Speeches by Major

When we try to understand our times, we soon find ourselves in a bitter quandary. The simplest questions remain unanswered. Are we at peace or at war? Are we li...

Sir, it is a particularly great privilege for me to have the opportunity to join with the eminent speakers who have preceded me in extending congratulations on...

I would like to begin on a personal note by thanking the previous speaker, Charles Michel, who will be stepping down from the Belgian Government in a few months...

After three years of political crisis and a three-year absence, Madagascar is proud today to resume its place here in the community of nations. On behalf of ...

It has been my great privilege to participate in work of the United Nations since its beginning. I am happy today to continue that association by taking part in...

Many years ago, I proposed in the Assembly that policy statements should be limited to 20 to 25 minutes. I have attempted and will attempt today to do that. The...

First of all, please convey to His Excellency, Ambassador Insanally, my congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the Un...

The euphoria and enthusiasm that greeted, no so long ago, the disappearance of ideological East-West confrontation and the progressive expansion of freedom an...

May I first congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the thirty-seventh session. On this occasion it is a great pleasure for me to recall...

In the name of the Government and people of Liberia, I am pleased to congratulate and salute you, Mr. President, and the people of the land from which you hail,...

62. Mr. President, will you allow me, first of all, to convey to you the warm felicitations of the Philippine delegation on your election as President of the ni...

Once again we meet here at the United Nations to discuss the troubled state of the world and the role which our Organization has to play in improving this state...

I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly and to thank you for having accepted the weighty task...

 Your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is indeed gratifying, Sir, especially since you represent a country linked to Syria by...

On behalf of the people and the Government of Ghana, I extend to you. Sir, our warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assemb...

 I have pleasure in extending to Mr, Peter Florin my sincerest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty-second session of the United Nati...

On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, let me sincerely congratulate you, sir, on your election to the post of President of the ...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Given your role at this critical...

I should like at the outset to convey to you, an able, creative and experienced diplomat representing a great country with recognized distinction, my delegatio...

It is a pleasure for me to speak for the first time from the rostrum of the United Nations as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Government of...