Speeches by Prime Minister

First of all, I would like to say a few words to Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and congratulate her on her election as the President of the ...

As a member of the Commonwealth, New Zealand is pleased to welcome Saint Lucia to the United Nations and to offer its warmest congratulations to the representa...

I would like at the outset to extend sincere congratulations to Mr. Opertti on his election as President of this new session, the fifty-third session of the Gen...

On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Eliasson my wholehearted congratulations on his election to the presidency of the...

Ambassador Choudhury's election to preside over this Assembly is a fitting tribute to his vast experience and tested diplomatic skills. Indeed, it is also a tri...

99. I should like first of all to offer our congratulations on the election of the honourable Angie Brooks of Liberia to the Presidency of this twenty-fourth s...

1. Mr. President, Egypt, which has with your country and your friendly people the closest ties of history and culture and £ a common struggle, is truly happy t...

To begin. I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. Our...

Mr. President, I congratulate you most warmly on your election to the President's chair, for which your qualities and long experience as Foreign Minister of you...

Mr. President, fellow delegates, my friends. Thank you for the opportunity to address this Assembly. Like many of you, I have spoken in this forum before, but n...

Sir, may I, as Prime Minister of Malaysia and Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, offer my sincere congratulations to the President on his election as Presid...

Your Excellency, Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Exc...

183. Mr. President, the delegation of the Khmer Republic is doubly gratified by your election to the presidency of the twenty-eighth session of the General As...

I am speaking for the first time as Head of State. However, in 1977 I appeared with my country’s delegation before the Trusteeship Council, seeking independe...

In speaking for the first time from this rostrum in my new. capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, I wish, on behalf of the Governmen...

This is my first address to this body in my capacity as the Prime Minister of Croatia. I feel privileged to be able to present the Assembly with the Croatian Go...

 Mr. President, it is my great pleasure to extend to you the congratulations of my government on your election to your high office. It is a recognition not onl...

Excellencies, I extend my congratulations to His Excellency, Mr. Philemon Yang of Cameroon on the assumption of the Presidency of the 79th Session of the Gene...

Seven decades of history have passed through this Hall in all of their richness and drama. From where I stand, the world has heard from presidents and premiers,...

On behalf of the delegation of Thailand, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. T...