Speeches by president

Mr. President, I take it to be my honour and privilege to convey the greetings and best wishes of my Sovereign, His Majesty King Birendra, for the success of th...

Mr. President; Ladies and gentlemen Heads of State and delegations; Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ladies and Gentlemen, The Field Marshal of Chad...

It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly and to convey my congratulations to President Lykketoft on his election. Peru is ready to contribute to t...

Ecuador hails the choice of Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. We believe his broad experience in the...

I would like to begin my speech by conveying my deep gratitude to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and to all heads of State and Go...

1. I should first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the honour conferred upon you by the peoples represented here in electing you to the high office o...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his well-deserved reappointment and to wish him continued success in his high and re...

Permit me to join others in expressing, on behalf of our President, Mr. Leonel Fernández Reyna, our heartfelt congratulations to Ambassador Jan Eliasson of Swed...

His Excellency the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency the Secretary-General, Majesties, Highnesses and Excellencies, Distinguished Representative...

This is neither the place nor the time for me to repeat what my head of State and I have said in speeches regarding most of the critical national, regional and ...

Allow me to begin by extending my warmest congratulations to you –– my colleague Mr. Jan Kavan — on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of th...

Mr. President, At the outset, on behalf of the Delegation of the Lao PDR, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Volkan Bozkir, on your election as President of ...

I am pleased to add my voice to the unanimous acclaim of His Excellency Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser as President of the General Assembly for this, our six...

It is a privilege to speak to the General Assembly today on behalf of the United States. A half-century ago the General Assembly first met here in New York, acr...

We meet at a time when the world is going through a period of uncertainty, marked by multiple crises on the security, economic, health and climate fronts. The t...

It is a source of pride for Africans and our friends alike to see you, Sir, presiding over the demanding business of the fifty-ninth session of the General Asse...

 It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, a compatriot and comrade-in-arms, on your unanimous election as President of the United Nations General Ass...

For reasons of brevity, given the lengthy agenda of the present session of the General Assembly, the delegation of Paraguay will refer only to a few items that...

**Mr President,** In 2025, it will be 80 years since the day when 51 countries took the historic step of creating the United Nations. Chile has always been a...

First of all, on behalf of the Turkmenistan delegation, I would like to express my deep condolences to the families and relatives of the victims of the air cra...