Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

Mauritius

MUS
1992
Session 47
Mr. BERENGER

I bring to the General Assembly the greetings of the people and Government of Mauritius. I assure you. Sir, of our unstinted cooperation and support in the di...

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Somalia

SOM
1978
Session 33
Bane

90. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation I take great pleasure in extending to you our warmest congratulations on your well-deserved election to the offic...

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Papua New Guinea

PNG
2023
Session 78
John Rosso

It is my honour and privilege to address this Hall for the first time as Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and on behalf of my Prime Minister, the Honou...

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Canada

CAN
1963
Session 18
Mr. PEARSON 

I wish first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the high office you now hold. As one who has himself occupied that Chair, I know tha...

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United States of America

USA
1982
Session 37
SHULTZ

I begin by paying a tribute to the new Secretary-General, who has brought great distinction to the office during his brief tenure. Dag Hammarskjold once told...

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Morocco

MAR
1975
Session 30
Mr. LARAKI

130. Mr. President, allow me first of all to address to you the warmest congratulations of my delegation on the responsible mission the General Assembly has un...

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Angola

AGO
1982
Session 37
JORGE

It is a great pleasure to begin by extending to the President on behalf of the Government of the People's Republic of Angola, our most heartfelt congratulatio...

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Lebanon

LBN
1965
Session 20
Mr. HAKIM

40. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Government and delegation of Lebanon, to congratulate you on your election to the Presidency of ...

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Peru

PER
1981
Session 36
Mr. ARIAS STELLA

I am pleased to express the cordial congratulations of the delegation of Peru to our President on his election to the presidency of the thirty--sixth session o...

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Afganistan

AFG
1978
Session 33
Jalili

1. My first act in addressing this Assembly will be to convey to you, Sir, and through you to all peace-loving nations represented here, the sincere and frater...

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Cambodia

KHM
1970
Session 25
Mr. KOUN WICK

4. Before I begin this speech I should like first of all on behalf of my delegation to express our sorrow and condolences on the occasion of the death of Ambas...

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Albania

ALB
1960
Session 15
Mr. SHEHU

As the representative of the People's Republic of Albania, I am happy to convey sincere greetings to the United Nations General Assembly from the Albanian Gover...

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Cameroon

CMR
1967
Session 22
Mr. BINDZI

79. I am happy to fall in with the admirable tradition of this Assembly and begin by extending to you, Mr. President, my hearty congratulations and those of my ...

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Australia

AUS
1946
Session 1
Mr. Makin

The General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting once again, this time in the hospitable city of New York, to exercise its responsible functions under the ...

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USA

USA
2011
Session 66
Barack Obama

It is a great honour for me to be here today. I would like to talk to the General Assembly about a subject that is at the heart of the United Nations — the p...

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Netherlands

NLD
1981
Session 36
Mr. van der STOEL

On behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I wish to congratulate the Assembly on having Mr. Kittani as President of this session. His expe...

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Australia

AUS
1952
Session 7
Mr. CASEY

Before speaking on some other matters, I should like to add my tribute and that of my country to the devoted labour that has gone into the completion of this Un...

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China

CHN
1960
Session 15
Mr. TSIANG

I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to express once again the gratification of my delegation at Mr. Boland's assumption of the high office of President o...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2000
Session 55
Lakshman Kadirgamar

I convey to the President the warmest felicitations of Sri Lanka on his election to the high office of President of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assem...

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Belarus

BLR
1975
Session 30
Mr. GURINOVICH

Mr. President, the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR would like to congratulate you on our election to the post of President of the thirtieth session of the Ge...

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