Brunei
I extend my congratulations to Mr. Gurirab on his election and my warmest respects to his predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti. My very best wishes go to them both a...
Niger
268. Mr. President, first of all I should like to offer you my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of our Assembly. Nor can I forget your p...
Antigua and Barbuda
I wish at the outset to extend my heartiest congratulations and the assurances of my cooperation and highest esteem to President Jeremić on his election to the...
Iran, Islamic Republic of
At the outset, I should like to offer the President my most sincere congratulations on his well-deserved election to preside over the forty-seventh session of...
Hungary
“It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all. I know of no single formula for success, but over the ye...
Libya
At the outset, it is my pleasure on behalf of my country’s delegation and myself to congratulate Mr. Csaba Korosi on his assumption of the presidency of the Gen...
Panama
It is with genuine feeling that I return to this podium where I first came when I addressed the eleventh session of the General Assembly as Minister of Foreign ...
Costa Rica
1. The people and Government of Costa Rica welcome the accession of a new State, Saint Christopher and Nevis, to independent life and to the United Nations. W...
Moldova
I stand before the General Assembly today proudly representing the Republic of Moldova, a future member of the European Union (EU). I am grateful for the unanim...
Namibia
I wish to congratulate you most warmly, Mr. President, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session and to assur...
Brazil
1. It is with great pleasure, Sir, that I congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. This choice does...
Republic of Senegal
I warmly congratulate the President on his election and wish him every success in steering the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. I als...
Mongolia
36. Mr. President, may I, on behalf of the delegation of the Mongolian People's Republic, congratulate you on your election to the high post of President of t...
Lithuania
The previous session of the General Assembly created high expectations for reform and comprehensive renewal that would ensure the continued success and relev...
Morocco
His Majesty Mohammed VI, the King of Morocco, has honoured me by asking me to deliver his statement to the General Assembly. “Allow me, at the outset, to ...
Maldives
It gives me great pleasure to extend to Mr. Dante Caputo the warmest greetings of my delegation on his election as the President of the forty-third session of...
Uruguay
Since 1945 - when the United Nations was created in response to the clamour of peoples to preserve future generations from the scourge of war, to strengthen fa...
Republic of Cabo Verde
It is a privilege for me, as a Cabo Verdean, to greet all the peoples of the United Nations represented here by their highest dignitaries. I extend a special gr...
Ethiopia
I wish first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. There is no doubt th...
Australia
38. I should like, on behalf of Australia,, to extend my congratulations to Mr. Adam Malik, upon his election as President of the General Assembly, Indonesia ...