Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

Upper Volta

BFA
1972
Session 27
Mr. Conombo

Mr. President, it is a pleasant duty for me to congratulate you on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Upper Volta on your brilliant election as Preside...

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Jordan

JOR
1963
Session 18
Mr. RIFA'I

It is an honour for me to address this distinguished gathering in the name of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and on behalf of my delegation. 52. The favourabl...

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New Zealand

NZL
1977
Session 32
Talboys

74. Mr. President, I offer you my warmest congratulations on your election as President of this Assembly. It is at once a notable mark of confidence in you pe...

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Sweden

SWE
1959
Session 14
Mr. Undén

119. In his introduction to his annual report [A/4132/Add.1] the Secretary-General has drawn the attention of the General Assembly to the position of the Intern...

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Iraq

IRQ
1995
Session 50
Mr. Al-Sahaf

I am pleased to begin my statement by extending to you sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the present session of the General Assembly...

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United Kingdom

GBR
1971
Session 26
Sir Alec DOUGLAS-HOME

79. Mr. President, I should like in the beginning to join with those of my colleagues who have spoken in saying how happy I am that we meet under your guidance ...

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Australia

AUS
1969
Session 24
Mr. FREETH

91. Madam President, I begin my speech with the very pleasant act of congratulating you on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session. I...

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Cyprus

CYP
1966
Session 21
Mr. KYPRIANOU

39. Mr. President, my delegation has had the opportunity on a previous occasion to congratulate you on your election to the high office of the Presidency of ...

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Algeria

DZA
1993
Session 48
Mr. DEMBRI

Your unanimous election, Sir, to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly represents a just recognition of your great diplomatic expe...

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Egypt

EGY
1989
Session 44
Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

 It gives me pleasure at the beginning of my address to the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly to extend sincere congratulations to you, Sir, upon yo...

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Ghana

GHA
1983
Session 38
ASAMOAH

63. It is an honour for me, and my very great pleasure, to extend to you, Mr. President, the sincere congratulations of my delegation, as well as those of the...

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Colombia

COL
1946
Session 1
Mr. Lopez

The Colombian delegation does not consider it necessary to reaffirm, in the general debate, its adherence to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations...

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Jamaica

JAM
1965
Session 20
Mr. SHEARER

85. Mr. President, on behalf of the Jamaican delegation I wish to join in congratulating you on your unanimous election to the Presidency of this historic sessi...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
1994
Session 49
Mr. Heydar Alirza ogly Aliyev

Allow me, first, to express my sincere satisfaction on the occasion of your election, Sir, as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session and t...

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Tunisia

TUN
1985
Session 40
Mr. Essebsi

I have special pleasure in expressing to Mr. Jaime de Pinies my warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency, which is a fitting culmination to a l...

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

UKR
1976
Session 31
Mr. Shevel

The changes in the international situation, which have occurred in the first half of the 1970s, can, without exaggeration, be described as the start of a new ph...

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Iraq

IRQ
1955
Session 10
Mr. Al-Jamali

91. It is a very healthy and profitable practice indeed that those delegations to the General Assembly who wish to review the world situation from their respect...

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Bangladesh

BGD
1986
Session 41
Mr. Siddiky

Mr. President, this is a most gratifying moment for my delegation and personally for me to see you preside over this Assembly. May I express in this connection ...

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Gambia

GMB
2002
Session 57
Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila Jagne

Let me first congratulate Mr. Kavan on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session and for the excellent manner in which he ...

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Netherlands

NLD
1970
Session 25
Mr. LUNS

141. As my opening remark I should like as many speakers have done before me to pay a tribute to your predecessor, Mrs. Angie Brooks-Randolph, for the able, di...

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