Speeches by Prime Minister

The United Nations is marking its seventieth anniversary this year, making this session of the General Assembly a historic one. I hope that this year will also ...

First, I would like to pay tribute to the work of the Secretary-General. A former British Minister once said of the NATO Secretary General that he should be ...

My delegation warmly welcomes the assumption by Ambassador Garba of- the stewardship of the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly. He is an eminent perso...

I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. The fact that you...

Dear Mr. President of the General Assembly, Dear Mr. Secretary-General, Dear colleagues, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, That at least, some of you can meet...

Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I extend to you, my dear brother, the sincere felicitations of the Pakistan delegation on your well-deserved elec...

The establishment of the United Nations came about through the fundamental recognition of our interdependence as peoples and nations. Canada was among its f...

122. Mr. President, I would like to join the many other delegates who have congratulated you on your elevation to your high office. We in Malawi cannot claim to...

May I congratulate the President on his new responsibilities and pay tribute to Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal. During last year’s jubilee session, his pers...

Israel has extended its hand in peace from the moment it was established 63 years ago. On behalf of Israel and the Jewish people, I extend that hand again to...

I wish, on behalf of my country, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election as President of the General Assem...

Her Excellency Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, MP, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on whose behalf I speak, extends her congratulations to ...

I bring you, Sir, and the Assembly warm fraternal and sisterly greetings from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the country which one of our most famous sons, th...

Mr. President, your election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-second session attests to your personal eminence and distinc...

It is indeed an honour to be here in New York City and at the General Assembly. That we are gathered here now, just two months since the devastating terrorist ...

Mr.President, it is an honour to address the General Assembly at this session, the last to be held in the twentieth century. May I begin by welcoming the Republ...

On behalf of the delegation of Malta, and on my own behalf, I congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at i...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Jamaica. Mr. President. I extend warmest congratulations to you on your election. We are proud to see a son of the...

Mr. President, it is such a pleasure that a distinguished son of our region should preside over these proceedings. We wish you well and pledge our full support....

I bring greetings from the South Pacific. For the past year, New Zealand has had the privilege of chairing the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional body that repr...