Speeches by Annan

This session of the General Assembly is being held at a very difficult time for all of us. I congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the position ...

I warmly congratulate Ms. Espinosa Garcés on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. Of the four women who have se...

On behalf of the United Republic of Tanzania, I congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I wish ...

On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I wish to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-second session of the General A...

It is a great honour and privilege for me to address the Assembly for the first time at the beginning of my tenure as President of the Republic of Paraguay. Par...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Secondly, allow me to express the profou...

Our presence here today is, for my delegation and my country, cause for some celebration. This is the thirtieth anniversary of our first participation in the Ge...

In a complex world, it is smart economics and also smart politics to focus on prevention rather than cure. This holds true whether we address the global econom...

Omar Aguirre, of Bolivia; Lisa Malone, of Australia; Pablo Gorga, of Uruguay; Luis Escoto, of Spain; Pedro Ruz, of Chile; together with Guatemalans Rolando Pala...

May my first words be to congratulate the newly appointed President of the Assembly, Mr. Joseph Deiss, to whom I wish great success in his conduct of the six...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President wholeheartedly on his election to the presidency of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly of th...

At the outset I should like to congratulate the President most warmly on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. I take th...

It gives me particular pleasure to congratulate Mr. Opertti most warmly on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. Please ...

On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. Ping, on your election as Preside...

I would like first of all to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Jean Ping on his assumption of the presidency of General Assembly at its fifty-ninth sessi...

We are all proud members of this venerable institution. If this place and our membership in it stand for anything, then we stand for an international order base...

It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Government and the people of Tuvalu, to address the General Assembly and to congratulate Her Excellency Ms. María F...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly, and to express my strong conviction that, under your guidance, the wor...

I begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your well deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its first session of the millennium. Your proven...

At the outset, I wish to convey the most cordial greetings of the Malian people, from Kayes to Kidal and from Sikasso to Taoudenni, passing through Konna in the...