Speeches by Prime Minister

Mr. President, I am particularly pleased to have the opportunity today to associate myself with the speakers who have preceded me in offering to you the warmest...

In May I visited Tunisia, the cradle of the revolutions that have spread across the Arab world. I spoke to many people there who told me about their deep yea...

I extend my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. My...

The election of Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe to preside over this session of the General Assembly has been a source of satisfaction to the delegation of Cos...

Mr. President, your unanimous election as President augurs well for the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly. I extend my heartiest congratulations to ...

Mr. President, I bring you greetings from the small and beautiful country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Please accept our congratulations on your electi...

First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his assumption of the Presidency of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. At the same ...

1. Mr. President, it was my intention to congratulate personally Mr. Belaúnde on his appointment to the high office of the President of the General Assembly. Ho...

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Kerim for his well deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. He can count on Tan...

If were not anxious, like all my colleagues, to take into consideration all the important suggestions made by the President with regard to the conduct of our d...

Let me at the very outset extend to Ambassador de Pinies of Spain my warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly. The Greek Gov...

Let me start by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election to the presidency at the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and assu...

At the outset, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations to Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixt...

I bring with me warmest greetings from the people of Nepal and their best wishes for the success of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I congra...

President, Excellencies, We are contending with three crises at the same time: a climate crisis, a health crisis, and an economic crisis. All of them call for a...

129. On behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, I wish to extend to the President my warm congratulations on his election to the presidency of the ...

I should like at the outset to sincerely congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at the present session. That election...

Sixty years ago, Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand told representatives to the San Francisco Conference that its sole aim should be “the setting up of ...

Mr. President, first and foremost I should like to congratulate you on your election as President of the twelfth session of the General Assembly. It will remain...

E nga mana, e nga reo, Rau Rangatira ma o te Ao, Nga mangai o nga whenua ake, Huri rauna I te Ao, Tend koutou katoa mai Aotearoa. My opening remarks were in Te ...