Speeches by Major

As a founding Member of the United Nations, Guatemala would like to reaffirm, before the General Assembly, its faith in and commitment to human rights and funda...

79. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I wish, first of all, to express to you our sincerest congratulations on your unanimous election as President of ...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the high office of President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly and assure you of Sri Lanka’s ful...

How many times has it happened that humankind has been confronted with as many complex challenges in such a relatively short time as is the case nowadays? Has t...

I want to talk today about United Nations reform, particularly about the way we should serve and the way we should do business if the United Nations is to play ...

To the powers, to the voices, to the four winds: I greet you all. I have addressed the Assembly in Te Reo Maori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, and ...

My delegation welcomes your inspired election, Sir, to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session, which is being held at a particularly importan...

Speaking as I am for the first time from this rostrum and representing a country whose policy is profoundly attached to the noble principles of dialog and toler...

- Mr. President, - Excellcies, - Ladies and gentlemen, At the outset, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to you, Excellency Philemon Yang ...

I, too, would like to congratulate Sir Leslie Munro on his election to the high office of President of this Assembly, and on the outstanding qualities which det...

Mr. President, Let me start by expressing my deepest sympathies to those who have passed away due to COVID-19.1 would also like to convey my deepest respect for...

At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating the President of the General Assembly on his election to serve at its sixty-eighth se...

We are starting this sixty-third session of the General Assembly under the wise and inspiring leadership of our President, Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann. We ...

This year is very special to Bangladesh at the United Nations. It is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bangladesh’s admission to this “Parliament of Man”. I bring...

The fact that the Grenada delegation is speaking on the last day of the general debate in no way diminishes my delegation's pleasure at seeing you, Sir, presid...

May I begin by congratulating the President on his election. I am confident that the skills and vast experience he has acquired throughout his distinguished dip...

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. I also thank and congratulate your predecessor for his strong efforts and accomplishments. I ...

The opening of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly has coincided with tragic events for the host country and for the entire world. On behalf of the...

I wish to join the many previous speakers who have congratulated the President. I congratulate him most warmly on behalf of the Congolese delegation on his elec...

77. Madam President, may we first of all offer to you, a representative of an African country, our warmest congratulations on being elected to this high offi...