Speeches by Annan

I am honoured to address the Assembly on behalf of the Government and people of Haiti. Allow me, first, to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Haya Ras...

The sixty-first session of the General Assembly has begun its work in quite a disturbing context. We note the persistence of certain conflicts and the emerge...

As the curtain falls on the twentieth century, this time-honoured institution, the United Nations, rejoices in the presence of two distinguished Africans at the...

A veteran of United Nations diplomacy recently told me that every session of the General Assembly has its own crisis to discuss, its own major topic. So what is...

At the outset, I would like to express our condolences to the Governments of the United States and the Dominican 32 Republic, and to the families of the victi...

I would like to express my sincere congratulations, and those of my delegation, to you, Madam President, on your election as President of the General Assembl...

I bring greetings, Sir, from the Government and the people of Nigeria, on whose behalf I am honoured and privileged to address this fifty-third session of the G...

On behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as the President of the fifty-eighth session of the ...

Allow me to join the delegations that preceded me in congratulating Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election to preside over the proceedings of the fifty-sixth sessio...

On 19 August 2003, the international community took a blow to the body in Baghdad in odious acts that caused the tragic loss of approximately 20 United Nations...

First of all, I would like to congratulate our President on her election to this high post and to assure her of the full support of Ukraine throughout her ma...

Two years ago, at this same rostrum, as the conclusion of my statement (see A/59/PV.10), I quoted these famous verses of the Spanish poet Antonio Machado: ...

I would first of all like to express my outrage at the unacceptable conditions that terrorism has imposed on us at the fifty- sixth session of the General Asse...

On behalf of the State of Kuwait, it gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo, and his friendly country, the Republic of Korea, on his election as P...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the sisterly country of Namibia on your election to chair 25 the proceedings of the fifty-f...

Madam President, allow me today to pay a special tribute to Mr. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of our Organization, for the important role he has played ov...

Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Mr. Opertti, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session and, at the same time, ...

Let me start by congratulating Mr. Didier Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. In the same breath, I thank h...

First, Madam, I should like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election is proof ...

Traditionally, the General Assembly session provides an opportunity to conduct a review of the current situation in the world, identify major international i...