Speeches by president

At the outset, it is my pleasure to congratulate Her Excellency María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its ...

132. Sir, on behalf of the Netherlands delegation I wish to congratulate you warmly on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. A...

I would like first of all to extend to you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly, a body that represents the heart of multilateral diplomacy, for the first time tonight. As such,...

Mr. President, in calling upon you to lead the work of this session, the General Assembly has recognized in you the qualities required by such high responsibili...

I wish at the outset warmly to congratulate the President on his election to preside over the General Assembly at this forty-first session. I have every confide...

 I should like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to head the work of the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session. You re...

President Abdulla Shahid, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Heads of Delegations, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to sincerely congratulate Mr. Guter...

Allow me at the outset to offer Mr. Julian Hunte my warm congratulations on his election as President. We are confident that he will guide our deliberations du...

1. Mr. President, this great Assembly made a very wise choice when it placed the reins of its deliberations in the hands of a man of such great experience and p...

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, 12 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Namibia, on his assumption of the office o...

As one who has taken some interest in the election of Presidents, I should like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to this hi...

Mr. President, I should like to congratulate you on behalf of the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic upon your election to the high post of Presi...

 First of all. Sir, I congratulate you warmly on your election to your high office. 1 am convinced that your great experience and wisdom will be reflected in y...

55. El Salvador considers the honour paid to Mr. Emilio Arenales, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala and President of the General Assembly at its twenty-...

It is my honour to congratulate you, Sir, on your election and to assure you of the fullest cooperation of the delegation of San Marino. May I thank the outgoi...

 At the very outset, I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its...

I should like to extend to Mr. Bouteflika my cordial greetings and warm congratulations upon his election as President of the General Assembly. This is an expre...

52. Mr. President, those of us who know you well take a special pride in your elevation to the presidency of the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session...

Let me at the outset welcome South Sudan as the 193rd Member of the United Nations. I commend the successful conduct of the referendum on independence as a m...