Speeches by GRANT

689 speeches found

El Salvador

SLV
2001
Session 56
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila

We congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this session and wish you every success in fulfilling your mandate. Our appr...

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New Zealand

NZL
1997
Session 52
Michael John Powles

May I begin by congratulating the President on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. We are in good hands as we begin ...

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Netherlands

NLD
1961
Session 16
Mr. Luns

 Never during the many-years that I have been attending sessions of the General Assembly have I done so with such a heavy heart. Not only are the threats to pe...

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Uruguay

URY
1968
Session 23
Mr. SECCO GARCIA

1. First, I should like to congratulate Dr. Arenales, Foreign Minister of Guatemala, on his well-deserved election as President. His intelligence and experience...

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Cambodia

KHM
1991
Session 46
Samdech Norodom Sihanouk

Within the framework of the peace plan for a comprehensive political settlement of the Cambodian conflict - a plan adopted on 28 August 1990 by the five perman...

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Syria

SYR
2001
Session 56
Farouk Al-Shara

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session. We are confident that the posts you held in your count...

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Bhutan

BTN
1976
Session 31
Mr. Tsering

I should like to offer our warmest congratulations to Mr. Amerasinghe on his election as President of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly. We are i...

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Uruguay

URY
1964
Session 19
Mr. Velazquez

85. Mr. President, speaking on behalf of my Government and also for myself I should like to congratulate you most warmly upon your election as President of the ...

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CAN

CAN
1966
Session 21

52. Mr. President, I have already had the opportunity to congratulate you upon your election and to welcome Guyana as the newest Member of this Organization, a...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
1996
Session 51
Vaughan Lewis

One year ago, representatives of Member States gathered in this hallowed Hall and sang songs of praise in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of this venerable ...

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Germany

DEU
2009
Session 64
Thomas Matussek

In these tumultuous times marked by manifold crises, we are more than ever in need of a global Organization that all Members make use of and support. We need...

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Sudan

SDN
2013
Session 68
Ali Ahmed Karti

Today, I address the Assembly at a time when I feel great uncertainty about the future of the Organization and the established rules governing the relations ...

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Egypt

EGY
2013
Session 68
Nabil Fahmy

It gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. John Ashe and his friendly country, Antigua and Barbuda, upon his assumption of the presidency of the General Assemb...

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Togo

TGO
2012
Session 67
Elliot Ohin

At the outset, I would like to address my warmest congratulations to Mr. Vuk Jeremić on the confidence that the entire United Nations family has invested in hi...

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Guatemala

GTM
2003
Session 58
Alfonso Portillo Cabrera

I come before this parliament of humankind to present my final report as a Head of State who believes in interdependence and for whom sovereignty is not a clos...

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Uruguay

URY
1965
Session 20
Mr. VIDAL ZAGLIO

149. Mr. President, I wish first of all to congratulate you on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly. May you successfully guide this session ...

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Maldives

MDV
1982
Session 37
JAMEEL

Mr. President, I should like to begin my speech by congratulating you on behalf of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the thirty seventh sess...

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Palau

PLW
2022
Session 77
Gustav N. Aitaro

I bring greetings from our President, Mr. Surangel S. Whipps Jr., and the people of Palau. It is a great pleasure to be able to address the General Assembly and...

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Yemen

YEM
2023
Session 78
Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi

This session of the General Assembly is being held under new and extremely complex geopolitical, economic and climatic conditions and challenges, which requires...

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Laos

LAO
1973
Session 28
Na Champassak

166. Mr. President, our Prime Minister, His Highness Prince Souvanna Phouma, is retained in Vientiane by his many obligations and has done me the honour of ask...

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