Session 63 Speeches

Romania fully associates itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union by President Nicolas Sarkozy. I should simply like to make a few remar...

On 11 September 2001, the world changed, and it rallied together in the fight against the threat of terror, a threat that was common for all and knew no boun...

We are gathered here once again to reflect on major national, regional and global challenges — and on how together, as the United Nations, we can renew our c...

I wish to begin by thanking His Excellency Srgjan Kerim for his leadership over the past year as President of this august and venerable body at its sixty-sec...

Saint Lucia is pleased to join the other Members of the United Nations family in congratulating His Excellency Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election ...

At the outset, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines expresses its solidarity with the people of Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and the United States of America, who have b...

The United Nations embodies multilateralism. It is living testimony of the intergovernmental process at work. Samoa’s membership of the United Nations is gro...

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of San Marino, I wish to congratulate Mr. d’Escoto Brockmann on his appointment as President of th...

I believe that nearly everything has already been said here since the beginning of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. Some were things that we ...

Mr. Miguel d’Escoto, in electing you to the presidency of the Assembly, Member States wished to show their confidence in your wealth of experience, as former...

In 1945, on the heels of the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen, facing an uncertain future characterized by the threat of nuclear annihilatio...

I have come to this gathering of nations as a representative of one of the smallest nations on the planet. Seychelles is but a speck on the globe, home to so...

It is an honour for me, as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, to deliver my first speech to this Assembly. I wish to congratulate Mr. D’Escoto Brockm...

The collapse of the recent Doha talks is deeply troubling. The Doha Development Round was the first round of talks to be launched after the end of the cold w...

The international community is increasingly confronted with old problems coupled with a new set of challenges of a truly global nature. And as Secretary-Gene...

We are starting this sixty-third session of the General Assembly under the wise and inspiring leadership of our President, Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann. We ...

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 take this opportunity to add my voice to those of numerous speakers who extended their warmest congratulations to Mr. d’Escoto Brockmann on his assumption ...

My delegation and I join in expressing our congratulations to you, Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, on your election as President of the General Assembly at...

In a few weeks’ time, it will be 60 years since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And here we find ourselves at the midpoint in ...