Speeches by Annan

Let me begin by taking this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to preside over the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly....

Allow me, Madam President, to make a few preliminary remarks. First, Saint Kitts and Nevis extends sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presiden...

Please accept our warmest congratulations, Sir, on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We wish you every success, which we ar...

Allow me at the outset to express our deep satisfaction at seeing Mr. Han Seung-soo presiding over the work of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session....

Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Suriname, on your election to the presidency of the fifty- second session of the G...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. I am confident...

Allow me at the outset to express my warm and fraternal congratulations to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her outstanding election to preside over the ...

I am pleased to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her outstanding election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I...

Allow me, at the outset, to express my warm congratulations and wishes to His Excellency Mr. Jan Kavan for every success on his election to the presidency of t...

I am very pleased to see the Foreign Minister of neighbouring Ukraine assume the 12 prestigious post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second...

I have the distinct honour to congratulate you, Mr. President, a distinguished African diplomat, on your election to preside over the fifty-ninth session of thi...

Fifty-nine years ago the United Nations was established by nations determined to work collectively to find alternatives to conflict as a means of resolving disp...

I begin this speech with mixed emotions — happiness over the election of our friend Julian Hunte — Minister of our sister country in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia ...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the lofty post of President of this representative world forum and to wish you every succe...

Allow me, first of all, to express once again to the Secretary-General and to all United Nations personnel the condolences of my Government and the people of B...

The sudden speeding up of events that has taken place since the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly and their potential impact on the future of humanki...

Let me first condemn the monstrous attack on the people and the Government of our host country. In condemning it in the strongest possible terms, we declare ou...

I would like to thank you, Sir, for giving me the floor. Allow me to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the fifty-seventh session ...

On behalf of the President of the Republic of Haiti and of the Haitian delegation, I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to th...

I am delighted to be participating, for the first time, in the deliberations of the General Assembly as head of State and Government of the Republic of Malawi. ...