Speeches by President

1. May I begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption this year of the weighty office that you hold. 2. Foremost in my thoughts, as I again ha...

Sir, permit me first of all to congratulate you upon your election to the high post of President of the united Nations General Assembly for the fortieth session...

212. Mr. President, this year, according to tradition, it is Latin America's turn to fill the presidential chair, and Colombia has received the honour. Over an...

I should like to begin with a word of thanks to those representatives preceding me to the rostrum who made a direct reference to the complex circumstances of th...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to express to you and my personal congratulations and happiness, and those of my delegation, on your assumption of thi...

24. Once again representatives of the international community are meeting here, as they do every year. They have come in great numbers to New York to plead th...

The election of Ambassador Amerasinghe to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly is symbolic in many ways. In addition to being a fi...

58. We assemble again, but at the dawn of a second decade with a promise of hope and a chance for peace. The past ten years were pregnant with thrilling events....

"The Unbelievers spend their wealth To hinder (men) from the path Of God, and so will they Continue to spend; but In the end they will have (Only) regrets and ...

I deem it a signal honour to represent my country and my king here in the United Nations as the Chairman of the Moroccan delegation and to take part in that cap...

44. Mr. President, first of all, I should like to congratulate you on your election to this high position and to wish you success. 45. The States Members of the...

94. The thirteenth session of the General Assembly is beginning its work in an atmosphere of international tension which gives rise to serious apprehension. If ...

Speaking from this rostrum today, I should like first of all to recall that the United Nations enjoys solid credibility among the peoples of the world as a foru...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. We are particularly gratif...

58. First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the important post of President of this session of the General Assembly. Your wealth ...

May I be permitted, first of all, to extend to Sir Leslie Munro, on behalf of the Government and delegation of Lebanon, as well as on my own personal behalf, ou...

1. It gives me great pleasure, Mr. President, to join, all those who have congratulated you on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly. The choi...

I should like to congratulate Ambassador von Wechmar on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is a source of particular satisfaction to Ir...

173. First of all, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Zaire and on my own behalf, I warmly congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-e...

The purpose of the general debate with which our annual gathering opens is to make known, on the one hand, each country’s contribution to the common task and,, ...