Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

United States

USA
1970
Session 25
Mr. YOST

1. It is my privilege to extend to you once again the warm congratulations of the United States delegation on your election to the Presidency of the twenty-fif...

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Mali

MLI
2003
Session 58
Lassana Traore

First, Sir, please accept my warm congratulations and my fervent hopes for your successful achievement of the mission entrusted to you. Your election to the pr...

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Principality of Andorra

AND
2019
Session 74
Mr. Xavier Espot Zamora

I would like to begin this address to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as its President and by re...

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China

CHN
2016
Session 71
Mr. Li Keqiang

I wish to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- first session. I believe that under his presid...

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Japan

JPN
1977
Session 32
HATOYAMA

50. Mr. President, on behalf of the Government of Japan I wish to congratulate you, Mr. Mojsov, on your election as President of the thirty- second session of...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
2010
Session 65
Michel Kafando

At the outset, may I, on behalf of my delegation, congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss sincerely and warmly on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly...

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Niger

NER
2018
Session 73
Mr. Kalla Ankourao

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President on her election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy- third session. I would also like to exten...

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Austria

AUT
2016
Session 71
Mr. Sebastian Kurz

I belong to a generation that was born into a globalized world. For us, globalization is not a threat — it is a fact of life. As Kofi Annan once said, arguing a...

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Madagascar

MDG
1990
Session 45
BEMANANJARA

As we express our appreciation of the way in which Major General Joseph Garba of Nigeria guided the work of the General Assembly as its President at the forty-...

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Burma

MMR
1987
Session 42
OSUNG

May I first of all congratulate Ambassador Florin most warmly on his unanimous election as President of the forty-second session of the General Assembly, The d...

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Thailand

THA
1979
Session 34
Pachariyangkun

I wish at the outset, on behalf of my Government and my delegation, to extend to Ambassador Salim, a great son of Africa, my warm congratulations on his electi...

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China

CHN
1980
Session 35
Huang Hua

Mr. President, first of all allow me to extend warm congratulations to you on your being elected President of the thirty fifth session of the General Assembly....

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Cameroon

CMR
1983
Session 38
TONYE MBOG

85. It is a privilege, a great honour and a genuine pleasure for me to be here in this aula magna of the United Nations, a sanctuary dedicated to the pursuit ...

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Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

VEN
2015
Session 70
Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros

We are assembled here in 2015, once again fully aware of the immense struggle of our peoples to arrive at an age of dignity, a time when there will finally be a...

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Finland

FIN
1987
Session 42
SORSA

 I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-second session. I am convinced that your experience a...

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Eritrea

ERI
2021
Session 76
Osman Saleh Mohammed

Your Excellency, Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly; Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary general of the United Nations; Ladies and Gentle...

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New Zealand

NZL
2013
Session 68
John Key

Greetings! Let me begin by congratulating President Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. He is taking the reins at an important ti...

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Cyprus

CYP
1995
Session 50
Mr. Glafcos Clerides

I should like to begin by extending to you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly. This is not merely a recognit...

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Benin

BEN
2024
Session 79
Olushegun Adjadi Bakari

Mr President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Heads of State, Government and Delegation, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with immense honour that I sta...

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India

IND
1978
Session 33
Vajpayee

 1. Mr. President, may I extend to you on behalf of my delegation and myself our warm felicitations on your unanimous election as President of the thirty-t...

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