China
Mr. President, first of all, I should like to congratulate you on your election as President of the current session of the General Assembly and I am confident t...
Bolivia
This meeting of the United Nations is being held at a time when there is a rebellion of peoples throughout the world, a rebellion against poverty and destitut...
Cuba
78. The delegation of Cuba to this Assembly has pleasure in first of all performing the agreeable duty of welcoming three new nations to the already large numbe...
Swaziland
Sir, it is my honour and privilege on behalf of the Government of His Majesty King Mswati III and the peace-loving people of the Kingdom of Swaziland, to conve...
Panama
Please accept my warmest congratulations, Sir, upon your election to preside over the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. I am certain that your elect...
Guatemala
It is a source of particular satisfaction to me to speak for the Guatemalan delegation in conveying to Sir Leslie Munro my Government’s congratulations on his e...
Chile
116. I have great pleasure in paying a tribute on this occasion, on behalf of Chile, to the President of the general Assembly, Mr. Belaúnde, who is unfortunatel...
Kenya
1. My delegation wishes to bring to you all warm greetings and best wishes from my President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. On behalf of the President, the people and the...
ECU
When we met in this hall a year ago to open the seventeenth session of the General Assembly, it was in a climate of fear created by the growing number of nuclea...
Venezuela
Distinguished Heads of Delegation, Ministers, Ambassadors, Mr. President, 1. Over the past few days, we have heard two narratives in this General Assembly:...
Republic of Guatemala
Seneca said that none of us love our homeland because it is great. We love it because it is ours. I thank Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces for having successf...
United Kingdom
Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election, and on the dignified and effective way in which you are already presiding over this Assembl...
Sierra Leone
34. Almost exactly a year ago today my Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, from this rostrum acknowledged the congratulations of the sixteenth session of the Gen...
Venezuela
Speaking here on behalf of my country, I wish to congratulate the new Secretary-General of the Organization, Mr. Kofi Annan, who, after nine months in his post...
Peru
In extending to you, sir, the greetings of the Government and people of Peru, I have to say how pleased we are that a representative of the third world is pres...
El Salvador
First of all, I have the pleasure of congratulating you, Sir, on being elected to preside over this session, an honour falling to a Central American for the s...
Niger
I should like first of all, Mr. President, to offer you, on behalf of my delegation, our warmest congratulations on your election to the important post of Presi...
Honduras
164. May we be allowed to add the voice of our delegation to the many congratulations that have already been offered to our President, Mr. Pazhwak, since hi...
Yemen
109. I should like to extend to Mr. Gaston Thorn our warmest congratulations on his election as President of this session of the General Assembly. These congr...
United Republic of Cameroon
For many years, from this rostrum and others, the non-aligned countries have constantly called for peace and detente -a far-reaching general detente which woul...