Speeches by FALL

194. Mr. President, your opening remarks [2117th meeting] were worthy of the civilization you represent. The ethical and legal principles on which that civiliz...

It is humbling to stand before this great Assembly today. Events of recent weeks have proved beyond doubt that we are now in a new global age. Living through...

My Government agrees entirely with the Secretary-General’s remarks at the opening of this debate. The world is on the eve of a great transition. The problems...

I am honoured to speak here on behalf of one of the world’s smallest city States, the Republic of Singapore. First, I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav L...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am convinced that your work in that...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Nigeria, I congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her well-deserved election as President of the Ge...

At the outset, I should like to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth sess...

At the Millennium Summit in 2000, an unprecedented number of world leaders came together and committed themselves to an ambitious global agenda for the years...

On behalf of the people and Government of Honduras, I wish to recognize Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki for his leadership during the previous session. I also cong...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly a...

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...

Although protocol requires that our statements be brief, it is no matter of routine for Equatorial Guinea to congratulate Mr. Jean Ping, Minister of Foreign Aff...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Kerim most warmly on his outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session...

Allow me to begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your election to preside over the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. My congratulations go likewis...

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly; Mr. Secretary-General; Heads of state and government; Excellencies: I am honored to address you today on b...

Permit me to congratulate our brother and friend Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth ses...

On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf I would like to extend our warm congratulations to President Eliasson on his election to the presidency of the G...

Allow me to congratulate the President on his assumption of this high office. There are few men in this hall who have been associated with the United Nations as...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson and his friendly country, Fiji, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session...

Sophocles said that all mankind is subject to error. We are gathered here in this Assembly in order to limit the scope of those errors and to ensure respect f...