Speeches by president

We meet in this General Assembly on the threshold of a new decade. It will be a time of complex challenge, a period in which, more than ever, co-operative ende...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Csaba Korosi on his election as President of the General Assembly and to express to him, on behalf of the Plurinatio...

42. I am greatly honored to address the Assembly from this rostrum and to convey to the President and to the Assembly the greetings of the Government and peopl...

An overall and realistic review of the current developments in international relations reveals that our world today faces the formidable challenge of extremism....

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy- second session, and to wish you ev...

The central theme of the sixty- eighth session of the General Assembly is sustainable development. With its three main pillars this constitutes a comprehensiv...

On behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, I should like to join previous speakers in expressing our support and congratulations to His Excellency Mr. ...

160. Allow me at the outset to convey to Mr. Arenales my congratulations and those of my delegation on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

149. In the first place, Madam President, let me congratulate you warmly on behalf of the delegation of the People’s Republic of Albania on your election as Pre...

I am greatly honoured to address the General Assembly for the first time. I would like to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the ...

I am pleased to be able to address the global community on the first day of the current session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Please accep...

25. As the first speaker of a Commonwealth country to participate in this debate since the tragic news was received of the death of the former Prime Minister of...

142. This Assembly, in which our peoples have placed their hopes, is meeting once again in order, through the exchange of the different points of view and opini...

At the outset, I should like, on behalf of all the members of the Chadian delegation that I have the honour to lead, and on my own behalf, to warmly congratula...

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I ha...

May I first take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his election to lead the work of the General Assembly. Let me also reassure him of Tonga’s su...

Let me begin, Mr. President, by congratulating you on your well-deserved election. It is a great pleasure to see you, my good friend and colleague, preside ove...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confident that you will guide us wisely throu...

It is an honour and a privilege to return to this rostrum this year. This is my tenth appearance here. I am proud to be back to this most important forum, but d...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. We are especially pleased that the designation went to ...