Speeches by president

Allow me to express my sincere gratitude for the honour of speaking from this high rostrum and to convey on behalf of Turkmenistan’s President, Saparmurat Ni...

Mr. President, all of us in Ecuador feel profound friendship and great admiration for your country. I should like to express these feelings as I hail you on yo...

Mr President of the General Assembly, Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government, Mr Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gen...

There are moments we can describe as historical turning points, when nations and peoples must decide which side they are on. This is one of these moments, when ...

I wish to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session on his election to his high office. I would like to express my confiden...

MR. PRESIDENT, MR. SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEAR COLLEAGUES, It is my honour and privilege to address the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Pre...

Liberia congratulates you, Mr. President, on your election to the important office of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. We are co...

It should not be surprising that, for a citizen of the third world like me, it is difficult to speak once again before this Assembly-difficult because I cannot...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations,...

More than a year has elapsed since the United Nations came into being in America. Since its inception, the Organization has become somewhat larger and stronger....

It is an honour for me to address the international community, first of all, to express the pleasure of the Government of the Republic of Panama at the elect...

Mr. President, allow me first of all to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the important post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ni...

I hope the President will allow me to begin by saying that the Netherlands delegation is particularly happy to have him preside over this session of the General...

117. Mr. President, I should like to express to you the sincere congratulations of the delegation of Peru on your election to preside over our work during the ...

I have the honour to address the General Assembly at its seventy-third session on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares, Minister for Fo...

Just about a month ago, the people of Guyana went to the polls to vote for the Government of their choice. Witnessed by an unprecedented number of observers ...

Many years ago, I proposed in the Assembly that policy statements should be limited to 20 to 25 minutes. I have attempted and will attempt today to do that. The...

I am pleased, first of all, to convey through you, Sir, our sincere congratulations to President Han Seung-soo on 28 his election as President of the current ...

The delegation of Costa Rica is pleased to extend its warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly on his election. In addition to his dist...

Mr. President, the thirty- fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations is being presided over by a distinguished diplomat whom the whole of Af...