Speeches by Annan

It is a great honour and a pleasure to address the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First of all, I would l...

On behalf of the people of Costa Rica, I convey my greetings to the President of the General Assembly and wish her every success. I also greet the Secretary-...

First of all, let me say how satisfied I am about this week's decision of our 14 European Union (EU) partners to lift the measures implemented on 31 January aga...

It is with pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. It is also a pleasure...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly at its sixty- first session on behalf of the people of Liberia, not just in my capacity as a leade...

Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, my congratulations on your election to the presid...

One decade ago, the world was convulsed by a cataclysmic collapse of its economic order. The devastating global economic and financial crisis began in the board...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- fourth session. We are confident that, unde...

On behalf of my delegation, I should first of all like to congratulate Mr. Opertti warmly on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this sess...

It gives me pleasure at the outset of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations to convey to His Excellency our sincerest congratula...

At the outset, in the name of the Government and the people of the State of Kuwait, I have the pleasure of extending to the President and to his fraternal coun...

I should like to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election as President of the General Assembly, and to wish you every success in the performance of your dutie...

Let me first extend to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and in my own name, our sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assemb...

At the outset, may I congratulate Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko on his election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly and wish him much succ...

Please allow me to preface my indication by indicating to this Assembly the regret of my Head of Government and of my Foreign Minister, who could not join us o...

I have the honour to deliver the statement of the Government of Saudi Arabia on behalf of His Royal Highness the Minister for Foreign Affairs. It gives me grea...

I am delighted to extend to Mr. Harri Holkeri, the new 25 President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session, my sincere congratulations on his elect...

Mr. President, allow me sincerely to congratulate you, a representative of friendly Ukraine, on your election to this responsible and honoured post. We are con...

Let my first words before this world parliament be of confidence in the human capacity to overcome challenges and to move towards higher forms of partnership, ...

I am honoured to participate in this historic session on behalf of His Excellency Dr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia, and to shar...