Speeches by Major

I have the privilege and signal honour, on behalf of Mr. Patrice Talon. President of the Republic of Benin, who is unable to be here today, to deliver this stat...

 1. I should like first, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is a source of particular satisfact...

It is an honour for me to speak to the General Assembly today. The world has changed dramatically since the United Nations was founded 65 years ago. Intern...

The United Nations, this parliament of man, offers us a unique opportunity to examine the human condition. We are each called upon to declare our national purpo...

The individual human being must always be at the centre of our work. Burmese students fighting for democracy, victims of ethnic violence in Kosovo, women in Afg...

My delegation wishes to congratulate you very warmly, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the world body, and to assure you of its unflinchi...

 It is a privilege and a great honour for me to address such a distinguished gathering. May I take this opportunity to congratulate most warmly Mr. Peter Flori...

37. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I join the speakers who have preceded me in congratulating you on your election to the Presidency at the twent...

Permit me, Sir, to extend to you the congratulations of my country and of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-...

I wish, on behalf of the people and the Government of El Salvador, to express sincerest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the G...

 We are meeting at a time when the dynamic of co-operation has gained ascendancy over that of confrontation. As a result a good mood prevails in the internati...

112. Mr. President, I have much pleasure, first of all, in extending to you my delegation's congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-se...

Mr. President, let me first congratulate you most warmly on your assumption of this high and distinguished office. This honor which has been bestowed on you is...

Mr. President,I wish to congratulate you on your well-deserved election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. It is taking place at a time of pr...

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. Eritrea joins in the expres...

On behalf of the European Union, I am honoured to address the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. A year ago today, the world woke up to a terrible ...

Let me first extend to Mr, Dante Caput the congratulations of the Ethiopian delegation, as well as my own, on his election as President of the General Assembly...

On behalf of the Malawi delegation, I wish to congratulate Mr. Ganev on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. We hav...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I wish him every success i...

At the outset of my speech I would like to be allowed to express to the President the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jord...