Speeches by president

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. This election is a tribute to Africa an...

106. Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to offer you the warm congratulations of the delegation of Bahrain on your election as President of the thirty-third s...

107. To begin with, my delegation deplores the unfortunate accident which deprives us of the presence of our distinguished President, Mr. Fanfani, to whom we ex...

It gives me great pleasure to extend to Mr. Opertti and his friendly country, on behalf of the State of Kuwait, our sincere congratulations on his election as P...

194. It gives me great pleasure to express to the President, on behalf of Kuwait, heartfelt congratulations on his unanimous election to his high office in the...

I wish to express my sincere condolences to the Government and the citizens of Dominica and the Caribbean region, who are suffering from the destruction caused ...

I again extend our congratulations to the President on his election. The Millennium Summit has charted for us a plan of action for the immediate future. We must...

Almost all the challenges we face are global. The solutions for them can be found only by working together. We have a historic opportunity to steer change in a ...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of the people and the Government of the Dominican Republic. At the outset, I would like to apologize on ...

May I first congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the Assembly at its sixty-third session. I am sure that your wisdom and vast experience w...

Mr. President, since I am speaking from this rostrum for the first time as the head of my country's delegation, permit me first of all to convey to you my warm ...

I extend my congratulations to Mr. Gurirab on his election and my warmest respects to his predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti. My very best wishes go to them both a...

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab on his election as President of this fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I wish him all the best i...

I am pleased to express my sincere congratulations to Mr. Didier Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. A...

72. On behalf of the Government of Ceylon and the delegation of Ceylon, as well as on my own behalf, I extend to His Excellency Mr. Emilio Arenales, the Foreign...

It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to extend to you, on behalf of my country's delegation, our congratulations on your election as President of this session, and ...

The idea of the United Nations was taking shape during the life-and-death struggle against fascism. At that time I was a soldier at the battlefront. I remember ...

On behalf of the Czechoslovak delegation, I should like to express the hope that the fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations may lay the fou...

110. Who of us present In this hall yesterday was not deeply moved by the message, solemn and profoundly encouraging, given to the General Assembly and to the w...

100. Mr. President, I should like to express my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the high office of the presidency of our Assembly. Your elect...