Speeches by president

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President on his assumption of the high post of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session...

On behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, I am particularly happy to express our most heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Dante Caputo on his electio...

First of all, I wish to congratulate Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. We are c...

148. I am happy to have this opportunity to speak in this Assembly as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of my country, and I would immediately wish...

To begin. I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. Our...

As I take the floor on behalf of the Central African Republic at the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, I would first like to congratulate Mr. Csa...

1. Mr. CASEY (Australia): Firstly, Sir, let me take this opportunity to offer to you the sincere congratulations of the Australian delegation on your election a...

Few women before you, Madam, have been elected to the presidency of the General Assembly, despite the fact that, as the Chinese proverb states, women hold up...

Mr. President, I congratulate you most warmly on your election to the President's chair, for which your qualities and long experience as Foreign Minister of you...

48. Mr. President, I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the high office of the President of this Assembly, and to s...

 1. On analysing the agenda of the thirty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly, we foresee intense and delicate activity, in view of the comple...

Mr. President, fellow delegates, my friends. Thank you for the opportunity to address this Assembly. Like many of you, I have spoken in this forum before, but n...

Mr. President, the twenty-seventh annual session of the General Assembly having been placed under your presidency, it is my pleasure to congratulate you, on beh...

The seventh session of the General Assembly is meeting in an international situation which confronts the United Nations with particularly important and responsi...

 Mr. President, I bring you the fraternal greetings of my people and our congratulations on your elevation to your high office. Your country, Nigeria, and mine...

 Mr. President, I am very pleased to see such a distinguished son of Africa receive the honour of presiding over the forty-fourth session of the United Nations...

81. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the Presidency of this body. Your election is both a tribute to your own person an...

I am pleased to convey my congratulations to the President elected to the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I likewise take this opportunity to expre...

Mr. President, allow me, first, to offer to you my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-first session of the General Assembly...

I am speaking for the first time as Head of State. However, in 1977 I appeared with my country’s delegation before the Trusteeship Council, seeking independe...