Speeches by president

At the outset, I wish to congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his assumption of the post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth se...

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to preside over the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, an election ...

 The convening of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly gives me an opportunity to pay a tribute to the efforts recently made by our world Organisati...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Romanian delegation. At the outset, allow me to congratulate the Honourabl...

The tragic events of 11 September 2001 awakened the international community to the gravity of a new menace to world peace and security. The lighting of the ete...

I congratulate Mr. Kavan on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. I also extend my best wishes to Secretary-General K...

39. I would first like to extend to you, Sir, the warmest congratulations of the Australian delegation on your election as President of the General Assembly. T...

Since this is my first public appearance before you, Mr. President, please permit me to congratulate you most warmly and very sincerely on your election to the ...

It is an honour to once again open the General Assembly. I come here to show a Brazil that is different from the one portrayed in newspapers or television. Braz...

The debate has dragged on, and I shall not tax the patience of this august Assembly by making a long statement. I desire merely to express the hopes and fears o...

Let me first welcome the Secretary-General back from his pilgrimage for peace in the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands have already fallen in the bloody confl...

I should like first to convey to you, Sir, the warm and sincere felicitations of the delegation of Pakistan on your ejection to the presidency of the thirty-s...

At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the people and Government of Togo and on my own behalf, to extend our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your electio...

I join previous speakers in extending my sincere congratulations to Mr. Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth sessi...

I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assemb...

Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Your Excellencies: Over the past quarter-century, I have stood at this podium amidst regional conflicts, global upheavals...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session on his election and to express my good wishes for th...

102. Following its custom, the General Assembly is beginning its work with an appraisal of the international situation and a review of the tasks which stand bef...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, It is an honour to represent my country, the Republic of Moldova, at this unique forum where small and...

President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, seventy-five years ago, the United Nations was established to introduc...