Speeches by Major

President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government Ladies and Gentlemen, I cannot help but reflect on the...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, It is my great pleasure to bring you the warm greetings of Yokwe from the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ...

These days, on our television screens, images of thousands of parents concerned about the health of their babies and children remind us of what lies at the v...

I am honoured to join previous delegations in congratulating the President on his election as President of this Assembly at its sixty- second session. Let me ...

23. I want to start by congratulating the distinguished Foreign Minister of Guatemala on being elected President of the General Assembly and its twenty-third se...

At the end of the twentieth century, we imagined that the twenty-first century would bring greater progress and peace for all and that it would be free of th...

I am delivering this statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, who, unfortunately, had to cance...

On behalf of the Government and people of Japan, I should like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the for...

Mr. President, please accept warm greetings from our President, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra, our Vice-President, Rosario Murillo, and the people of Nicarag...

**Mr President,** In 2025, it will be 80 years since the day when 51 countries took the historic step of creating the United Nations. Chile has always been a...

As we come to this session of the General Assembly, the international situation is in some respects more serious than it has been since the end of the Second...

Mr. President, all of us assembled here have worked, negotiated or chatted with you at one time or another. We know that you are the outcome of prowess in war a...

Much has been said from this rostrum in recent years about global governance. Yet in fact there is a pervasive feeling that chaos is inexorably engulfing our ...

Fiji extends its warm congratulations to the Organization on the sixtieth anniversary of its existence, and to the President, on his assumption of the presidenc...

I have the honor of extending to Mr. Hollai, on behalf of the delegation of Rwanda the warmest congratulation, echoing those already addressed to him from thi...

It is an honour for me to represent Italy before this General Assembly of the United Nations — an honour that is. however, not light like privilege, but heavy l...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- third session, convinced as I am that u...

It is an honour for Vanuatu to join other speakers in congratulating you, Madam President, on your accession to the presidency of the General Assembly ...

It is a great honour for me to speak from the rostrum of the General Assembly for the first time as President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The United Nations ...

We gather this year under ever-more daunting challenges. Our window to address climate change is rapidly narrowing. Progress in achieving the Sustainable Develo...