Speeches by president

It is with deeply felt emotion that we heard the tragic news of the death of Anwar El Sadat, a great statesman who was assassinated yesterday morning in Cairo. ...

 It gives the delegation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic great pleasure to greet the representative of Nigeria, Mr. Garba, as President of the Unite...

141. As my opening remark I should like as many speakers have done before me to pay a tribute to your predecessor, Mrs. Angie Brooks-Randolph, for the able, di...

 It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. It is an expression of est...

I should like first of all, Mr. President, to convey to you my warmest congratulations. Your election to the presidency of this Assembly is a clear acknowledgem...

This session of the Assembly opens the fifth decade of the United Nations. I hope that it will begin an era in which this body will come closer to realizing the...

Mr. SPAAK said the speakers who had taken part in the beginning of the general debate had repeatedly stressed the atmosphere of great anxiety in which the Assem...

It is with pleasure that I begin this speech by conveying to you. Sir, our most sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assemb...

Sir, allow me to congratulate you sincerely on your unanimous election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session. It is...

33. It gives me great pleasure to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the Government and the people of Kuwait, heartfelt congratulations on you/ election as Pres...

121. I have the honour and pleasure to convey to the President the sincere congratulations of die Yugoslav delegation on her election to the presidency of the A...

It is most gratifying to me and to my delegation that the stewardship of this forty-fourth session of the General Assembly has been entrusted to a seasoned dip...

47. In tendering my sincere congratulations to Mr. Maza on his election as President of the General Assembly may I express the hope that the unanimity with whic...

I should like to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly. As a close neighbour of Malaysia, Australia wi...

I should like at the outset to convey to you, Sir, my most cordial and sincere congratulations on your election as President of the Assembly. Both Spain, Portug...

202. I should like to begin by extending to Mr. Jorge Illueca my sincere felicitations on his election to the presidency of the thirty- eighth session of the ...

144. A few days ago we had the pleasure and the satisfaction to receive three new Members in our midst. These admissions have brought the United Nations member...

At the outset I have pleasure in extending to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral and to his friendly country, Portugal, my sincere congratulations on his election as P...

44. Speaking as I am after the passing of the Egyptian head of State, allow me first to associate myself with the homage that has been paid to his memory. The ...

It gives me pleasure, Mr. President, to associate myself with the warm congratulations offered to you from this rostrum. They are a tribute to your country and...