Speeches by president

At the outset, may I, on behalf of my delegation, congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss sincerely and warmly on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly...

At the outset, on behalf of the Cambodian delegation, let me extend our heartfelt congratulations to you, Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrai...

Sir, at the outset I should like to congratulate you on your election to the high position of President of the General Assembly for the fortieth session. I am c...

A year ago, at the opening of the sixteenth session, the delegation of the Republic of Guinea saluted with joy and pride the great turning-point in the life of ...

In the name of the people of Haiti, I am happy to greet you, Sir, and offer you our warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-seven...

98. Mr. President, I should like to convey to you the Dahomean delegation's warmest congratulations on your election as President of this session of the Uni...

I am once again pleased to be speaking from this rostrum, as I have for several years. I would first like to pay tribute to a worthy son of the African continen...

I offer my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Csaba Korosi on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly. I hope that under your leadership, Sir...

I wish at the outset, on behalf of my Government and my delegation, to extend to Ambassador Salim, a great son of Africa, my warm congratulations on his electi...

On behalf of the Republic of San Marino and my delegation, I wish, first of all, to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the Gener...

Last year we met in a celebratory mood. But after every party comes the sober dawn, and we now face the sombre reality that the United Nations risks marginaliz...

24. Mr. President, on behalf of the Hungarian delegation may I warmly congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly during its thirty...

I have already had occasion to congratulate the President during my previous intervention [686th meeting]. I will now add to what I said then, if I may, that we...

1. Mr. President, I should like to join those who have spoken before me in extending to you our sincere felicitations on your election to guide the deliberatio...

103. Sir, permit me to convey to you our warm congratulations on your unanimous election to the high office of President of the thirty-third session of the Gen...

Although it is now a month since the beginning of the General Assembly’s seventh session, I should like, as head of the Ethiopian delegation, to express the par...

At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-f...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of your important position. I would also like to welcome Tuvalu as a new Memb...

68. The Hungarian delegation has listened attentively to the analysis of the international situation and of the encouraging and alarming features of internation...

Mr. Chairman, I should like, if I may, to associate myself with the many speakers who preceded me in expressing to you, on behalf of my Government and the Malag...