Speeches by president

 It is indeed an honour for me personally and on behalf of the Maltese delegation to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the...

Allow me, first of all, to extend my delegation's congratulations to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe on his election as President of the General Assembly at it...

1. The election of the Foreign Minister of Guatemala to the high office of President of the General Assembly at its twenty-third session is eloquent testimony b...

It is my pleasure to congratulate Ambassador Razali on his election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. The Barbados delegation sha...

The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 1986 as the International Year of Peace. In that context, the present session is working towards an objec...

Allow me first of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, to congratulate Mr. Didier Opertti, Minister for Foreign Affair...

Fifty years ago. almost to the day. two German States joined the United Nations: the then German Democratic Republic, as the 133rd Member, and the Federal Repub...

In this high-level week, we are confronted with a major challenge, namely, to believe and invest in multilateralism and the irreplaceable role of the United Nat...

Our Organization, the United Nations, is celebrating its seventieth anniversary. Immense progress has been made since it was established as an institution entru...

Allow me to add my personal and my Government's congratulations to the many already tendered to the President on his election to the high office which indeed he...

31. At this beginning of the twentieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, I think we all have feelings of relief and pleasure that we are here at a...

The atmosphere in which the fifteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened and, still more, the atmosphere in which our work has at times taken...

At the outset. I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session...

I wish to congratulate Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session and to assure him of Uganda...

1. Mr. President, I wish to convey to you the congratulations of the Finnish Government on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assem...

Thank you for the opportunity to address the General Assembly of the United Nations. Sixty years ago, representatives from 16 nations gathered to begin del...

The United Nations, which this year commemorates the seventieth anniversary of its founding, brings together people who do not easily despair even in the face o...

Mr. President, I have already had occasion to congratulate you on your unanimous election, and also to welcome the three new Members to our Organization. On the...

145. Mr. President, I have the honour of beginning this statement by conveying to you the warmest congratulations of my Government and my delegation on the una...

 189. Mr. President, I wish to join the previous speakers in congratulating you on your unanimous election to the high office you now occupy. My delegation is ...