Speeches by Annan

It is a special honour for me, as a member of the new Government of Luxembourg and its Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, to take the floor for the f...

It is a pleasure for me to express on behalf of my delegation warm congratulations on the outstanding election, of the President to lead the sixtieth regular se...

In the 73 years since our Organization was created, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is the fourth woman to be elected President of the General Assembly, and ...

At the outset, I would like to extend my congratulations to His Excellency on his election as President of the current session of the General Assembly, wishing ...

It is a great pleasure for me to address and greet the General Assembly once again from this rostrum in my capacity as Prime Minister of Turkey on the occasi...

Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am sure that 5 your leadership co...

I should like to associate my country and delegation with the expressions of sympathy for the great suffering endured by the city of New York following the cra...

Allow me, Sir, on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session. We assure you of ...

Mr. President, your election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly is a fitting and well-deserved result of your distinguished servi...

It is an honour for me to take part in this General Assembly as the representative of the people and Government of Peru, under the leadership of President Albe...

I should like first of all to extend to Mr. Didier Opertti the Ethiopian delegation’s congratulations on his well-deserved unanimous election to preside over th...

Mr. President, I bring you the greetings and the best wishes of the Government and people of Mauritius. It is also a matter of pride and honour to see you presi...

May I begin with a verse from the Holy Koran: (spoke in Arabic) “To each is a goal To which God turns him; Then strive together Towards all that is good. Where...

I join other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Your experience and diplomatic skills wil...

I take great pleasure in congratulating you most warmly, my dear brother, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session...

I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Your experience and wisdom will doubtless guide us in c...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I extend congratulations to Mr. Ping on his election to the pr...

Before I begin, I should like to make a personal comment. As a former official of the United Nations Population Fund, I should like to express my great pride an...

I join other speakers who have already addressed the Assembly, Sir, in congratulating you on your well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at...

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Julian Robert Hunte, Foreign Minister of Saint Lucia, on his assumption of the office of President f...