Speeches by Annan

Just about a month ago, the people of Guyana went to the polls to vote for the Government of their choice. Witnessed by an unprecedented number of observers ...

Mr. President, let me extend my heartiest felicitations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- second session. My delegation assu...

This session of the General Assembly opens during a period of unprecedented change. Threats and challenges such as poverty, terrorism, climate change, violation...

Two years ago, during my first address before the Assembly as President of Colombia (see A/65/PV.15), I expressed my country’s aspiration to become a member of...

I take pleasure in congratulating Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, and I pledge my delegation’s...

I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. Udovenko, on your election to the important post of President of the General Assembly, and to wish you success in...

Permit me to begin by congratulating Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her well deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

The unanimous election of Mr. Gurirab to the presidency of the General Assembly at this fifty-fourth session is a warm tribute to Namibia and its heroic people,...

Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the demanding job of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. It is a fitting recog...

Madam President, I should like at the outset sincerely to congratulate you on your well-deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-f...

Allow me to convey to this Assembly the heartfelt greetings of the Government and people of the Republic of Vanuatu. I should like first of all to sincerely co...

It is an honour for me to stand here today to address the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. When, in 1945, Liberia joined the efforts to establish th...

May I begin by congratulating the President on his election to preside over the fifty-second session of General Assembly and pledging to him the full support o...

This summer we lost a great man, Kofi Annan. He stood for the need for Member States to be united in our approach if we wish to achieve the goals of the United ...

Let me first congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We believe that under her guidance we will co...

The challenges we face at the beginning of the twenty-first century are immense. We are facing terrible poverty; crises and wars; millions of refugees; the hid...

My delegation associates itself with the compliments extended to Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at t...

Allow me first of all to align myself with the very warm congratulations addressed to you, Madam President, on your election to your very important position....

First and foremost, Madam President, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, permit me to convey to you our heartfelt congratulations on your outst...

I warmly congratulate Minister Udovenko on his election to the helm of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. His profound experience in internation...