Speeches by Major

DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENT VOLKAN BOZKIR! DISTINGUISHED SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES! DISTINGUISHED HEADS OF DELEGATIONS! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! The seventy-f...

I come to the General Assembly straight from the front line of the war on climate change. With physical and emotional difficulty, I have left my bleeding nation...

Madam President, I bring to you the greeting of the people and Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to this Assembly. This Assembly is the broadest ...

The world of today is faced with a paradox. While our global interdependence is growing and threats to our societies require globally coordinated efforts, coun...

I warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. You take office at an historic moment for...

Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to join previous speakers in congratulating you warmly on your assumption of office to preside over the General Assemb...

233. Mr. President, may I first express you how joyfully the Government and people of Cuba welcome the entry of triumphant, united and socialist Viet Nam to ...

At the outset, I should like to congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth session and to w...

In taking the floor at the General Assembly on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, I would like ...

I am delighted and happy to be addressing the General Assembly today, and I would like to join my fellow leaders in congratulating the President on his election...

The delegation of Chad echoes previous speakers in warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth sess...

I am extremely pleased that a son of the Caribbean — and one with such a wealth of experience and tested diplomatic skills — is presiding over the General As...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. I am also pleased to welcome Switz...

213. The thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly is opening in a world characterized by political uncertainty and economic anxiety. Some, ...

I bring the greetings and best wishes of the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. I congratulate the President on his election to chair the Assemb...

I wish at the outset to congratulate the President warmly upon his election to preside over the fortieth session of the General Assembly. While offering the ful...

Sir, first of all, please allow me to warmly congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its forty-six...

I feel highly honoured to address the Assembly once again. I would like to start by congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption of the presiden...

107. It is a pleasure for me, first of all, to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Tunisia and on my own behalf, warm congratulations on the o...

I congratulate President Francis on his election. As a fellow islander, he is well acquainted with the challenges common to all small island developing States (...