Speeches by President

48. Mr. President, we have already had the welcome opportunity of associating our delegation with the expression of deep satisfaction at your election to the lo...

It gives me pleasure, as we begin the work of this session, to convey to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, our sincerest co...

On behalf of my delegation and Government and the people of Papua New Guinea I join previous speakers in warmly congratulating Ambassador Amara Essy of Côte d’...

This meeting of our Assembly is faced with an inescapable fact: the grave tension and the anxiety bordering on despair which were a feature of the time when we ...

1. Mr. President, the Soviet delegation sincerely congratulates you on your election to this high office and wishes you every success in carrying out the import...

It gives me great pleasure to offer Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko of Ukraine the felicitations of my delegation on his assumption of the presidency of the...

Mr. President, I am pleased to join previous speakers in congratulating you and the other members of the Bureau on your election to guide the work of the fifty-...

149. Speaking last year on my first appearance before this world Assembly [1345th meeting], I must have appeared to seasoned internationalists as striking ...

Today, we look ahead to the new millennium. And at this last General Assembly of the twentieth century, we look back on a century that taught us much of what we...

106. It is a great honour and privilege for me to be here today to address this assembly of world nations. As numerous representatives and other well-wishers h...

 I wish to convey our greetings to Ambassador Florin of the German Democratic Republic and press the hope that his term as President of the General Assembly wi...

34. Mr. President, the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania wishes to associate Itself with ail the delegations which have preceded us at this rostr...

69. On behalf of the delegation of the Congo (Brazzaville), I should like to associate myself with those who have from this rostrum congratulated Mr. Fanfani...

1. Thank you for granting me the honor of speaking today, on this first day of the general debate at the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Once ag...

Mr. President, allow me, at the outset of my statement, to present my sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the forty-fifth session of ...

A year ago this month, the General Assembly adopted by acclamation the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations. Thus, the...

We have come here to renew our faith and confidence in the world Organization. In a way, especially to us in Africa, the United Nations has assumed a unique ...

It is with particular pleasure that I extend to Ambassador de Pinies our warm congratulations on his well-deserved election to the high office of the presidency...

24. As is customary and as is proper in the general debate, the many important statements made during the last few days from this rostrum have covered a wide ra...

1. Sir, may I extend to you my congratulations on your election as President of this thirtieth session of the General Assembly. Your election to this office is...