Speeches by Prime MInister

As we meet here this evening, millions of people in Morocco and Libya continue to struggle with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and catastrophic flood...

I extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations as you assume the high office of the President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We wish you al...

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. It is our expectation that your able...

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. “At ...

The sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the commemoration of my country’s twenty-fifth year of independence. The preamble to the Constitut...

On behalf of Prime Minister Perry G. Christie, the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your e...

O believers, we created you male and female and have made of you nations and tribes that you should know one another. Lo, the noblest of you in the sight of Go...

I wish to extend warm greetings of iokwe from the people of the Marshall Islands as we gather for the sixtieth session of the Assembly. I am honoured to speak o...

May I congratulate the President, on his election to the Presidency of the fifteenth General Assembly? As far as his outstanding qualifications are concerned, t...

The peoples of the world are grieved by the untimely death of the late Dag Hammarskjold, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. We cherish remembrance of...

Mongolia welcomes wholeheartedly the newest member of the United Nations family, Switzerland, a country that has a long-standing association with the United Na...

The United Nations was founded by the nations that had fought and won the most terrible war mankind has known - a war against racism, fascism, and man's inhuma...

Mr. President, please allow me, on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, to extend our congratulations to you on your assumption of the pres...

Mr. President, Majesties, Heads of State and Government, Ministers and Heads of Delegation, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by extending my warmest ...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am fully confide...

I join those who have spoken before me in congratulating Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-nin...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Kerim on his election to preside over this Assembly. We are confident that through his stewardship, issues on the agenda of the ...

79. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I wish, first of all, to express to you our sincerest congratulations on your unanimous election as President of ...

To the powers, to the voices, to the four winds: I greet you all. I have addressed the Assembly in Te Reo Maori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, and ...

Allow me, Sir, to offer you my warm congratulations on your election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. I am very confident that,...