Speeches by Major

Mr. President, it is a distinct pleasure on this opening day of the general debate to welcome you to your high office and to congratulate you on the distinction...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Gurirab on his election to preside over this historic session of the General Assembly. It is a tribute to his ri...

130. Mr. President, I am very happy to convey to you my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly, which constitutes j...

 My delegation expresses its warmest congratulations to you, Sir, a worthy representative of the German Democratic Republic - a bastion of peace and socialism ...

Sir, it is indeed a great pleasure for me, on behalf of the delegation of Thailand, to extend to Ambassador Choudhury our warmest congratulations, on his una...

Please accept my congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. This attests to your excellent qualities, ...

I am delighted to extend to the President and his country, Malaysia, the sincere congratulations of the Government and the people of Botswana on his assumption...

Let me begin by congratulating the President upon his election to the presidency of the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I wish to pay a tribu...

Mr President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you as a proud new participant in what, for many of you, is now a familiar gathering....

It is an honour to lead New Zealand’s delegation this year. The opening of the General Assembly’s new session is the best example there is of the capacity of...

First and foremost, Sir, I would like to echo the eminent speakers who have already addressed you from this rostrum in conveying the warm congratulations of th...

Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session and to wish hi...

It is with considerable pleasure that I extend to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago, our warmest congratula...

I join in the congratulations extended to you. Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. Your election symboli...

42. Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirtieth session of the General Assembly. I should like to r...

103. Mr. President, in electing you President of this General Assembly our Organization could hardly have made a better choice: you represent an exceptional com...

It gives me pleasure to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the State of Kuwait, our sincere congratulations on your well-deserved unanimous elec...

It is a special pleasure for me to offer, on behalf of the President of the Gabonese Republic, His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, my congratulations to Presi...

On behalf of Bolivia, I wish to express a concern that is global: the issue of terrorism. A world that is haunted by terrorism is an insecure world, one whose p...

I take pleasure, Sir, in joining previous speakers who have warmly congratulated you on your election as President of the thirty-ninth session of the General A...