in this world forum of nations, to affirm once ag...

Permit me, Mr. President, to offer you my warmest congratulations upon your unanimous election as President of the sixteenth session of the General Assembly of...

I extend to you. Sir, my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. We would also like to th...

Ten days ago I was in Ukraine, picking up syringes and empty bottles in a park next to a kindergarten in the industrial city of Dnipro. It was on the occasion o...

In 1945, on the heels of the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen, facing an uncertain future characterized by the threat of nuclear annihilatio...

In taking the floor here at the Headquarters of our Organization — recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize — meeting in New York, which has been so tragically ...

Mr. President, at the outset I should like to offer you my sincere congratulations on your brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

75. Speaking for the first time from this rostrum at this session, I should like publicly to congratulate the President of the Assembly, Mr. Belaúnde, and his c...

It is my pleasure to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as the Emir of the State of Qatar and as Chairman of the Ninth Summit of the Organizatio...

The General Assembly has unanimously chosen Mr. Opertti to direct the work of its fifty-third session. Echoing previous speakers, I should like to congratulate ...

My country and my delegation warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty- second session. Your electi...

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Pascal Couchepin, who had to cancel his trip to New York at the very la...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of San Marino, I wish to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly a...

I take this opportunity to express South Africa’s solidarity with the fraternal Governments and the peoples of the Caribbean following waves of devastating hurr...

Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, For good reason, this is the first time that the high week of the General Assembly’s commemorative session is being held in...

The delegation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Re-public wishes to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election to the important post of President of the thi...

It is indeed a great pleasure for me to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Ali Treki on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-...

May I begin, Sir, by extending to you our warm felicitations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your long association with the United ...

I warmly congratulate the President on his election to preside over the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. We take confidence from the fact that his expe...

At the outset, on behalf of my country and on my own behalf, I convey to His Excellency Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the General Assembly at ...