Speeches by president

103. On behalf of our delegation I should like to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election to the high post of President of the thirty-third session of the Ge...

Sir, in electing you to the presidency of this thirtieth session, our Assembly wished to pay a tribute to your eminent statesmanlike qualities and, above all, ...

The twelfth session of the General Assembly is opening in a calmer atmosphere and with more favourable prospects for world peace than those immediately precedin...

I extend to the Assembly friendly greetings and felicitations on behalf of the people and Government of Solomon Islands. I also extend to you, Sir, out warm and...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and on my own behalf, I congratulate you on your assumption of the pres...

35. It has been repeatedly stressed from this rostrum at the current session of the United Nations General Assembly that the victory of the Great October Socia...

I know that you, Sir, will convey to the President of the General Assembly at the forty-sixth session my congratulations as I join those who have already congr...

39. Mr. President, allow me first of all to express to your distinguished predecessor, Mrs. Angie Brooks Randolph, the great satisfaction of my Government at t...

The general debate in which we are now engaged serves many purposes. Above all it gives the Governments of all Member States, great and small, an opportunity to...

Mr. President, may I, not in a perfunctory manner, congratulate you on behalf of the Canadian delegation on your election, and offer you our best wishes? Having...

Humanity, our greatest concern, is the reason why we are gathered here today. Humanity stands at a defining moment in world history. The challenge before us is ...

21. In the first place, Mr, President, may I congratulate you on your well-deserved election and wish you success in achieving the objectives of the United...

I should like, at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Stoyan Ganev, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, on his unanimous electio...

I sincerely thank you, Sir, for the honour and opportunity of addressing this forum, and I extend my congratulations to you upon your election to lead the forty...

Sir, I should like to begin my statement by extending to you our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of this session. This is a fittin...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to see such a distinguished representative of the Federal Republic of Germany presiding over this important session o...

I wish to extend to you, Sir, my delegation's sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of this historic session of the United Nations General ...

It is with great pleasure that I convey to you, Mr. President, my congratulations on your election to guide the work of this session of the General Assembly. A...

I have the honour to convey to you, Sir, and to the representatives present here, the greetings of my Sovereign, King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, as well as ...

I should like on behalf of my delegation to convey to Ambassador Amerasinghe our most sincere congratulations on his election as President of the thirty-first r...