Speeches by Major

This year’s session of the General Assembly comes at a critical time. Over the past few years we have witnessed grave violations of the very principles on which...

Our world is changing rapidly. The black-and-white photos that were taken when this Organization was created back in 1945 are truly testimonies from another er...

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly at this session. This session ...

69. Mr. President, as 1 come to this rostrum with the signal honor of addressing once again our Assembly, a keen feeling of pride prompts me first and foremost...

Ghana presents its compliments to the President, a worthy representative of our great neighbour the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and congratulates him heartily ...

150. Mr. President, may I begin by joining other speakers in congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Argentine Government, I am pleased to offer you our congratulations on the election as President of the General Assembly of an o...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy- second session, and to wish you ev...

Today, the international community is striving to meet challenges that the founders of the United Nations could not have envisioned sixty years ago. The fight a...

I am greatly honoured to address the General Assembly for the first time. I would like to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the ...

I too would like to extend to Ambassador Insanally the congratulations of Seychelles on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We wish him ever...

At the outset, allow me to join the previous speakers in expressing my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Joseph Deiss of Switzerland on his election ...

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express my delegation's satisfaction at seeing you preside over the work of the General Assembly at this fifty-fifth session. Yo...

At the outset, I should like, on behalf of all the members of the Chadian delegation that I have the honour to lead, and on my own behalf, to warmly congratula...

On behalf of the Royal Thai Government, allow me first to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on your election as ...

Like those who have preceded me to the rostrum of the Assembly, I would like in my turn to congratulate Mr. Shihabi on his election to the presidency of the Ge...

49. The year 1969 will undoubtedly be considered by future historians as a turning point in history. As was so well put this morning [1773rd meeting] in the re...

80. I have the honor of setting forth the position of the Government of Uruguay as the work of this session begins, a session of such crucial importance for th...

I will start with the issue that I believe is of the utmost importance today, the one causing the greatest concern. Currently, the world is in a state of chao...

It is my great pleasure to greet my dear friend Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the General Assembly. I wish you much success in your mission. ...