Speeches by president

1. Mr. President, in these last days of the general debate I should like to pay a tribute to the authority and distinction with which you are presiding over ou...

Mr. President, I should like first of all, on behalf of the Bahamas Government and its people, to congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-...

I would like to offer my congratulations to the President on his election. In doing so, I assure all our fellow members of Brunei Darussalam's continued strong ...

We stand today at a crossroads between old wars and new conflicts; between what we know and what we fear; between the needs of a changing planet and the demands...

I am grateful for the opportunity today to address this sixty-second annual gathering of the General Assembly. On behalf of my nation, I would like to cong...

20. Madam President, I should like to congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly and to express our confidence th...

Let me start by offering you, Mr. President, my congratulations and best wishes. With your election an outstanding representative of the new democracies in Ea...

Nelson Mandela once described his countryís transition to democracy as a long journey to freedom comprising many milestones, each a realization of new opportuni...

The Charter has wisely recognized the interdependence of the conditions for peace and security. It has proclaimed the interrelationship between political, econo...

31. Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to extend to you our sincere congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-eighth session of the Gene...

1. All the countries of the world are suffering the effects of the crisis in the international economy, some more than others, but the 4 billion human beings ...

I must begin by expressing the emotion and anxiety I feel as I address this Assembly, which is opening another session in full4 awareness of the fact that it is...

First, allow me to congratulate the president on the confidence which has been placed in him by the General Assembly in electing him to this high post. I wish h...

I am delighted to be able to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, on your election to the presidency of th...

Allow me to congratulate the President sincerely on his election to preside over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I am particularly pleased to s...

First of all, Mr. President, I want to offer my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. The p...

Throughout the world people are wondering whether next year will succeed in being the year of justice for the peoples, since 1979 has been for the third world,...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Ambassador Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. He is not present...

At the very outset I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Amara Essy, on your election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its current sessi...

It is an honor for me to come to this rostrum at the United Nations and to speak in this forum where we meet every year to resume the threads of the great inter...