Speeches by Prime MInister

Nearly 66 years ago, in 1946, one of my predecessors was privileged to represent Canada at the first session of the General Assembly. It is an honour to foll...

‘The Spirit of San Francisco’ Mr. President. Nearly four score years ago, nations exhausted from a cataclysmic World War came together in San Francisco to crea...

We are in the midst of a great revolution — a revolution in Israel’s standing among the nations. It is happening because so many countries around the world have...

In the course of my statement on 15 November [577th meeting], when I protested against the inclusion of items 24 and 61 in the agenda of this session of the Ass...

I take this opportunity to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election. I am confident that his vision and energy will guide this session...

Allow me at the outset to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session. In li...

I am indeed honoured to address this Assembly for the first time as Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia. I reaffirm my country’s commitment to the Uni...

It is my honour to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I also wish to pay tribute to the tirele...

Mr. President, I congratulate Mr. Al-Nasser on his election to preside over the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, and extend the best wishes of the...

The thirty-fifth session of the Assembly is being held at an extremely critical time in international relations when the relative peace which has prevailed amo...

I stand here today as Israel's messenger of peace. The establishment of the State of Israel was the fulfilment of the dream of a people forced into exile 2,000 ...

Permit me at the outset to convey to you my warmest congratulations on your unanimous election as President of the eighteenth session of the General Assembly. I...

It is my distinct honour and pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth se...

Allow me to start by expressing my warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I can assure her of my d...

It is indeed an honour and a pleasure for me to extend my very warm congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his well-deserved election to the presiden...

It is an honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Prime Minister and Government of New Zealand. Our general election took place in the p...

I am speaking here for the first time as Canada’s Foreign Minister as we gather in the Assembly Hall on the traditional territory of the Lenape people. The Secr...

I should like to begin by extending to Mr. Julian Hunte sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth s...

104. Madam President, your election to this high international post is manifold in its significance. It is a recognition of your role in the defence of the Unit...

My delegation greets and congratulates you, Sir, for presiding over the deliberations of the fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly — the Mi...