Speeches by president

148. It is for me a privilege to come to this important podium as the spokesman for the constitutional Government presided over by Mr. Siles Zuazo, a figure of...

I wish from this rostrum to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-...

Allow me first of all, Sir, to congratulate you warmly on your noteworthy election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Your presenc...

Mr. President, first of all I should like to convey to you and, through you, to the representatives gathered here the greetings and best wishes of my Sovereign ...

While acknowledging the unique and irreplaceable role played by the United Nations in international affairs, one still has to recognize the need to reform thi...

At the outset, I am pleased to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. I would like to...

Mr. President, first of all may I, on behalf of my Government and of my delegation, extend our felicitations to you on your being elected President of the twent...

At the outset I would like to express to Member States my deepest gratitude — that of the Government and people of Gabon — for the great honour and the confiden...

On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election t...

May I first. Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on behalf of the Government and people of Gabon, convey to Ambassador Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria our warm congr...

117. It gives me pleasure to express to you, Mr. President, our sincerest congratulations on the occasion of your election as President of the thirtieth sessio...

There are some repetitions which explain themselves and which we cannot easily avoid when they constitute a well-deserved tribute to fine qualities of heart an...

On taking the floor for the first time in this session of the General Assembly, we respectfully bow in memory of a great statesman and freedom fighter, Mr. Ago...

51. Mr. President, your unanimous election to the presidency of this august body, on which I congratulate you most sincerely on behalf of the Government and p...

I am speaking on behalf of the European Economic Community. Mr. President, allow me in my turn to extend to you on behalf of the European Community and its mem...

1. Mr. President, may I first of all express to you, on behalf of the people and the Government of Mali, our warm congratulations on your election to the presid...

80. Mr. President, when I visited Romania early this year I not only was charmed by your country but I was also impressed with the political views expressed by ...

The heavy responsibility of conducting the proceedings of the General Assembly, assumed in such an exemplary fashion and with such remarkable mastery and outsta...

It is with pleasure that, on behalf of the Ghana delegation, I convey to Mr. Insanally of Guyana our congratulations on his election, by acclamation, as Preside...

42. The delegation of the Federal Republic of Cameroon wishes first of all, Mr. President, to add its voice to the chorus of congratulations which has greeted y...