Speeches by Prime Minister

1. Over nearly two decades the United Nations has increasingly become the centre and the stage of international diplomatic activity, and it has been customary i...

Mr. President, may I in the first place express to you my warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of this session of the General As...

Honourable President of the General Assembly, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to once again deliver a statement at the United Nations General Assembly. First...

19. Mr. President, since this is my first intervention, permit me to offer you my congratulations on your election to the post of President of the General ...

48. Mr. President, allow me, through you, to offer to Mr. Belaúnde my congratulations upon his election as President of the General Assembly and my best wishes ...

I am glad indeed to have this early opportunity to congratulate Mr. Thorn on behalf of New Zealand on his election as President. New Zealand's relationship wit...

1. Mr. President, I wish to offer to you, on behalf of the Nigerian delegation, my warmest congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the twentieth s...

Since the last time we gathered here in this great Hall, we have passed a year of great hopes and grave fears. We have witnessed the hope-inspiring glory of ...

45. Mr. President, I extend to you my heartfelt and sincere congratulations upon your election as President of this thirtieth session of the Assembly. In view ...

At the outset, it is my pleasure to warmly congratulate the President and his friendly country, the Kingdom of Denmark, on his election as President of the Gene...

Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann upon his assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly. I wish him success ...

53. In opening my remarks today, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you upon attainment of your present high position and to assure you that Canadians have t...

First of all, Sir, I offer you my delegation’s heartiest congratulations on the occasion of your election to the presidency of the fifty-first session of the G...

Mr. President, the Barbados delegation wishes to add its congratulations to those which have already been so eloquently expressed on your election to preside ov...

At the outset I wish to congratulate Mr. Amerasinghe on his election to his most highly respected post as President of the General Assembly. I know that there a...

29. Madam President, once again the General Assembly is graced by the election of a woman as President. It is symbolic that this mother of assemblies should be ...

Mr. President, • As a country that was one of the fifty-one founding members of the United Nations, Ethiopia is a strong proponent of effective multilatera...

At the outset, I have the pleasure to convey to His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande my congratulations for his elections as President of the General Assem...

It is a distinct pleasure to address the Assembly with a distinguished son of Africa and a veteran freedom fighter in the presidency. His election to preside ov...

At the outset, I wish to wholeheartedly congratulate Mr. Lajčák and his friendly country, Slovakia, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its ...