Speeches by president

I am happy to join previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Ismat Kittani on his election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. His p...

I have the honour of speaking today on behalf of the States members of the South Pacific Forum in my capacity as current Chairman of the Forum. At the outset I...

Permit me at the outset to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Thailand and on my own behalf, the warmest congratulations on your unanimous elec...

Mr. President, may I on behalf of the Malaysian Government congratulate you on your election to the presidency of this fortieth session of the General Assembly....

I am so sorry that we have not been able to meet together for so long. I feel especially sorry that the conversations we started with many of those here on digi...

Let me express my great pleasure at seeing Mr. Amara Essy presiding over our deliberations. I am confident that, given his experience and skills, this session ...

1. Madam President, it is with great pleasure that the Lesotho delegation joins the delegations which have taken the floor before it in expressing its congratul...

37. On behalf of my country, may I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of this Assembly, a choice that not only honors a citizen of ...

At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations on your well-deserved election as the President of the General Assembly at it...

Sir, it is indeed a pleasure for me to extend to you my warm congratulations on your election to the high post of President of the forty-sixth session of the G...

I address the General Assembly on behalf of the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity of the State of Libya. Mr. Mohamed Al-...

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Joseph Deiss on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I also expr...

Two years ago, at this same rostrum, as the conclusion of my statement (see A/59/PV.10), I quoted these famous verses of the Spanish poet Antonio Machado: ...

I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session and to commend the outgoi...

66. Mr. President, on behalf of the Romanian delegation and on my own behalf, may I offer you our sincere congratulations on your election to this important po...

272. Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of my country, who is unable to be present, to convey to you, over and above the tr...

1. Almost precisely twenty-four hours ago to the hour, this rostrum became hollowed ground for a brief thirty minutes. It is impossible not to feel the impact o...

108. Madam President, I am happy to offer you the congratulations of the delegation of Senegal on your unanimously welcomed election to the presidency of the ...

Mr. President, in taking the floor for the- first time in this august Assembly, my delegation and I myself have the pleasant duty of conveying to you, first of ...

27. I wish to say, on behalf of the delegation and the Government of Peru, that the election of Mrs. Pandit as President of the Assembly meets our desire to pay...