Speeches by Major

Panama, a country which has excellent relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, has sincerely welcomed the election of Mr. von Wechmar to the presidency ...

It gives me profound pleasure to welcome and congratulate Mr. Julian Hunte in regard to the lofty position that he now holds. It was not long ago that he was f...

On behalf of the people of Costa Rica, I convey my greetings to the President of the General Assembly and wish her every success. I also greet the Secretary-...

Nearly all those who stand at this rostrum represent the dreams of their countrymen. Many who come to this Hall bring with them the hopes of their peoples, whic...

112. Mr. President, just as the speakers who have preceded me have rightly done, I, too, congratulate you upon your election as President of this year's sessio...

As this is the first time that I take the floor before the General Assembly, at the headquarters of international legitimacy and multilateralism, I would lik...

The members of my delegation and I deem it an honour and a privilege to have the opportunity of participating in the thirty seventh session of the General Ass...

131. The world in which we live is characterized by the contempt of some Powers for fundamental human rights and the rights of peoples. Intolerance reigns eve...

Vanuatu is very pleased that we are meeting under your presidency, Sir, and, on behalf of my Government and of the Pacific Islands Forum, I extend my warm co...

 3. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. The confidence this Assembly ...

 1. It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and on my ...

As we all know, this year constitutes a landmark year for our Organization as we celebrate its seventieth anniversary. The Organization’s founding fathers wante...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados. The theme of this ...

Over the more than seven decades since this rostrum was raised to bear the weight of the entire world’s concerns, and the more than half century since the gloom...

62. I should like first of all to express the great and sincere satisfaction of the French delegation at the remarkable demonstration of unanimity which has mad...

1. Mr. President, Gentlemen, by a happy chance the Ukrainian delegation is speaking in the general debate on the eve of the anniversary of the launching of the ...

150. Mr. President, may I express to you my warmest and most cordial congratulations, and those of the Government which I represent, on the honour which has bee...

First of all, Mr. President, I have a pleasant duty to perform in offering you my own sincere congratulations and those of my delegation on your election as Pre...

I am honoured to be here to read the statement of my President, His Excellency Hâmid Karzai, who had to return from New York to Kabul on an urgent basis, fol...

May I begin by congratulating Mr. Treki on his unanimous election to preside over the work of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. His election ...