Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

Uganda

UGA
1965
Session 20
Mr. ODAKA

99. Mr. President, it is my pleasant duty to offer you Uganda's hearty congratulations on your election to the high office of President of the twentieth session...

Read full speech →

Egypt

EGY
1995
Session 50
Mr. Moussa

It gives me great pleasure to extend to the President, and to his friendly country, Portugal, our congratulations on his election as President of the General As...

Read full speech →

Liberia

LBR
2016
Session 71
Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Last year, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, we, all together, pledged to improve various conditions facing humankind and to protect our n...

Read full speech →

Austria

AUT
1979
Session 34
Pahr

Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to see you presiding over this General Assembly. I wish to congratulate you most sincerely on your election. ...

Read full speech →

Singapore

SGP
1978
Session 33
Rajaratnam

 1. Mr. President, may I congratulate you warmly on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I should like to thank the outgoing President, Mr....

Read full speech →

Lesotho

LSO
1995
Session 50
Mr. Maope

Mr. President, it affords me great pleasure to congratulate you on your election to direct the work of this historic session of the General Assembly. Such an ho...

Read full speech →

Syria

SYR
1977
Session 32
KHADDAM

181. Mr. President, may I first of all warmly congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. The universa...

Read full speech →

Madagascar

MDG
1981
Session 36
Mr. RICHARD

73. Mr. President, the Republic of Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar enjoy very close relations, and therefore you will understand the special sa...

Read full speech →

Bahamas

BHS
2018
Session 73
Mr. Hubert Alexander Minnis

I congratulate the President on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I wish to assure her and members of the Ass...

Read full speech →

Uzbekistan

UZB
2013
Session 68
Abdulaziz Kamilov

The rapidly changing situation, growing tensions, radicalization, security challenges and threats in various regions of the world today cannot but raise seri...

Read full speech →

Barbados

BRB
1968
Session 23
Mr. TUDOR

56. It is indeed a great pleasure and honour for me to extend the congratulations of my Government to Mr. Arenales on his attainment of the high office of Presi...

Read full speech →

France

FRA
1984
Session 39
CHEYSSON

First of all, I should like to pay a tribute to you, Sir, as President of the General Assembly. Your farsighted opening address matches our own concerns and po...

Read full speech →

Australia

AUS
1954
Session 9
Mr. CASEY

First, Sir, let me express the great pleasure of the Australian delegation at your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly. We are particul...

Read full speech →

Chile

CHL
2016
Session 71
Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria

We are living in times that show us the necessity of shifting our perspective with regard to addressing development. Our world is in the midst of a crisis that ...

Read full speech →

Mexico

MEX
1949
Session 4
Mr. PADILLA. NERVO

Mr. PADILLA NERVO said that the fourth session of the General Assembly was opening at a time when the international political atmosphere was decidedly calmer th...

Read full speech →

Liechtenstein

LIE
1990
Session 45
BANS BRUNHART

 On 18 September, with you presiding, my country was admitted to the United Nations as the one hundred sixtieth Member. Today, for the first time as a speaker ...

Read full speech →

Romania

ROU
1963
Session 18
Mr. MANESCU

Mr. President, I would like first of all to associate myself with the previous speakers who have congratulated you on your election to the high office of Presid...

Read full speech →

Tunisia

TUN
1978
Session 33
Fitouri

 37. The Tunisian delegation takes pleasure in the election of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia to preside over the General Assembly. It is an hon...

Read full speech →

Saudi Arabia

SAU
2018
Session 73
Mr. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir

At the outset, it is my pleasure to congratulate Her Excellency María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its ...

Read full speech →

Honduras

HND
2006
Session 61
Mr. Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales

I feel very honoured to be the emissary of the Honduran people, who send to all at this General Assembly brotherly, warm and effusive greetings on the occasi...

Read full speech →