Speeches by Annan

Allow me first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to preside over this new session of the General Assembly. We are sure that the exper...

At the outset, I wish to convey the apologies of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who was supposed to address the Assembly. He is unable to come to New York be...

I wish to start by extending our sincere congratulations to Mr. John Ashe on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth ses...

Please, Sir, accept my most sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session, as well as my wishes for every succes...

For over a year and a half, the situation in the Middle East and North Africa has been the nerve centre of global politics. The deep changes that have swept ov...

His illustrious election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session gives me the pleasant opportunity to express to Mr. Opertti, on be...

Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the high office of the presidency of the current session and to express confidence that, under you...

I wish to offer you my congratulations, Madam President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- first session. Your experien...

The Government and the people of Chad were profoundly shocked and saddened by the horrendous attacks on the United States of America that took place on 11 Sept...

I am pleased, first of all, to convey through you, Sir, our sincere congratulations to President Han Seung-soo on 28 his election as President of the current ...

Let me join other delegations in congratulating Mr. Gurirab on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. His skill and exp...

It is an honour for me to address the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on behalf of the European Union (EU). With its 25 member...

At the outset, I wish to join other speakers in warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh sess...

It is my pleasure to express congratulations and best wishes to Mr. Julian Hunte on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth sessi...

Just over a year ago, we were here, attending the Millennium Summit, some 100 days before the dawn of the twenty-first century. At that time, I made a statemen...

In taking the floor on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Benin, I would like first of all to express my heartiest congratulations to the entire Bureau...

I begin by joining others who have congratulated you, Mr. President, on your election. I also assure you of the New Zealand delegation's full cooperation as you...

A little more than a year ago, we witnessed with great concern the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions of the world’s wealthiest countries...

First of all, allow me to congratulate Secretary-General Kofi Annan and all of my colleagues on having received the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no doubt that w...

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election. My Government hails the selection of a leader with such esteemed qualificatio...