Speeches by Major

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Deiss on his election as the President of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I am confident that under his v...

I would like to thank our Ambassador Maria Emma Mejía Vélez for giving me the floor. What a source of great pride it is for us that a Colombian woman is presidi...

Nothing is created without men; nothing lasts without institutions. Those words of Jean Monnet, one of the founders of the European Union, remain as true as ...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to wish great success to the work of the fi...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished Delegates, Friends, Colleagues, The high-level week is a welcome reminder that the vast majority of nati...

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. Gurirab, on your assumption of the office of President of this body. My Government hails the sele...

The Madagascar delegation, which I have the honour of leading for the first time at this session of the General Assembly, is delighted to congratulate Mr. Jan ...

86. Madam President, in my official capacity as leader of the delegation of Thailand and in my personal capacity as a former colleague of yours in the Trusteesh...

63. It is with great satisfaction that I, representing Portugal, address this thirtieth session of the General Assembly. I am speaking at a time when my country...

It is a great honour for me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the distinguished and very important post of President of the General Assembly. I am c...

On behalf of the Liechtenstein Government, I should like to congratulate the President on his election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General ...

At the outset, it is my pleasure to express my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres on his reappointment to a second term as Secretary...

74. It is with profound regret that we note the attempts made by the representatives of certain Western countries to introduce into the debates of this session ...

I wish to extend, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, warm congratulations to Mr. Hollai on his well-deserved election as President of the thirty...

At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, and to your friendly country my sincere congratulations upon your election as President of the ...

 First of all, allow me to congratulate the President on his election to such an eminent post. We are certain that his well-known merits will be a decisive con...

It is my privilege to address this premier international body and to convey to its members the fraternal greetings of the people of Sri Lanka. I do so as the f...

I should like to begin by extending to His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki my delegation’s warmest congratulations on his election to preside over the Ge...

It is an honour and a privilege to stand here once again at this high rostrum at the United Nations, the home of universal peace, cooperation and brotherhood. M...

Let me first of all congratulate Mr. Holkeri on his unanimous election to the mantle of the leadership of the world's foremost international body. He is presidi...