Speeches by Secretary of State

The outstanding election of the representative of Poland as President of this year's session of the General Assembly fills us with joy. We believe that at one a...

Over three millenniums ago. our great leader Moses addressed the people of Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. He said that they would find th...

Mr. President, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your election, to share the confidence expressed in your leadership, and to pledge the cooperation of t...

Within the past few years the world has witnessed a series of momentous and dramatic political events. These followed closely on the remarkable changes is East...

I bring to this Assembly the greetings and cordial felicitations of His Excellency, the President of the Philippines, General Manuel Roxas. We are confronted du...

Mr. President, I have come before the representatives of the community of nations in order to express my country's views on the great issues of our times and t...

I am Juan Orlando Hernández. I was born in a humble village called Rio Grande, in the department of Lempira, a region with very high rates of inequality and ...

I am grateful for the privilege of speaking to the General Assembly. Last week, America and the world marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks that fille...

First of all I should like to offer my congratulations to Mr. Amerasinghe upon his election as President of this Assembly. This is a tribute to his great person...

210. It is a source of great pleasure for me to congratulate Ambassador Benites, on behalf of the Lesotho delegation, on his election to the high office of Pr...

It is a great pleasure for me to address this great General Assembly for the second year in a row. Last September, I tried to convey to the Assembly a message ...

It gives me pleasure at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on behalf of the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic on your election to the presidency of this f...

May I first say, Sir, how pleased my country is at your election as President of the fifty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. I should also...

152. Let me begin by expressing, on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica, our congratulations to the President on his election as President of this s...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- second session. I am confident that yo...

Allow me. Sir, to extend to you my heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. We are particul...

60. Mr. President, you come to the leadership of the General Assembly at a time when eastern Asia stands in the center of international concern. It is in that ...

Allow me, in the first place, to express to you. Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the fortieth session of the United Nation...

It gives me great pleasure at the outset to congratulate Mr. Ashe on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session and to pay...

96. It is a great honour to be allowed to address you on behalf of the people and Government of Ecuador. 97. By national inclination as well as by tradition, Ec...