Speeches by president

 On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Cuba, and on my own behalf, I should like at the outset to express our warmest congratulations t...

At the outset, it gives me pleasure to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and her friendly country, Ecuador, on her election as President of the Ge...

At the outset, allow me on behalf of the Chadian delevation to wholeheartedly thank the President for selecting the theme for the sixty-seventh session of the ...

I would like to congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. I also wish to commend the work of Hi...

Your Excellency Mr. President, Excellency Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen! At the outset I with great delight extend heartfelt congratulations to Mr...

On behalf of His Excellency Captain Ibrahim Traore, transitional President and Head of State. I convey the warm greetings of the people and the Government of Bu...

154. Mr. President, there are many reasons why my delegation welcomes your accession to the office of President of the thirty-second session of the General As...

I should like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, an African neighbour, brother and fri...

The challenges we face at the beginning of the twenty-first century are immense. We are facing terrible poverty; crises and wars; millions of refugees; the hid...

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends, We will remember this year — 2020. What a year! We cannot meet as we usually do in the Hall, which, once a ye...

**Mr President,** **Dear delegates,** I convey to you the fraternal greetings of our President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. It is an honour to return to thi...

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. We are confident that...

First of all, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session...

The Republic of Cuba comes to the General Assembly of the United Nations ready, as always, to offer its unconditional co-operation in anything which may contrib...

I beg the President's indulgence to renew the sincerest expression of congratulations from my delegation upon his election to the Presidency of this Assembly. S...

183. Mr. President, the delegation of the Khmer Republic is doubly gratified by your election to the presidency of the twenty-eighth session of the General As...

I would like first of all to warmly congratulate Mr. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, and his predecessor Mr. Vuk Je...

Mr. President, to extend to you congratulations upon your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is for me no mere fulfilment of a ...

Mr. President, permit me at the outset to add my voice to the many that have preceded me, in most heartily congratulating you on your election to the high offic...

First of all, I should like to pay a tribute to you, Sir, as President of the General Assembly. Your farsighted opening address matches our own concerns and po...