Speeches by Annan

It is my pleasure to congratulate the President on his election. It bears witness to the esteem which the international community has for his country and for hi...

Allow me first of all to congratulate Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Namibia, for having been elected President of the Ge...

I would like to begin by congratulating the President on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am confi...

I have the singular honour of reading the statement of His Excellency Mr. Al Hadji Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, the President of the Republic of the Gambia, who would ...

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Suriname, I should like to take this opportunity to extend to you, Madam, and to the Government...

May I first, on behalf of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, who could not be here, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, join previous speakers in ex...

On behalf of the delegation of Bhutan, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to your important post. I assure you of my delegation’s support and c...

Let me first extend my congratulations and a warm welcome to Switzerland, a neighbouring country of Liechtenstein, on its membership in the United Nations. Swi...

I wish first to extend to the President my warm congratulations on his assumption of the conduct of the current session. Uruguay has indeed a major role to play...

Mr. President, I am pleased to greet and congratulate you on your election, which will assure the success of these debates. I am also pleased to greet Secretary...

On behalf of the Burundi delegation and on my own behalf, I first congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to lead the work of the current session. Your e...

Lebanon has again been set ablaze by war, a further manifestation of the interminable conflict in the Middle East whose tragedies have, for 60 years now, pu...

Mr.President, it is an honour to address the General Assembly at this session, the last to be held in the twentieth century. May I begin by welcoming the Republ...

Allow me to begin by expressing my warmest congratulations to the President upon his election. We are confident that his experience, know-how and broad underst...

The General Assembly is holding its seventy-third session at a special moment as we pay tribute to two towering figures of world politics, both sons of Africa...

The delegation of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea joins preceding delegations in congratulating the President on his election to preside over the work of the...

It is my pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that y...

Allow me, Madam, to congratulate you upon your election as President of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. I also wish to take this opportunity...

Nelson Mandela once described his countryís transition to democracy as a long journey to freedom comprising many milestones, each a realization of new opportuni...

Allow me, on behalf of the Bulgarian delegation, to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the fifty-third session of the General Assembl...