Speeches by president

1. I should like first of all, Mr. President, to express the satisfaction felt by the delegation of Gabon at your impressive election to the Presidency of the t...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second sessio...

At the outset allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session and to wish you every suc...

First of all, Sir, please allow me to offer my warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. I w...

As head of the delegation of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and on behalf of His Excellency Don Santiago Nsobeya Efuman, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Inter...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. Your election is testimony to the high est...

150. Mr. President, this session of the Assembly opens amidst signs of a new vitality, in an atmosphere of rising expectations. It is thus fitting that a perso...

It is for me a great honour to address this Assembly, an important forum in the struggle for the preservation of peace and the consolidation of friendship and ...

At the outset, allow me to sincerely congratulate the President and her friendly country, the Republic of Ecuador, on her election to preside over the General A...

It is my pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that y...

At the outset, I would like to express the condolences of the people of Paraguay over the tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina. I express my Government's solidar...

I express my sincere congratulations to the President on his election. I am certain his qualities and skills will bring a successful conclusion to the fifty-fif...

It is an honour for me to convey to Mr. Hollai on behalf of the Gabonese delegation and on my own behalf, our warmest congratulations on his election to the ...

I am especially honoured and privileged to be addressing this gathering for the first time on behalf of the Republic of North Macedonia. The very fact that most...

First of all, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Your well-known q...

I would like first to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election to lead our work in the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I ...

At the outset I would like to congratulate you upon your unanimous election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that wi...

It is a great honour for me to be here today. I would like to talk to the General Assembly about a subject that is at the heart of the United Nations — the p...

We congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the General Assembly at its the seventieth session. It acknowledges his distinguished caree...

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to preside over the work of the Assembly at its s...