Speeches by Secretary of State

511 speeches found

Czechoslovakia

CSK
1952
Session 7
Mrs. SEKANINOVA-CAKRTOVA

The seventh session of the General Assembly is meeting in an international situation which confronts the United Nations with particularly important and responsi...

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Italy

ITA
1976
Session 31
Mr. Forlani

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...

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Netherlands

NLD
1989
Session 44
VAN DEN BROEK

 I should first of all like to extend my warmest congratulations to the President on his assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General As...

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Germany

DEU
1995
Session 50
Mr. Klaus Kinkel

Please accept my warm congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. At the same time, I wish to thank you...

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Sweden

SWE
1959
Session 14
Mr. Undén

119. In his introduction to his annual report [A/4132/Add.1] the Secretary-General has drawn the attention of the General Assembly to the position of the Intern...

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

UKR
1951
Session 6
Mr. BARANOVSKY

The delegation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic has come here, as it came to the previous session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, anxio...

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Colombia

COL
1946
Session 1
Mr. Lopez

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...

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Senegal

SEN
1976
Session 31
Mr. Seck

It is for me an honor and a great pleasure to extend to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, on behalf of the delegation of Senegal on my personal behalf, our warm...

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Gambia

GMB
1987
Session 42
SEY

 Allow me, first of all, to extend to you. Sir, my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-second session of the United Nations...

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RWA

RWA
1963
Session 18

Allow me, Mr. President, to join all those who have spoken before me from this rostrum in extending to you my sincere congratulations on your brilliant election...

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Haiti

HTI
1981
Session 36
MR. FRANCISQUE

It is with deeply felt emotion that we heard the tragic news of the death of Anwar El Sadat, a great statesman who was assassinated yesterday morning in Cairo. ...

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Palestine, State of

PSE
2015
Session 70
Mr. Mahmoud Abbas

I come before the General Assembly today from Palestine to sound the alarm concerning the grave dangers of what is happening in Jerusalem, where extremist Israe...

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Nicaragua

NIC
1987
Session 42
Mr. ORTEGA SAAVEDRA

We pay a tribute to the memory of Ernesto Guevara today, the twentieth anniversary of the sacrifice of his life. The Bible tells us that Cain killed Abel in the...

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India

IND
1976
Session 31
Mr. Chavan

Let me begin by extending to the President my Government's warm congratulations on his unanimous election to be President of the thirty-first session of the Gen...

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Netherlands

NLD
1980
Session 35
van der Klaauw

Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-fifth session of the Gener...

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Botswana

BWA
1979
Session 34
Mogwe

Mr. President, it gives me personally, and the entire Botswana delegation, great pleasure and satisfaction that you, a representative of the United Republic of...

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Georgia

GEO
2010
Session 65
Mikheil Saakashvili

It is always a great honour for me to address the annual gathering of the General Assembly. In uncertain times such as ours, cooperation is more necessary ...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1948
Session 3
Mr. CLEMENTIS

Mr. CLEMENTIS stated that, in connexion with the present session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, there had again appeared commentaries and reflec...

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Belgium

BEL
1975
Session 30
Mr. VAN ELSLANDE

91. Mr. President, Europe and in particular the member States of the European Economic Community feel deeply honored by your election to the presidency of the ...

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Ecuador

ECU
1955
Session 10
Mr. Trujillo

1. My first words are addressed to Mr. Maza, the leader of the Chilean delegation, in recognition of the high honour conferred on him and his most worthy count...

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