Speeches by president

104. I begin my statement on a sad note, by mentioning the tragic incident that claimed 16 Korean lives, including those of four Cabinet Ministers, on 9 Octob...

Mr. President, may I first join those who have already expressed their genuine pleasure at seeing you preside over our work. Your outstanding dualities will be...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. John Ashe on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. My delegation...

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Nauru, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis on his assumption of the preside...

I have the particular pleasure of congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly and of expressing o...

On behalf of my country and my delegation, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Salim our most cordial and sincere congratulations for the well-deserved tribute paid ...

I believe that nearly everything has already been said here since the beginning of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. Some were things that we ...

On behalf of the delegation of the great Libyan Arab People's Jamahiriya, I wish to extend to Ambassador Shihabi my most sincere congratulations upon his elect...

It gives me pleasure to begin my statement by congratulating the President, both personally and as representative of his country, Saint Lucia, on his election ...

I would like to acknowledge the work of the President of the seventy-seventh session and to congratulate the President of this session. Mr. Dennis Francis, by w...

I am honoured to represent Sri Lanka at the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, which after two years brings together world leaders post-pandemic i...

At this seventy- first session, it is indeed an honour to see a fellow Pacific islander elected for the first time as President of the General Assembly. Mr. Pet...

On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname, I extend to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Thomson, c...

As the United Nations faces the beginning of its second half-century and the dawn of a new millennium, we look to the Organization for the continuing fulfilmen...

Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your well-deserved election to the office of President at the sixty-fifth session of the 10-55122 24 General As...

Let me at the outset extend to Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal the sincere good wishes of the Government and people of Sri Lanka on his election to the presid...

1. May I through you, Mr. President, congratulate the President of this Assembly on his election. Our pleasure at seeing him in the chair is also explained by ...

Mr. President, I should like to join those who have preceded me on this podium and to express to you the satisfaction of my delegation on your election to the p...

Let me first of all, through you, Sir, congratulate the President of the fifty- third session of the General Assembly upon his election. I am confident that our...

Please allow me at the outset, Sir, to express my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. Th...