Speeches by president

1. Your presence, Sir, as President for this year, which marks the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, constitutes a symbol of conte...

05. It is a pleasant custom that, in speaking for the first time at the annual sessions of the General Assembly, one congratulates the newly-elected President...

It is my great honour to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Allow me, at the very ou...

65. Mr. President, at the very beginning of its contribution to the general discussion, the French delegation wishes to express its satisfaction at seeing t...

I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General and by expressing my gratitude for the convening of this important session, at which we mark the seventi...

Allow me first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to preside over this new session of the General Assembly. We are sure that the exper...

First, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. At the same time, I should like to pay tribute to the work of your predecessor, Her Exc...

 1. I should like first, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is a source of particular satisfact...

40. I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Thailand, our warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-n...

This being the first time that we have spoken from this rostrum, we wish to convey to this august Assembly the best wishes of the people of Benin and a message...

Sir, I should like to begin by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly and to offer you my...

1. May I be allowed, first, to join the many speakers who have preceded me in expressing to Mr. Arenales the heartfelt congratulations of my delegation on his e...

Please, Sir, accept my most sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session, as well as my wishes for every succes...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly, a sure guarantee of the success of the fifty-third session. At the same time, I ...

111. Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria I would like to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the high p...

I would first like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, on his election to this honourable post...

I am proud to address this body as the representative of the Government of the Bahamas. We are committed to achieving a sense of security, well-being, pride ...

There are some matters on which we all agree. One of these is that, later this year, we will receive the important report that will be tabled by the High-Level ...

28. Coming to this rostrum for the first time to speak in the general debate, the delegation of the Republic of the Upper Volta would first of all like to congr...

I should like to express to the President the warm salutations of the people of Egypt. At the outset, I wish to congratulate him, and his friendly country, Denm...