Speeches by Secretary for Foreign Affairs

1. Madam President, I congratulate you, and through you, your great country, on the unanimous election which entrusted to you the task of guiding the debates of...

47. On behalf of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to all representatives present here. 48. I should like to ...

 1. On behalf of the delegation of Uganda, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, most sincerely on your well-deserved election as President of the thirty-thi...

In view of the very lengthy agenda that has been presented to us, several items of which are undoubtedly of grave and pressing international importance calling ...

62. I should be giving no evidence whatsoever of originality if I were to recognize, along with all of the preceding speakers, that the opening of a dialog bet...

103. Mr. President, in electing you President of this General Assembly our Organization could hardly have made a better choice: you represent an exceptional com...

85. On this particularly auspicious occasion I should like to present to all the members of this Assembly and to the peoples of the world so ably represented h...

The Colombian delegation does not consider it necessary to reaffirm, in the general debate, its adherence to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations...

147. Although circumstances beyond my will have deprived me of the privilege of being among the first to welcome Ambassador Pazhwak on the occasion of his...

132. I ask you, Sir, to be kind enough to convey to the President, Ambassador Lievano, our congratulations on his election and to assure him of the co-operatio...

105. May I start, Sir, by offering you my heartiest congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly and by ...

At the outset I wish to convey to Ambassador Shihabi my warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session...

286. Not so long ago, the United Nations was subjected to criticisms which were as vehement as they were destructive by some forces. Accused of powerlessness, ...

27. Mr. President, it is my great privilege to join the speakers who have preceded me in expressing to you on behalf of the Government of Ghana warmest congrat...

51. I know of no better way to begin my statement, Mr. President, than to convey to you the very sincere congratulations of my delegation on the honourable and ...

The Spanish delegation extends its very warm congratulations to Sir Leslie Munro on his election. Rarely has a man of greater authority, more imbued with the tr...

236. Allow me first of all to convey to you, Sir, the cordial congratulations of the delegation of the People's Republic of Benin on the occasion of your outst...

1. Mr. President, before starting to address the Assembly I have the honour and the pleasure to congratulate you most warmly on your unanimous election to the ...

74. It gives me great pleasure, Mr. President, to express to you on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom o. Morocco and on my own behalf sincere congratulat...