Speeches by president

I wish at the outset to pay tribute to the remarkable work of the Secretary-General, who, through his outstanding personal qualities and sense of dialogue, giv...

The urgency of the alarming situation in Afghanistan, particularly given the events of the past few months, requires me to explain why and how that situation co...

Mr. President, I should like first of all to congratulate you, on behalf of the Yugoslav delegation, on your election to the high office of President of the Gen...

On behalf of Kuwait, it gives me pleasure to convey to Ambassador Insanally our sincere congratulations on his unanimous election as President of the General As...

I take pleasure in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly, to which the world looks with co...

I bring warm greetings from the Government and the people of Solomon Islands. Allow me to begin by conveying my most heartfelt and sincere congratulations to...

Allow me to congratulate the President on his election to his high office, and to thank the outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Samuel Insanally, for his wis...

67. Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your election to the office of the presidency of the present session of the General Assembly. Your knowle...

40. The last time, a long time ago, that I had the honour of speaking from this rostrum [445th meeting], it was a distinguished woman, Mrs. Pandit, who gave me ...

195. Allow me, first of all, to extend my congratulations to you on your election as President of the thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assem...

Mr. President, the contribution that your country, Bulgaria, is making to the building of a new world order accords with the genius of its people. He are grati...

On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, the representatives of the world’s nations are gathered here with hearts full of hope for a better...

First of all, I would like to express my best wishes for the success of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly and to assure the Assembly of Per...

On behalf of the people and the Government of Papua New Guinea, I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty...

Mr. President, first of all, permit me, on behalf of the Mongolian delegation, to extend to you our most sincere congratulations on your well-deserved election...

I have the honour to address the General Assembly as the President of the Republic of Serbia — a country of good and honest people who gave me their trust and h...

Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, I didn’t intend to come here this year. My country is at war, fighting for its life. But after I heard the lies and slande...

85. It gives me great pleasure to express to Mr. Fanfani my congratulations and those of my Government and delegation upon his unanimous election to the Pr...

Permit me to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. My ...

On behalf of the people and the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to lead the General As...