Speeches by Major

 Half a world away from this place of peace, the firing, the killing, the bloodshed in two merciless conflicts have for the first time in recent memory diminis...

At the outset, I would like to extend our sincere congratulations to the President and his country, the Republic of Fiji, on his election to preside over the Ge...

It is a great honour for me to speak from this rostrum for the first time since I took office in January. I would like to congratulate President Jeremić on ass...

A few weeks ago, a young Muslim lawyer in Singapore told me about a recent experience he had had in an East Asian airport. Unlike others holding Singaporean pas...

Allow me to extend to you warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I would like to assure you of o...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year is different, and so is this session. The 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations is...

Mr. President, the theme that you have chosen for this session of the General Assembly — “Effective responses to global crises: strengthening multilateralism...

The people of Tuvalu, on whose behalf I have the honour to speak, wish me first of all to convey their warmest greetings to the fifty-eighth session of the Gen...

Let me express my sincere gratitude for this opportunity to address the Assembly today from this rostrum. I would like to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espino...

Fifty years ago, learning the lessons of two world wars, which in the space of one human generation had brought unspeakable suffering to mankind, people of good...

90. The positive progress being made in the international situation, which has been brought about by the continued implementation of the policy of peaceful coe...

Allow me at the outset to convey to all present the apologies of His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, who wanted to participate i...

I should like first of all to express my heartiest congratulations to Mr. Julian Hunte on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth...

51. I know of no better way to begin my statement, Mr. President, than to convey to you the very sincere congratulations of my delegation on the honourable and ...

I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly and reiterate to the United Nations our gratitude for its positive presence and cooperatio...

Before I begin, Sir, allow me to express my warmest congratulations to my friend John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, for his excellent stat...

Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to convey to you our cordial congratulations and regards on your election as President of the fifty-fifth session of the ...

1. On behalf of the Ethiopian delegation, I should like to offer congratulations to Mr. Maza, representative of Chile, on his unanimous election as President of...

Today humankind faces enormous shifts unseen in a century and has entered yet another period of geopolitical confrontation. The essence of the threat comes from...

Mr. President, On behalf of the Vietnamese Delegation, I wish to congratulate you on your election as the President of this sixty-fifth session of the Genera...