Session 48 Speeches

It has been four years since the end of the cold war and the fall of the old ideological order. Four years ago we were told that war and global confrontation ha...

Throughout the half century of its history the United Nations has never rallied a greater number of Member States and has never played a more prominent role in ...

I come from a free, small and sovereign island in Latin America. My ancestors were able to shed the yoke of a colonial empire and achieve an independence that, ...

Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly. This is not merely a recognition of your...

Mr. President, let me start by congratulating you on your election to this high office. I am sure that under your leadership this year’s General Assembly will b...

I should like to pay tribute to the wisdom of the Assembly in electing Ambassador Insanally to preside over this session, thus highlighting the outstanding role...

Let me begin by congratulating President Insanally of Guyana on his election to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. I feel confi...

I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Insanally on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. I am...

On behalf of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Dominica, I am honoured to congratulate you, Sir, and your country, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, on yo...

The delegation of the Dominican Republic takes great pleasure in extending its warmest congratulations to Mr. Samuel Insanally on his well-merited election to p...

I am pleased to convey my congratulations to Ambassador Samuel Insanally, the Permanent Representative of Guyana and a distinguished member of our Latin America...

It gives me pleasure to convey to you, Sir, and to your friendly country my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-eighth sessi...

It is a great pleasure for us to salute your unanimous election, Sir, to preside over the General Assembly’s work at its forty-eighth session, especially since ...

Mr. President, allow me first of all to express, on behalf of the delegation, Government and people of Equatorial Guinea, our most sincere congratulations on yo...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, upon your election to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly. I feel particularly privileg...

Before commencing my address, I would like to express, on behalf of my nation and myself, my sincere sympathy with the people of India on this day of great trag...

On behalf of the people and Government of the Republic of Fiji, I congratulate Ambassador Insanally very warmly on his election as President of the Assembly. I ...

I wish to begin by congratulating Ambassador Insanally on his election to the high office of the presidency of the General Assembly. He can rest assured that th...

I should like first to say, Mr. President, that France is pleased to see the General Assembly meeting under your guidance this year. Your election is just testi...

I should like first to take this opportunity to extend to the delegation of India the sincerest condolences of the delegation of Gabon on the earthquake that ha...