Speeches by Major

My delegation wishes to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. ...

Botswana and Guyana have, since their attainment of independence, both in 1966, been the closest of friends. That is why we have welcomed the election of Ambass...

On behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you our sincere congratulations on your election as President o...

At the outset, I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Csaba Korosi and his country, Hungary, on his election as President of the General Assembly at...

It surely must be one of the great ironies of our age that this Assembly is being addressed, for the first time in its 49 years’ history, by a South African Hea...

At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, our warmest congratulations on your e...

There is no doubt that the twentieth century, which is now coming to a close, will leave a deep imprint on the history of the world. This has been an epoch of g...

 On behalf of the Government of Mexico, I congratulate the President on his election to preside over the work of this forty-fourth session of the General Assem...

On behalf of the Government and people of Solomon Islands, I extend warm congratulations to you, Sir, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, on your elec...

Allow me. Sir, to extend to you my heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. We are particul...

First and foremost, I bring greetings and best wishes from His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh Babil Mansa, President of the Republic...

This year Ireland marks the centenary of its independence. The Irish Free State was established on 6 December 1922, when we began our journey as an independent ...

I join the speakers who have preceded me in congratulating you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fift...

On this our first opportunity to address the General Assembly, I should like, in the name of the Philippine delegation, to express to Mr. Slim my heartiest con...

I am pleased to extend to you. Sir, and to your country, Bulgaria, the sincere congratulations of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the for...

I wish to congratulate you. Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-first session. This was a wise choice and represe...

Mr. MACKENZIE KING expressed his particular pleasure in having the opportunity to tell the Government and people of France how deeply the Canadian delegation ap...

 In recent years those of us who have taken part in these debates have normally begun by giving a pessimistic description of the world situation and a list of ...

1. I should like first of all, Sir, to offer you on behalf of my delegation our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-eighth sess...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to see you, a son of the Caribbean, presiding over the General Assembly at this forty-eight session with the skill, co...