Speeches by president

180. At the outset, I should like to refer to the dark shadow which the tragic and untimely death of President Gamal Abdel Nasser has cast over this Assembly a...

On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I would like to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election as President ...

Standing before the Assembly for the first time, I am greatly honoured by this opportunity to speak on behalf of the people and Government of Tuvalu. Next ...

Mr. FERNANDEZ stated that Chile was linked to France not only by traditions of friendship but by the even stronger bonds created by admiration for France’s stea...

43. Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of Japan, may I express to you our warm congratulations on your election as President of the twentieth session of...

2. Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General, Gentlemen, I have already in the past had occasion, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Cameroon, to address this As...

137. May I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. It is a just recognition of your great m...

At the outset, on behalf of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, who could not make the journey here and whom I have the honour ...

At the outset, Denmark wishes to warmly welcome and congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, His Excellency Mr. Peter Th...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of this General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. I am confident that you, like your predecessor, wil...

I wish at the outset to pay a tribute to the late President Agostinho Neto of the People's Republic of Angola, whose untimely death has robbed Africa and the w...

I should like to thank the outgoing President of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, Mr. Joseph Deiss of Switzerland, and congratulate Mr. Nassi...

165. Mr. President, the Niger delegation whole-heartedly associates itself with the congratulations extended to you on your election by acclamation to the high ...

 It is with a renewed feeling of confidence in the United Nations and a keen perception of its vital role in the strengthening of peace and co-operation amongs...

101. On behalf of the Indonesian delegation, may I be permitted first of all to extend our most sincere congratulations to Ambassador Hambro on his election as ...

Allow me at the outset to express to you, Sir, our warm felicitations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. We congr...

 I deem it a privilege and an honour to extend to the President the warm felicitations of the delegation of Burma on his election as the President of the forty...

3. Madam President, your election as President of the twenty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly is an event which invites one to reflect on...

We have before us an array of issues that are as compelling and daunting as ever before. Many of these threaten to widen further the divides that separate us a...

Mr. President, although the Vice-Chairman of the Philippine delegation has already taken the floor to convey to you our congratulations on your election, you wi...