Speeches by Secretary of State

I would like to express my sincere condolences to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for the loss of life and the terrible destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian. ...

Five years ago, when I first addressed this Assembly, the cold war had only just ended and the transition to a new era was beginning. Now, together, we are mak...

104. In addressing the General Assembly today, I am especially happy to tell you how gratified we are to see you presiding over our deliberations this year. In...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Bouteflika on the occasion of his election as President of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His election to this h...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremi. on his outstandingly successful presidency of the General Assembly at its previous...

Mr. President, it gives my delegation great pleasure to offer you warm felicitations on your election as President of the General Assembly. We regard this elect...

Mr. President, before addressing this twenty- seventh session of the General Assembly, may I congratulate you on your election as President. Your qualities of e...

Before beginning my statement, may I on behalf of the Government and the people of Malta express our profound solidarity with the Government and the people of I...

It is my pleasure to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri on his assumption of the presidency of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and I should like to...

It is the hope of the people of Poland, above all else, that the atmosphere of the current session of the General Assembly, the course of the debate, and the re...

37. Although repetitions beget monotony and may end in tedium, I hope you will allow the Belgian delegation to join previous speakers in expressing its gratific...

As we gather near Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Center mass murder, I wish first to honour the victims of terrorism. I honour all victims everywhere, ...

First of all, let me join the other representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you warmly. Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency ...

First of all, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session...

Never before have men throughout the world more fervently and unanimously wished for peace. Never have they seen more clearly than now the horror and the vanity...

150. Mr. President, this session of the Assembly opens amidst signs of a new vitality, in an atmosphere of rising expectations. It is thus fitting that a perso...

It is my pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that y...

I should like, at the outset of my speech in the general debate at the ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, to greet the delegates to this impo...

80. It is, of corpse, not easy at this stage of the general debate to offer any ideas which are both original and constructive. The general situation in which w...

Mr. President, it is a great pleasure for me to express on behalf of the Dominican Government and delegation, and on my own behalf, our most heartfelt approval...