Speeches by president

For the second time this year the representatives of the United Nations are meeting in the General Assembly to continue with a firm and determined step along th...

36.Mr. President, it is deeply gratifying to the Government and people of Ceylon that you should be occupying the Chair at the twenty-second session of the Gene...

I would first like to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session, and to expr...

More than 10 years ago, we decided to set eight concrete goals to free humankind from extreme poverty, from hunger and disease, and from illiteracy. We calle...

I wish to begin by congratulating Mr. d’Escoto Brockmann on assuming the post of President of the General Assembly at its current session. Today I shall st...

It gives me great pleasure to stand before the General Assembly on this historic rostrum to participate in the Assembly’s seventy-eighth session. I would like t...

Vanuatu wishes to associate itself with other delegations in congratulating the President and the members of his Bureau on their election to lead us through th...

135. The Federal Republic of Germany at present holds the presidency of the European Community and in the European Political Co-operation. Therefore, I should ...

I should like to begin by congratulating the President on his election to the high office he has been asked to fill at this session of the General Assembly. ...

Ten years ago, Switzerland joined the United Nations, thus becoming both the 190th Member State and the first country in which United Nations membership was ap...

I should like first to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election; the Assembly has made an excellent choice in selecting him to preside...

27. On behalf of the Norwegian delegation I have the honour to extend to Mr. Leopoldo Benites our best congratulations upon his election as President of this A...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, especially since you r...

It is the irony of the United Nations that so many new leaders have stepped to this rostrum, as I have today, with mixed feelings. Yes, we took power to impleme...

 it is indeed a pleasure and an honour for me to convey to Mr. Dante Caputo, on behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, our sincere congrat...

It is a great honour for me, as the current Chairman of the African Union, to take the floor in this melting pot of multilateralism to address the Assembly. The...

May I first join preceding speakers and congratulate you most sincerely, Sir, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Suriname on your un...

Allow me, first of all, to extend to you. Sir, the warmest congratulations of the Greek Government on your election to the presidency. Your personal qualities...

102. To be one of the last speakers in the general debate, which is about to be concluded, entails both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages lie in the ...

Before proceeding with my remarks, I wish to begin by indicating that my delegation fully subscribes to the statement delivered by the presidency of the Euro...