Speeches by president

136. Permit me, Mr. President, to offer you the warmest felicitations of the delegation of Ghana on your election to the high office of President of the General...

It is ray pleasure warmly to congratulate the President of the fortieth session of the General Assembly on his election. I am confident that the vast and deep e...

I wish the President all the best for this General Assembly. Along with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he can count on Portugal’s firm support in his work. ...

It is my honour to greet the President on behalf of the people of Haiti, and I congratulate our dear friend and brother Mr. Julian Hunte, President of this ses...

The Government of Paraguay comes to the Assembly to reaffirm its importance in examining the world situation. We have also come in order to further strength...

Mr. President, after listening to all the tributes addressed to your country, as well as to your own person, it would be tempting to refuse to follow the tradit...

I wish to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. You can count on Finland ́s full supp...

Today, we face the reality of an international system that is becoming more complex by the day. Globalization has created new opportunities; it has also prod...

 May I start by congratulating you most warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and by paying tribute to your predecessor, Mr. ...

I should like to convey sincere congratulations to Mr. Hollai on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session and to ...

I wish to extend to you, Mr. President, the warm congratulations of the Danish Government and the Danish delegation on your election to the high post of Preside...

150. The great confidence that the General Assembly has placed in Mr. Belaúnde in electing him to his present office and in placing upon his shoulders the respo...

Mr. President, it is with particular pleasure that I congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. We gre...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly. I would also like to extend...

Let me say at the outset how pleased I am to see you, Sir, presiding over the General Assembly at this session. In addition to being a well-deserved tribute to ...

I am pleased to express the cordial congratulations of the delegation of Peru to our President on his election to the presidency of the thirty--sixth session o...

130. Mr. President, the Nigerian delegation cordially associates itself with the warm sentiments that have been expressed by previous contributors to the genera...

I wish to begin by congratulating the President and the other officers of the Assembly on their election to their high, responsible posts and by wishing them ev...

It is my great honour to stand here as the new Japanese Prime Minister — brand new, really, as I was designated by the National Diet yesterday. First, I w...

The sixty-first session of the General Assembly has begun its work in quite a disturbing context. We note the persistence of certain conflicts and the emerge...