Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

VCT
1987
Session 42
Mr. PETERS

 Permit me first to congratulate you,, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the forty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly, I am confi...

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Oman

OMN
2007
Session 62
Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad AlBusaidi

At the outset, it gives me pleasure to extend to the President and his friendly country, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, my country’s warmest cong...

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Saudi Arabia

SAU
1971
Session 26
Mr. SAKKAF

1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. 2. Sir, the delegation of Saudi Arabia would like to take this opportunity to express its gratificatio...

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Egypt

EGY
2015
Session 70
Abdel Fattah Al Sisi

I should like to express to the President the warm salutations of the people of Egypt. At the outset, I wish to congratulate him, and his friendly country, Denm...

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Switzerland

CHE
2024
Session 79
Viola Amherd

Mr President Secretary-General Excellencies Ladies and gentlemen On the morning of 3 March 2002, I put a card into the ballot box, on which I had written a de...

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Netherlands

NLD
1986
Session 41
Mr. VAN DEN BROEK

May I begin, first of all, by congratulating the President of the forty-first session of the General Assembly upon his election and commend him for the prominen...

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Canada

CAN
1960
Session 15
Mr. DIEFENBAKER

First, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election. I know that the General Assembly will benefit greatly from your wisdom, experience and indepe...

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Iceland

ISL
1973
Session 28
Agustsson

111. Mr. President, at the outset permit me to congratulate you on your election as President of this twenty-eighth session of the United Nations General Asse...

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Qatar

QAT
2021
Session 76
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

It is my pleasure to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session and to wish ...

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Samoa

WSM
1986
Session 41
Ms. MAIJALA

Mr. President, my delegation is reassured to know that this difficult forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly is being steered by a statesman...

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Thailand

THA
1975
Session 30
Mr. PANYARACHUN

93. Mr. President, in the unavoidable absence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is chairman of the delegation of Thailand, it is my privilege to extend ...

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Lebanon

LBN
1976
Session 31
Mr. Ghorra

I recently had occasion to express to the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Amerasinghe, who was elected to the high office of President of this Gen...

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Poland

POL
2008
Session 63
Lech Kaczynski

Let me start by expressing my respect and gratitude to the President of the General Assembly at its previous session, Mr. Srgjan Kerim, whose active involvem...

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Tunisia

TUN
1987
Session 42
MABROUK

 It gives me great pleasure to convey to the President the congratulations of the Tunisian delegation on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly...

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Indonesia

IDN
1954
Session 9
Mr. SUNARIO

I should like to begin my statement by extending to the President and to his delegation my congratulations on his election to the Presidency of this session of ...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1970
Session 25
Mr. PREVATT

135. Before commencing my statement, I should like to refer to the untimely and tragic death of President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic. Pres...

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Mozambique

MOZ
2003
Session 58
Joaquim Alberto Chissano

Allow me, at the outset, to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembl...

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Senegal

SEN
2000
Session 55
Tidiane Gadio

The General Assembly has unanimously chosen you, Sir, to guide our debates. This is a tribute both to your qualities as a diplomat and statesman and to your co...

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Iran

IRN
1978
Session 33
Afshar

154. I should like first of all, through you Sir, to congratulate Mr. Lievano on his election to the high office of the presidency of the General Assembly. His...

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Ghana

GHA
1990
Session 45
ASAMOAH

 The close and cordial relations between Malta and my country give me added pleasure in conveying to the President of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth s...

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