Speeches by president

70. Mr. President, fellow travellers on Spaceship Earth: it is with pleasure that the Philippine delegation offers its warm congratulations to you, Sir, on you...

First of all, may I be permitted to join previous speakers in expressing deep sadness and sorrow at the loss of thousands of lives in Killari, India, as a resul...

It is an honour for me to be here among Member States at the General Assembly for the first time. I come from Chile, which is a beautiful country located in the...

The delegation of Chad welcomes the election of Mr. Bouteflika as President of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Chad, which has always had frie...

Allow me, at the outset, to express to Mr. Udovenko, on behalf of my country’s delegation, our 21 warm congratulations on his election to the presidency of t...

Let me say how pleased I am to be here now after more than two years since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This unprecedented healt...

I would like to commend the election of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session and to welcome his ex...

On behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica I congratulate Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly a...

Mr. President, on behalf of Colombia and as Minister for Foreign Affairs I have pleasure in congratulating you on the honour which the world Organization has co...

 It gives me great pleasure to convey to you, Mr. President, and to the Heads of delegations participating in this forty-third session of the General Assembly...

I should like to associate myself with those who have spoken before me on this rostrum in congratulating Mr. von Wechmar, on behalf of the Haitian delegation, ...

 Sir, it is with great pleasure that I convey to you, an islander like ourselves, the warm congratulations of the people and Government of the Islamic Federal ...

 120. It is no mere formality, Sir, for me to convey to you the satisfaction of my country and my personal pleasure at your election as President. This is no...

It gives me great pleasure that Mr. Dante Caputo has been elected President of the forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. We are all the m...

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency Philemon Yang, Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, My Fellow Leaders, 1. I br...

The delegation of Senegal warmly congratulates the President on his election to guide the work of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. In addition ...

Mr. President, I should like to start by expressing, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, our warm congratulations on your election to the office of...

First of all I should like to express to you, Sir, the satisfaction of the Bolivian Government at your election as President of the General Assembly. It is a tr...

It is my pleasing duty to once again participate in this auspicious forum on behalf of Mr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia, and to...

Mr. President, please allow me at the outset to congratulate you on your assumption of the Presidency of the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Your u...