Speeches by president

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and express our support for your leadership of the General Assembly at this session. Finland aligns itself w...

The United Nations would appear today to be the ideal forum for seeking and identifying solutions to the problems of all kinds that are assailing the world. It...

Just a few, days ago, Mexico, its land and its great people suffered one of the most devastating and extensive earthquakes, we can still see the heartrending pi...

I wish to begin by warmly congratulating the President of the General Assembly. Although the empowerment of women has long been a United Nations priority, it...

Let me join in the congratulations addressed to Mr. Harri Holkeri and to his country, Finland, on his election to the lofty and responsible post of President of...

Let me begin by congratulating His Excellency Ambassador John Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. May...

 I have the honour to convey to all representatives the warm greetings and best wishes of my august sovereign. His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, for the succ...

I would like to warmly congratulate the President on his assumption of his post at the helm of the General Assembly, the Assembly of humankind, and to wish him ...

40. Mr. President, the delegation of Nepal associates itself with all the delegations that have congratulated you on your election to the high office of Preside...

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, I have the honour to convey warm greetings to the General Assembly. I congra...

I wish to extend to the President the warm congratulations of my delegation on his election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. W...

I am honoured to extend congratulations to Mr. Al-Nasser on his appointment to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- sixth regular session. As ...

Although the embers from the towering infernos which resulted from the attacks on 11 September have not fully died, it may nevertheless be possible to analyse ...

By electing Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia to the presidency of its forty-sixth session, the General Assembly paid a tribute to hit eminent professional an...

21. Mr. President, permit me to associate myself with all the speakers who have preceded me at this rostrum in extending to you, on behalf of the Togolese deleg...

Let me congratulate Mr. Amara Essy on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its forty- ninth session. This is both a tribute to his cou...

28.Mr. President, permit me, on behalf of the Government of Finland and on my own behalf, to extend to you the most cordial congratulations on your election to ...

I wish to begin by conveying my respect and gratitude to Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, who presided over the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. I als...

On behalf of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, the country that I have the honour of representing in the highest forum of international diplo...

My delegation congratulates you personally, Sir, as well as your country, Côte d’Ivoire, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-nint...