Speeches by president

Your noteworthy election, Sir, to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session is an eloquent and solemn tribute from the Members of our O...

In transmitting the sincere congratulations of the Government of Madagascar, allow us to echo the words that have been expressed since the Assembly elected you...

16. Sir, it was with much regret that I heard of the unfortunate accident which has temporarily deprived us of the presence of our distinguished President. ...

May I be permitted on behalf of the Indonesian delegation to join the preceding speakers in expressing from this platform our gratitude for the cordial welcome ...

I wish to express the warm congratulations of the delegation of Saint Lucia to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to serve as President of the General ...

In the name of God the most compassionate and merciful. H.E. Mr. Abdullah Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly H.E. Mr. Antonio Guterres, Se...

 Mr. President, I wish to offer you greetings from the people and Government of Peru and to express my pleasure at the fact that you have been elected to guide...

In this critical period of human history, it is a good omen that the sixth session of the General Assembly should meet in the beautiful city of Paris, one of th...

It is with immense pride that I congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago, on your unanimous election to the pres...

Mr. President, I have the great honor to begin this address by paying a well-deserved tribute to the statesman who is entrusted with the onerous task of condu...

Mr. President, I should like to join the previous speakers in congratulating you on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the forty-third session of...

I should like my first words in this great forum of the world Organization to be an expression of our great pleasure at the unanimous decision of the Assembly...

I should like to congratulate Ambassador von Wechmar on his election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. My country considers him...

I should like, first of all, on behalf of the Jordanian delegation, to convey our congratulations to Sir Leslie Munro on the occasion of his election to the Pre...

It is my pleasure to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri on his assumption of the presidency of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and I should like to...

In participating for the first time in the Assembly’s general debate, which is held at each session, the delegation of the People’s Republic of Albania wishes t...

Let me begin by joining previous speakers in extending my personal congratulations and those of my delegation to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of...

 I have pleasure. Sir, in congratulating you cordially, as the representative of the friendly German Democratic Republic, on your election as President of the ...

1. Twelve months ago, the twentieth session of the General Assembly was convened on a note of great hope and optimism. The frustration and recriminations wh...

I should like to take this opportunity of congratulating Prince Wan Waithayakon on the unanimity with which he was elected to preside over this eleventh session...