Speeches by president

I extend my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. My...

On behalf of Ukraine, I sincerely congratulate His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth sessio...

I should like to congratulate warmly Mr. Razali on his election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. I am confident that under his wise and ...

I should like to congratulate the President on his election. I am convinced that his work at this session will be crowned with success, as was that of his pr...

I would like to join other delegations in congratulating the President on his election to preside over the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-second s...

On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Suriname, I would like first of all to join previous speakers in extending my congratulations to Mr. H...

I would like to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. We are confident that his ...

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly and representative of Spain, a country in which the Latin American community asserts its roots, acknowledgi...

I begin by paying tribute to the wisdom of the members of the General Assembly at its forty-third session, who, in electing you President, Sic, have made clear...

First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his assumption of the Presidency of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. At the same ...

I wish to congratulate the President on his election to head the first session of the General Assembly of the new millennium. I am certain that his experience ...

52. Mr. President, your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly has taken place at a time when the United Nations, on the threshold...

121. Mr. President, I am especially happy to convey to you the warmest congratulations of Algeria, and of its delegation to the twenty-first session of the...

Let me begin by congratulating the President of the Assembly on his election to lead the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I trust that he will, with his ...

37. I should like first to express our warmest congratulations to Ambassador Leopoldo Benites on the occasion of his election to the high office of President o...

The United Nations is now 70 years old. At the start of the meeting in San Francisco where the United Nations Charter was drafted, President Truman said “You me...

To the representatives of the countries of the world - greetings. Bring to us from your home countries the gifts we can all share, your words of wisdom and you...

It is an honour for me to stand here in front of such a distinguished audience, especially in 2016, the year marking the sixtieth anniversary of the 1956 uprisi...

142. We meet during a period of fearful uncertainty and acute apprehension. The past is no comfort, the present is grim and the future holds little promise. A ...

Allow me at the outset to express my heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Your ...