Speeches by president

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, at this sixty-first session of the ...

Allow me first of all, on behalf of the people and the Government of Colombia, to congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this...

I bring warm greetings from the Kingdom of Tonga and congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-eight...

1. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you upon your election to your high office. You have had long experience at the United Nations. You...

Mr. President, I have the distinct honour and privilege on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations upon your election as Pre...

On behalf of the Gabonese Government Sir, I offer you most cordial and heartfelt congratulations on your election to preside over the forty-third session of th...

3. Madam President, I take great pleasure in offering you the warm congratulations of my delegation on your unanimous election to the presidency of the twenty-f...

198. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation and myself, I extend our sincerest congratulations on your election as President of this session, and I express...

At present, the international security situation is grim, economic recovery lacks momentum and the development gap is widening. Natural disasters and extreme we...

When we met in this Hall last year, I was cautiously optimistic that the world would slowly but surely find its footing after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

On behalf of President Jurelang Zedkaia, I bring warm greetings from the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the General Assembly. The Marshall Islands also ...

Let me congratulate the President on her election as the fourth female President of the General Assembly during its 73 years of history. I wish to assure her of...

178. Mr. President, permit me to extend our warm congratulations to you on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. Your elevati...

In the name of my President, H.E. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and my delegation from Kenya, am very happy to bid welcome to Foreign Minister Adam Malik of Indonesia as...

176. No doubt each of us, before coming up to this rostrum, wonders about the usefulness or futility of the speech. Must we still speak when our voices are drow...

Mr. President, let me first convey on my own behalf and on behalf of the Republic of Paraguay our wishes for every success in your sensitive and important f...

I congratulate the Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I look forward to working closely with him ...

Mr. President, I want to join my colleagues who have spoken before me in extending to you my delegation's warmest congratulations upon your election as Preside...

1. It is not simply as a formal gesture that I open my statement by expressing to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Cuba, my sincere...

As I address the General Assembly in this Hall as President for the final time, let me recount the progress that we have made these last eight years. From the d...