Speeches by president

I would first like to extend hearty congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, Mr. Jeremić, to whom I wish the grea...

Seventy years ago, the United Nations was born with the aim of creating a world of peace, security and economic and social progress. Transformed by those noble ...

1. It is with great pleasure, Sir, that I congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. This choice does...

Your Excellency, Ambassador Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, fellow Heads...

It is my distinct pleasure to express to you and to your friendly country, the Kingdom of Sweden, my most sincere congratulations on your election to the presid...

 On behalf of the President, the Government and the people of Liberia, I warmly congratulate the President on his election to preside over this forty-third ses...

At the outset, Sir, allow me to offer the warm and sincere congratulations of Solomon Islands on your election as President of the Assembly at its sixty-thir...

I should like to begin by remembering the millions of human beings who are the victims of the policies of colonialism and neo-colonialism. Let us remember th...

81. We Latin Americans are all proud of you, Mr. Belaúnde. Your unanimous election to the high and distinguished office of President of the fourteenth session o...

It is a great honour for me to speak at the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session for the first time, as Minister for Foreign Affa...

At the outset, I extend the warm congratulations of His Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, to the President of the G...

46. Mr. President, the Cuban delegation is extremely delighted to congratulate you on your election as President of the twenty-second session of the United Nati...

In 1990 the Peruvian people - heirs to an ancient culture, who, like other peoples of the third world, suffered the consequences of colonialism and later variou...

It is a great pleasure for me to be representing Tunisia for the first time in the United Nations and speaking on behalf of Arab and African Tunisia, which is ...

Through you, Sir, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election, which was so richly deserved because of his vast experienc...

Sixty years ago, in the fall of 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That international bill of rights contains a forc...

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. ANTONIO GUTERRES Secretary-General of the United Nations EXCELLENCIES, HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT; AMBASSADORS; HEADS OF DELEGATIONS; ESTE...

Madam President, on behalf of the European Union, I have the honour to address the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. The acceding countries Bulgar...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Nigeria, and in my capacity as the current Chairman of the African Union (AU), I would like to extend my sincere ...

I come here from Jerusalem to speak on behalf of my people, the people of Israel. I have come to speak about the dangers we face and about the opportunities ...