Speeches by Annan

Please permit me, Sir, at the outset, to offer my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the Presidency of the fifty-second session of the General ...

Mr. President, I have the pleasure of congratulating you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. Confident that your...

On behalf of the people of Djibouti, it is a great pleasure indeed to extend our sincere greetings to one and all at this Millennium Assembly. May I also, Mr. P...

I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the European Union, which wishes, through you, Sir, to congratulate the President on his election. That election ...

My delegation would like to congratulate the distinguished Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of...

Permit me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. I am fully confident...

Senegal takes pleasure in addressing, through me, its heartfelt congratulations to the President on his illustrious election to the presidency of the General As...

On behalf of the delegation of Burundi, which we have the distinguished honour to lead in the work of this session of the General Assembly, and on our own beha...

Before I deliver my statement, let me express on behalf of my country our heartfelt sympathy to the Governments and peoples of the Caribbean that have fallen vi...

I wish to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I believe that his wisdom and experience ...

It gives me great pleasure to extend to Mr. Opertti and his friendly country, on behalf of the State of Kuwait, our sincere congratulations on his election as P...

I wish at the outset to extend my heartiest congratulations and the assurances of my cooperation and highest esteem to President Jeremić on his election to the...

I am pleased to express my sincere congratulations to Mr. Didier Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. A...

It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to extend to you, on behalf of my country's delegation, our congratulations on your election as President of this session, and ...

On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I have the distinct pleasure and honour to extend sincere congratulations to you...

Let me impart at the outset the sad news I received early today of the aerial bombardment by the Taliban of the city of Mazar-i- Sharif, the sixteenth consecut...

It gives me pleasure to extend to Mr. Udovenko our heartfelt congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-second sess...

For the first time, Palestine is participating in the work of the General Assembly under the agenda item entitled “General debate”. That participation is a resu...

We are pleased to note that the annual sessions of the General Assembly are increasingly each year not only a special forum for discussing international affairs...

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