Speeches by president

My Government views this forty-fifth session of the General Assembly as one which is of particular importance to the international community, especially as it ...

First of all, Mr. President, I wish to convey to you my most sincere congratulations on your assumption of your office at this thirty- seventh session of the ...

I am addressing the General Assembly today at a difficult and painful time for Mexicans. Our nation has been battered by Nature. In recent weeks, together with ...

1. Mr. President, on behalf of my Government and the delegation of the Republic of Singapore, I should like to associate myself with the congratulatory remarks ...

133. I should like, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Iraq, to extend our sincere congratulations to Ambassador Hambro on his election to preside o...

We are speaking in the Assembly today, as His Holiness Pope Francis said, as an afterthought. The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, appear...

I bring warm and fraternal greetings from His Majesty King Mswati III, Head of State and iNgwenyama of the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Queen Mother Indlovukati and...

It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Syrian delegation, to congratulate the new President on his election to the presidency of the forty-seventh sess...

 Mr. President, I should like to begin by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the forty-third session of the General Assembly. The Gover...

It is a great honour and pleasure for me to take the floor for the first time in this world forum as Prime Minister and Head of Government, proudly representi...

First of all, allow me to congratulate Secretary-General Kofi Annan and all of my colleagues on having received the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no doubt that w...

It is a great pleasure for me, at this fifty-first session of the General Assembly, to congratulate you on your election. Your wealth of experience in internat...

We are gathered here at a time when the world is facing pressing global challenges and security threats that must be addressed collectively and with urgency. O...

I have the honour to convey to you and to all the representatives here the warm greetings of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, and his good ...

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Man is the greatest thing that God has creat...

First, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you most warmly on your richly deserved election to the highest office of the thirty-ninth session of the General ...

Mr. President, I am pleased to join those who have congratulated you on your well-deserved election as President of the forty-fifth session of the United Natio...

I stand here to reaffirm the Charter of the United Nations, not to tear it up. I call on every nation to support its universal principles. A year ago, we ...

At the outset, I would like to join those who preceded me in congratulating you on your appointment as President of this last General Assembly of the twentieth ...

Let me take this very early opportunity to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-t...