Speeches by Secretary of State

Greetings! Let me begin by congratulating President Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. He is taking the reins at an important ti...

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...

1. At the close of the seventh session of the General Assembly, all the peoples devoted to international order, freedom and prosperity felt a deep satisfaction ...

The President of the General Assembly has chosen for this session and this general debate the theme “The post- 2015 development agenda: setting the stage”. He ...

182. First of all, Mr. President, I should like on behalf of my delegation to congratulate you most warmly on your accession to the Presidency of the Assembly....

I bring the General Assembly warm greetings from the paradise in our backyards, the Federated States of Micronesia. It is my honour to address the General Assem...

47. The thirtieth session of the General Assembly opens at a time when important events are occurring on the international scene. At the economic level, the il...

Allow me to add my personal and my Government's congratulations to the many already tendered to the President on his election to the high office which indeed he...

116. I should like, Sir, on behalf of the Irish delegation, to add my warm congratulations on your election as President of the twenty-sixth session of the Gen...

 189. Mr. President, I wish to join the previous speakers in congratulating you on your unanimous election to the high office you now occupy. My delegation is ...

1. Mr. President, Gentlemen, by a happy chance the Ukrainian delegation is speaking in the general debate on the eve of the anniversary of the launching of the ...

On behalf of the Netherlands delegation, I should like first of all to offer the President our sincere congratulations upon his election to his high office. It ...

Mr. President, it is a privilege for me to extend to you, on behalf of the Italian Government, my congratulations and good wishes. I am addressing not only a di...

85. Mr. President, it is a privilege to join the distinguished speakers who have preceded me on this rostrum in congratulating you on your unanimous election t...

13. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your unanimous election to your high office. This Assembly could not initiate its very impo...

The General Assembly at its seventy-first session holds special significance for Samoa and the Pacific region. At the helm of the General Assembly for the first...

In November 1947, the General Assembly gathered and decided on the creation of a Jewish State. Only a few hundred thousand Jews lived in Israel at the time, in ...

114. Both the course and the content of the general debate at the twenty-sixth session of the Unit d Nations General Assembly have provided new evidence and ne...

 The delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic would like at the outset to congratulate Ambassador Peter Florin on his outstanding election to the pre...

Our presence here at the fiftieth session of the General Assembly holds a very special meaning. On this occasion, we are not gathered here simply to reenact the...