Speeches by Major

Let me begin by congratulating you, Madam, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election is a demonstr...

I wish to begin by congratulating the President and the other officers of the Assembly on their election to their high, responsible posts and by wishing them ev...

I take the floor on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whom I am honoured to represent. It i...

Let me begin by welcoming the United Nations new Member, Switzerland who has always been devoted to the cause of the United Nations and has now finally decided...

On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of Dominica, I would like to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election to the presidency of the Gener...

It is a pleasure for me to congratulate Mr. Ganev on his unanimous election to the presidency of the Assembly at its forty-seventh session. I am confident tha...

48. Mr. President, it was my privilege to convey to you from this rostrum the congratulations and best wishes of the group of African States, which I represen...

This session of the General Assembly is taking place at a time when the international community is faced with formidable challenges and threats of a much mor...

The forty-seventh session of the General Assembly is being held at a particularly crucial moment, when our Organization will be called upon to demonstrate inn...

At the outset, allow me to say how happy we are to note that the representative of a nation with which the Netherlands maintains very cordial relations occupie...

On behalf of my delegation, I am pleased to join the speakers who have preceded me in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to the presiden...

“I am committed to truth, not to what is established,” said Gandhi. The Millennium Development Goals, which seek between now and 2015 to eradicate extreme po...

It is a great honour to once again address the General Assembly as we mark the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The occasion provid...

Mr. President, it is most fitting that the twenty-ninth session of the. General Assembly is presided over by an illustrious son of Africa. For it is Africa whi...

104. Sir, your election to the presidency of the twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly constitutes a resounding tribute to your brilliant qualities as ...

I congratulate you, Mr Ganev, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. You take this important position at a very c...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Japan, I should like to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Salim on his election as President of the thirty-fourt...

Mr. President, I am happy to extend to you my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We ...

It is a special pleasure for me to speak at this session of the General Assembly, which also marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Na...

First of all, Sir, I wish to convey to you my delegation's congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assemb...