Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

St. Kitts and Nevis

KNA
2006
Session 61
Dr. Timothy Harris

Allow me, Madam President, to make a few preliminary remarks. First, Saint Kitts and Nevis extends sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presiden...

Read full speech →

Morroco

MAR
1976
Session 31
Mr. Laraki

It is a special pleasure for me to extend to you, Sir, my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General Ass...

Read full speech →

Malaysia

MYS
1966
Session 21
Tun ABDUL RAZAK

109. Permit me, at the outset, to offer to you, Mr. President, my delegation's sincere felicitations on your unanimous election as President of this histori...

Read full speech →

Timor-Leste

TLS
2022
Session 77
Jose Ramos-Horta

It is an honour to return to this Assembly of nations once again as President of my country, a position to which I was re-elected five months ago. I am consciou...

Read full speech →

Qatar

QAT
2022
Session 77
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

At the outset, it is my pleasure to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Csaba Korosi on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh sessi...

Read full speech →

Kyrgyzstan

KGZ
1996
Session 51
Roza I. Otunbayeva

Guided by feelings of great respect for Malaysia, which plays an increasingly significant role in regional and world affairs, I welcome the election to the pre...

Read full speech →

Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
2001
Session 56
Jose Ela Ebang

Allow me at the outset to express our deep satisfaction at seeing Mr. Han Seung-soo presiding over the work of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session....

Read full speech →

Latvia

LVA
1997
Session 52
Valdis Birkavs

Allow me to congratulate the President on his election and express my confidence in his leadership during a crucially important session of the General Assembly...

Read full speech →

Libya

LBY
1996
Session 51
Omar Mustafa Muntasser

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his election as President of this session of the General Assembly. His assumption of that high ...

Read full speech →

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

BHS
2019
Session 74
Mr. Hubert Alexander Minnis

I congratulate Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. I assure him and the members of th...

Read full speech →

Kyrgyzstan

KGZ
2005
Session 60
Kurmanbek Bakiev

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the important post of President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth anniversary se...

Read full speech →

People's Republic of Korea

PRK
2013
Session 68
Pak Ui Chun

First of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, allow me to congratulate Mr. John William Ashe on his election as the...

Read full speech →

Malaysia

MYS
2007
Session 62
Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his election to preside over the sixty-second session of the General Assembly. Malaysi...

Read full speech →

Fiji

FJI
2022
Session 77
Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama

Good morning to one and all. First, I congratulate Mr. Csaba Korosi on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- seventh session. I ...

Read full speech →

Iraq

IRQ
2024
Session 79
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani

**Mr President of the General Assembly, Mr Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen,** **Peace be upon you, and God’s mercy and blessings.** The seventy-ni...

Read full speech →

Norway

NOR
2005
Session 60
Jan Petersen

I, too, congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Sixty years ago, the United Nations rose out of th...

Read full speech →

Norway

NOR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Jan PETERSEN

When we met here in the General Assembly last year, it was against the backdrop of the terrible and devastating attack on the United Nations headquarters in Bag...

Read full speech →

Austria

AUT
1966
Session 21
Mr. TONCIC-SORINJ

84. Mr. President, I should like first of all to congratulate you upon your election to the Presidency of the twenty-first session of the General Assembly. ...

Read full speech →

Iceland

ISL
2004
Session 59
Mr. Geir HAARDE

Sir, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. We are living in trying...

Read full speech →

Federal Republic of Germany

DEU
2020
Session 75
Mr. Heiko Maas

Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, “The survivors were immune, the others dead.” This is the rather pithy description of the end of the Spanish f...

Read full speech →