Speeches by president

211. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to express to you, on behalf of the State of Kuwait, heartfelt congratulations on your election to your high off...

I would first like to congratulate Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria on his commendable election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-...

227. Mr. President, I should like to express the satisfaction of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania at the mark of confidence and admiration displayed by the w...

Last year, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, we, all together, pledged to improve various conditions facing humankind and to protect our n...

At the outset, let me express, on behalf of the Lao delegation, my cordial salutations and congratulations to Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election as President o...

Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. This session will be one o...

123. Mr. President, in taking the floor after the many eminent speakers preceding me, not one of whom has failed to pay you a tribute, I feel some diffidence in...

71. On behalf of the Government of Brazil, it gives me great satisfaction to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the thirty-ninth sess...

40. Mr. President, I offer you our congratulations on your election as the President of the current session of the General Assembly. You represent Norway, a co...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Argentina, I should like first of all solemnly to express in this august Assembly our most profound solidarity wit...

Please accept, Sir, the congratulations of the delectation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic on your election as President of the forty-fourth sess...

Sir, you represent a country with which mine entertains the best of relations, and your election to the presidency of this session is a tribute to the contribu...

Permit me at the outset to express my delegation's deep sorrow and grief at the untimely passing of Mr. Agostinho Neto, the President of the People's Republic ...

At the outset. Sir, I extend to you once again the felicitations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the forty-first session of the Genera...

May I extend to you, and through you to the Tunisian Government and nation, my own warm congratulations and those of the Government and people of Costa Rica on...

This is the second time in 25 years that I have come to this podium as head of State of Peru to address the representatives of all the countries of the world...

Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the Icelandic delegation as well as personally, to offer you our warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to the...

1. Madam President, my delegation congratulates you wholeheartedly on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. We see in this a re...

At the outset my delegation joins, previous speakers in extending to the President our congratulations on his election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth se...

I congratulate the President on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I wish to assure her and members of the Ass...