Speeches by FALL

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his unanimous election. It is indeed a great 21 honour for his country. I can ...

Mr. President, may I on behalf of the Malaysian Government congratulate you on your election to the presidency of this fortieth session of the General Assembly....

I am pleased to convey to the President on behalf of the delegation of Gabon, our warmest congratulations on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the...

Two years ago, at this same rostrum, as the conclusion of my statement (see A/59/PV.10), I quoted these famous verses of the Spanish poet Antonio Machado: ...

At the outset, it is my great pleasure to express to you, Madam, the heartfelt congratulations of the delegation of Mali on your outstanding election to the ...

In this high-level week, we are confronted with a major challenge, namely, to believe and invest in multilateralism and the irreplaceable role of the United Nat...

Mr. President Secretary-General Distinguished Delegates Today, we all stand at the edge of a precipice. Never before has humanity been confronted with su...

It is indeed a pleasure and a privilege for me to take this opportunity to join all those colleagues who have spoken before me to express the deep satisfaction ...

Allow me, Sir, to add my congratulations on your election to the presidency of this important session. Let me also express to the Secretary-General, Mr. Javier ...

99. I should like first to congratulate the President on his election. This was a tribute to his personal qualities and to the country and the people whom he re...

It gives me great pleasure. Sir, to begin my statement by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of this session which coincides with the commemo...

 189. Mr. President, I wish to join the previous speakers in congratulating you on your unanimous election to the high office you now occupy. My delegation is ...

I am proud that this year Britain welcomed the world to the Olympic and Paralympic games and put on a great display, showing that while we may have only the tw...

I am honoured to address the Assembly on behalf of the United States and to reinforce the eloquent message President C1inton conveyed during last week's Millenn...

Mr. President, I offer you my most sincere congratulations on your election to preside over the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Natio...

It is with pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. It is also a pleasure...

On behalf of the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, I should like to express our best wishes for the success of the work of the General Assembly at its forty-fi...

Over the more than seven decades since this rostrum was raised to bear the weight of the entire world’s concerns, and the more than half century since the gloom...

1. Mr. President, Gentlemen, by a happy chance the Ukrainian delegation is speaking in the general debate on the eve of the anniversary of the launching of the ...

 1. Mr. President, I am particularly pleased to find myself at the head of my delegation on this occasion and to have the privilege of conveying to you persona...