Speeches by Vice President

The course of history appears to unwind rapidly and with it, events occur, pass or recede into time, imbuing the lives of our societies with the dual sensation...

I am speaking for the first time as Head of State. However, in 1977 I appeared with my country’s delegation before the Trusteeship Council, seeking independe...

I would like at the outset to welcome the election of Mr. Ali Treki to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, which is taking p...

Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellency Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth...

I bring a message of peace from the people of Nicaragua and from President and Commander Daniel Ortega and Vice-President Rosario Murillo. Since the adoption of...

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Uganda is convinced that, with your experience a...

A few weeks ago, the Empire State Building was lit up in orange, the national colour of the Netherlands. The reason was that, precisely 400 years ago, the Du...

I join others in congratulating Mr. Csaba Korosi on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. As Vice-President, Viet Na...

MR. PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MR. SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXCELLENCIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Allow me at the outset to congratulate H. Е. Mr. Philemo...

People and planet. They are our alpha and our omega. They are the foundation and objective of actions by bodies such as the United Nations. The Earth is bl...

The Republic of Nauru congratulates the President of the General Assembly on her election. Nauru commends her pledge to work with Member States to achieve th...

I am honoured and privileged to address the Assembly on behalf of Algeria and to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assemb...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, Minister of African Union Affairs of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on his unanimous election ...

One week ago, the world summit sent a message of hope for peace, development and human rights for all, and took a number of steps towards institutional reform a...

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption, in 1989, of General Assembly resolution 44/27 A, on international solidarity with the liberation s...

Your Excellency Mr. Volkan Bozkir — President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly; Your Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres — United Nations ...

Sixty-three years after its formation, the United Nations remains the world’s central international body. Only here do all countries come together to devise ...

Permit me, Sir, before I begin my statement to express the profound sorrow that my country feels over the death of President Sadat, a death which is a cause fo...

• Your Excellency Philémon Yang President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly; • Your Excellency António Guterres, Secretary General...

In a few weeks’ time, it will be 60 years since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And here we find ourselves at the midpoint in ...