Australia
This Assembly is meeting at a period in history which can only be described as the half-light between war and peace. Over two years have passed since Japan laid...
Malawi
On behalf of the Malawi delegation, I am pleased to congratulate Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia and the other members of the bureau on their election. We w...
Mongolia
Sir, it is indeed a pleasure for me to extend to you my warm congratulations on your election to the high post of President of the forty-sixth session of the G...
Poland
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 ...
Mozambique
Sir, you are presiding over this session at a very crucial time in the international arena. I should like to express my congratulations to you upon your electi...
Sao Tome and Principe
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...
Philippines
My delegation is particularly pleased to join the other delegations in congratulating Prince Wan Waithayakon on his election to the presidency of this body. It ...
Netherlands
201. The first advantage that accrues to me from this opportunity of addressing the Assembly is that I have the pleasure of congratulating Mr. Belaúnde upon his...
Kuwait
"In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe". Those are, my dear brothers and friends, the opening words...
Micronesia, Federated States of
I am honoured to address the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. I wish at the outset to extend to His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral my congratul...
Thailand
I should like to extend warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I am pleased t...
Belize
We enter the post-cold-war era inspired by the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations, which are enshrined the right to self-determination of peoples, res...
Guinea-Bissau
I wish to add my voice to those of the preceding speakers, and on behalf of my country congratulate Mr. Samir Shihabi on his outstanding election to the presid...
United States
I am honoured to speak with you as you open the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I should first like to congratulate the outgoing President, Guido ...
Tuvalu
On behalf of the Government and people of Tuvalu, I bring greetings to the United Nations. We offer our prayers for those affected by the tragic loss of lives r...
Papua New Guinea
On behalf of the Government and people of Papua New Guinea, I congratulate Mr. Garba of Nigeria on his unanimous election to the important post of President of...
Iraq
Five years ago, when we met in San Francisco and drafted the United Nations Charter, we thought we were “united” nations. The tragic truth is that we meet here ...
Honduras
At the outset, I should like on behalf of the people and the Government of Honduras to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General...
Samoa
Samoa warmly welcomes the assumption of Mr. Miroslav Lajčák to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, at a time when our Organiza...
Honduras
On behalf of the people and the Government of Honduras, I should like to express to the President our congratulations on his election to stewardship over the w...