Speeches by president

Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Guatemala, I wish to extend to Mr. de Marco most cordial congratulations on his election as President of the United Nations ...

First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the very responsible post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. ...

I present to Mr. Shihabi my most sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session. I am certain tha...

Pending further news, I also wish to share in the sadness we all feel on the announcement of an aeroplane crash in Queens. Through me, Senegal has the pleasure...

I am pleased to take this opportunity to address the General Assembly. In the past year both Kenya and the United Nations have been struck by terrorism. On beh...

Please allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to wish you great success in ...

Mr. President, Peace be with all of you! I offer cordial greetings to you, Mr President, and to all the Delegations taking part in this significant Seventy-fift...

I congratulate Mr. Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. I wish him success in assuming that task, and I a...

Palau warmly congratulates the President on his election to the presidency of the Assembly and assures him of Palau’s full support and cooperation. We pay tribu...

Burkina Faso is delighted to see this important session of the General Assembly being presided over by an illustrious son of a great country, Sweden, with which...

It is a great honour for me to take the floor at the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, which is being held in the context of some rather disturbi...

It is a great honour for me, as the new President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, to appear before the Assembly for the first time and to ...

I bring the Assembly greetings from President Charles Taylor and the Government and the people of Liberia. On behalf of the delegation of Liberia and in my own ...

First and foremost, I would like to convey our congratulations on the opening of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, and our wishes for success ...

Mr. President, it is indeed a pleasure for me to associate myself with previous speakers in congratulating you on your election to the high office of the presi...

I would like to begin by expressing our gratitude to the President and to the Secretary-General for their notable efforts in carrying out their mandates. The st...

50. The tragic death of that apostle of peace, Dag Hammarskjold was a source of profound shock to the Paraguayan nation. There is no more eloquent testimony to...

It gives me great pleasure to join in the heartfelt congratulations extended to Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly ...

This is the first time I have participated in the general debate since the declaration of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and my fifth as President — sinc...

Let me begin by joining previous speakers in applauding the President for his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session and for...