Session 31 Speeches

I should like to begin by congratulating the new President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ambassador Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, representative of Sr...

On behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, who is not able to be with us on this solemn occasion, I have the pleasure of expressing my...

First of all I should like to extend most cordial congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. The unanimous confidence p...

Mr. President, it is with real pleasure that I add the voice of the Rwandan delegation to the chorus of praise addressed to you since the beginning of the thirt...

In the name of God the merciful and compassionate. 70. Mr, President, allow me from the outset of my statement to extend to you, in the name of the delegation o...

It is for me an honor and a great pleasure to extend to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, on behalf of the delegation of Senegal on my personal behalf, our warm...

Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to the high office of the presidency of t...

Mr. President, your election as President of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly is a reflection of your personal merit and of the honorable place ...

It is with great joy that I have the honor of welcoming Mr. Amerasinghe, through you, Sir, as President of this thirty-first ordinary session of the General Ass...

168. In the name of the President, people and Government of the Somali Democratic Republic and on behalf of the Somali delegation to the thirty-first session of...

Mr. President, allow me to say a few words of farewell and a few words of welcome. My words of farewell are for the outgoing President of this Assembly, Mr. Tho...

It is my privilege today to appear before this Assembly, not merely as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka but also as die current Chairman of the Group of Non-Alig...

Mr. President, I should like, at the outset, to express to you my heartfelt congratulations on your unanimous election as President of this session. I am convin...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you my warmest congratulations on your election to the high office of President of this General Assembly....

Mr. President, I wish to express my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of this historic thirty- first session of the United Natio...

Permit me first to express the Swedish Government's satisfaction at your election as President of this Assembly. Not only is your election and expression of the...

Permit me first of all, Mr. President, to convey to you the warm salutations of His Excellency Abdel Halim Khaddam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Forei...

As William Shakespeare said in Act I, scene 2, of Julius Caesar: "Men at some time are masters of their fate: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But i...

Mr. President, the Tunisian delegation sincerely rejoices at your election to head this session of the United Nations General Assembly. The tribute thus paid, t...

Allow me first of all to extend my congratulations to Mr. Amerasinghe, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka, upon his election to the presidency of the thi...