Speeches by president

It is a great honour for me to take the floor on behalf of my Government at this eighteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly and to reaffirm my co...

Mr. VicePresident, will you please congratulate President Kittani on his election as President of this Assembly. His long and distinguished service to the inter...

Allow me at the outset to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. Jean Ping, on your election as President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, and...

At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of ...

On behalf of my Government and on my own behalf, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly a...

Mr. President, like all the speakers who have preceded me, I am very proud that we are privileged to sit under your Presidency. You have, of course, given the m...

It is an honour to be here for the opening of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. On behalf of the Republic of Nauru, I would like to congratulat...

I have the immense honour of addressing this historical and important General Assembly for the first time as the President of Colombia. I arrive both proud ...

The fifteenth session of the General Assembly has had as special features the presence and active participation in this general debate of Heads of State and Hea...

Let me address at the outset a burning issue: the situation in Myanmar/Burma. We join the call of many, including our partners in the European Union and in t...

53. Mr. President, for the second time in a few years I have the honour and the satisfaction of addressing this Assembly under the Presidency of an eminent pers...

On behalf of Venezuela, I congratulate our President and the Government and people of Bulgaria on his election to preside over this session of the General As...

I too offer you, Sir, my warmest congratulations upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this our sixty-fifth session. Let me assure ...

66. It is a pleasure for me to extend to you, Sir, my delegation's sincere congratulations on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-secon...

Allow me to express our sincere congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- second session. We ...

At the outset, I should like to convey to the members of the General Assembly the warm greetings of His Majesty the King of Bhutan. I should also like to congra...

The forty-fifth session of the General Assembly is taking place at a very special time in the history of the United Nations and of mankind. For the first time ...

Mr. President, the General Assembly is fortunate this year to have as distinguished and accomplished diplomat as yourself presiding over its thirty-fourth sess...

The seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, as has been noted by most speakers from this rostrum, is being held amid an international context that is al...

In 2015 in this Hall, the international community shared its concerns on the state of the world: conflicts and civil wars, terrorism and violent extremism, clim...