Speeches by President

62. Mr. President, your election to the Presidency of this Assembly constitutes just recognition of your qualities as a skillful diplomat with a deep and prof...

I should like to cordially congratulate His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson of the Republic of Fiji on his election as President of the Assembly at its seventy-fir...

Saint Lucia supported your unanimous election, Sir, to be President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session, confident that your diplomatic skills and e...

1. The General Assembly convenes in this eighth session to meet the complexity of world problems, many of which are old acquaintances. The Assembly’s agenda thi...

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a founding Member of the United Nations, has always believed that this international Organization should be the centr...

In coming to this rostrum, I take pleasure in expressing to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of El Salvador, of which I have the honour to be the...

This year we face extraordinary tests of our values and our resolve. In responding to the aggression against one of our Member States, Ukraine; in seeking pe...

May I be permitted to offer to His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral my sincere congratulations on his election to the high post of President of the golden fifti...

On the occasion of this historic final session of the General Assembly of the current millennium, which is my first, as I took office in May this year, I extend...

The delegation of Saint Kitts and Nevis congratulates you, Sir, on your election to the presidency the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. We pledge ou...

96. In the introduction to his annual report the Secretary-General, after making an objective survey, free from complacency, of present conditions in the in...

It is humbling to stand before this great Assembly today. Events of recent weeks have proved beyond doubt that we are now in a new global age. Living through...

Many speakers before me have eloquently debated the theme for this session. I am delighted that no one disputes the evidence that science presents to us conc...

We are grateful for this opportunity to be here. We greet the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, and we wish to express our appreciation...

1. At this stage of the general debate, when many eminent speakers have already most eloquently sung your praises, paid tribute to your personal qualities and s...

34. Allow me first of all, Mr. President, to extend to you the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the People's Republic of Albania on your unanimous e...

Allow me begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly on his election to guide this organ. I wish him every success for the well-being of human...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Japanese delegation, I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the twenty-sev...

1. It is my duty, on behalf of Colombia, to greet the President and all the representatives of the countries present here and to express our satisfaction that, ...

The activities of the United Nations, which are the subject of our debate, have as yet been of too short duration to enable us to draw any essential conclusions...