Speeches by Major

At the outset, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, as well as his country, the Kingdom of Denmark, on his election to the presidency o...

Permit me to begin by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. With your illustrious backgroun...

My delegation associates itself with compliments extended to the President following his election to the presidency of this session, to his predecessor, Mr. Ha...

On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I have the pleasure to express to you, Mr. President, and to your friendly country our sincere congratulations on your...

Senegal welcomes the election of Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser as President of the General Assembly to lead its work at this sixty-sixth session. Therefore,...

Mr. President, New Zealand congratulates you on your election to lead the Assembly and offers you its support in your task. One year ago I stood on this rost...

First of all, I wish to extend the hearty congratulations of my Government and the Afghan people to the representatives of Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad...

In addressing this forty-sixth session of the General Assembly, I should like first of all to express the respect and very high esteem felt by the people of Sa...

Sir, allow me first of all to congratulate you upon your election to the high office of President of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. I am convi...

Allow me first to congratulate Mr. Shihabi on his election to the presidency of this forty-sixth session of the General Assembly and to join preceding speakers...

 1. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the presidency of this Assembly. I trust that your judgement, skill and, even mor...

When the General Assembly adjourned last year, at the end of its fortieth anniversary session, there was hope that the renewed commitment to the ideals of the U...

At the outset, I wish to greet this Assembly and to convey to it our esteem as well as Tunisia's appreciation for the United Nations' tireless efforts to real...

It is a great honour and a particular privilege for me to address the General Assembly of the United Nations, meeting in its thirty-fourth session at a time wh...

I have the privilege and signal honour, on behalf of Mr. Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin, who is unable to be here today, to deliver this stat...

It is particularly gratifying to Indonesia that the President of this session is not only a distinguished diplomat with a long association with the United Nati...

My task as head of the delegation of the Soviet Union to the General Assembly has been greatly facilitated by two fundamental statements made by Mikhail S. Gor...

Sixty years ago, Secretary- General Dag Hammarskjöld said these simple words, which summarize our task here today: “The United Nations is an expression of our w...

Within the past few years the world has witnessed a series of momentous and dramatic political events. These followed closely on the remarkable changes is East...

One week ago, the world summit sent a message of hope for peace, development and human rights for all, and took a number of steps towards institutional reform a...