Speeches by GRANT

I should like to begin by congratulating Ambassador Jan Eliasson, on behalf of the delegation of Morocco, on his election to the presidency of the General Assem...

I should like my words to this Assembly, to which are brought such important problems and thorny situations, to be a fervent message of the faith and hope of t...

Excellency Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly; Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of State and Govern...

I have the honour to represent the President of Ecuador, Mr. Lucio Gutiérrez Borbúa, and the people of Ecuador in this world forum of nations, to affirm once ag...

In taking the floor here at the Headquarters of our Organization — recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize — meeting in New York, which has been so tragically ...

Allow me to extend our congratulations to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his assumption of the Presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth sessi...

At the outset, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. I wish you every success and...

The Republic of Panama is participating in the ninth session of the General Assembly, as it has done in past sessions, with enthusiasm. We have faith in this Or...

80. Mr. President, when I visited Romania early this year I not only was charmed by your country but I was also impressed with the political views expressed by ...

I welcome this opportunity to address the General Assembly for the first time since my election as President of the Union of the Comoros. I am very grateful to ...

Allow me, Sir, to express the congratulations of the Government of Panama on your election to preside over this historic session of the General Assembly. I woul...

147. On behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka and the delegation of Sri Lanka, I extend to Ambassador Benites our cordial congratulations on his election as Pr...

The advance of democracy has taken place in successive waves since the United Nations was created. That advance has experienced a new acceleration, which we al...

On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Fiji, I extend to Ambassador Garba our warmest congratulations on his election to the high office of President of...

108. Seven years have passed since Burundi achieved national and international sovereignty. The prominent part which you, Madam President, took in our country’s...

As we gather for the seventy-seventh opening of the General Assembly, the unique and indispensable convening power of the United Nations is evident for all of u...

We are convening in this Assembly at a time when we are witnessing a worrisome phenomenon, namely, senseless violence spreading through an entire region as a r...

Please accept my congratulations, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I wish you every success....

Mr. President, this eighteenth session of the General Assembly being under your distinguished presidency, I feel particularly privileged and happy to extend to ...

It is my unique pleasure to praise His Excellency Ambassador Dan Gillerman, my emissary to the United Nations, who is in the Chair at present, upon his election...