Speeches by Albert

Before I came here, Sahar Afzal, a representative of Dutch youth, asked me a simple question. “Minister,” he said, “do you still believe in the United Nations?”...

I am pleased to extend to you. Sir, and to your country, Bulgaria, the sincere congratulations of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the for...

On behalf of the Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over this fifty-second sessio...

Allow me first of all, and with particular gratitude, to extend to the President’s predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, our warmest compliments for the c...

The President of the General Assembly has assumed the mantle of leadership at a critical time, as we are about to enter the new millennium. We are about to leav...

On behalf of Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to lead the...

Costa Rica congratulates Mr. Thomson on his election as leader of the General Assembly and welcomes the priorities that he has set for his term of office. The P...

71. Mr. President, by your leave, the delegation of Togo to the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations associates itself with all t...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election, which attests to the high regard in which the international community holds you and...

It was the unanimous decision of the States Members of the United Nations to proclaim 1986 the International Year of Peace. That decision has inspired millions...

125. Mr. President, on behalf of Sierra Leone, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you once again on your election to the high office of ...

 It is with satisfaction, relief and also, justifiably, great expectations, that people are becoming aware of encouraging changes in the course of internationa...

1. On behalf of Colombia, I would like first of all, Sir, to congratulate you most sincerely on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is...

137. The Malagasy delegation would like first of all to extend its warmest congratulations to Mr. Arenales on his election to the Presidency of the twenty-third...

I wish first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the high office you now hold. As one who has himself occupied that Chair, I know tha...

68. On behalf of the Government and people of Chile I wish to congratulate the President of this Assembly most warmly on his election. For many years we have ad...

We welcome the election of His Excellency Dr. Carlos Sosa Rodríguez, the representative of Venezuela, as President of this General Assembly at so important a mo...

Mr. President, first, I would like to congratulate you on your unanimous election as President of the forty-first session of the General Assembly of the United...

The delegation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic extends its cordial congratulations to you, Comrade Florin, on your election to the distinguished a...

At the outset of my remarks, I wish to associate myself with all those who have expressed sorrow and sympathy at the disaster which has befallen Honduras. 213. ...