Speeches by Ban Ki-moon

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. Your character, distinguis...

This year marks the twenty- fifth anniversary of Latvia’s independence and membership in the United Nations. My country took its rightful place at the United Na...

During the past year we have witnessed events and popular uprisings that are changing the face of the planet, both politically and economically. As President...

I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of General Assembly at the sixty-sixth session, and wish you...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly at this session, and to wish him complete success. I thank his predecessor, Mr...

Allow me to join previous speakers in congratulating Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-...

Let me join previous speakers in congratulating His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-se...

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I have no d...

Like the other Heads of State and Government who preceded me at this rostrum, I, too, would like, on behalf of the delegation of Côte d’Ivoire and on my own ...

Like others who have spoken before me, allow me to add my warm congratulations to Mr. Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly for our ...

As President of the Transition of Madagascar, it is a great honour for me to participate in the general debate of the United Nations for the second time. The t...

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Al-Nasser on his election as President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly. My deleg...

We join previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, of Qatar, on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth...

The Sierra Leone delegation would like to join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the work of the General Assembly...

It gives me great pleasure to express my sincere congratulations to the President on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at ...

Once again, it is a great honour and pleasure for me to address this distinguished Assembly. Let me start by congratulating Mr. Joseph Deiss on his assumptio...

The reappointment of Mr. Ban Ki-moon as Secretary- General is testimony to his able leadership and great achievements in guiding the universal Organization o...

I start by congratulating Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the General Assembly at its current session, on his election, and express our belief t...

Nothing is created without men; nothing lasts without institutions. Those words of Jean Monnet, one of the founders of the European Union, remain as true as ...

Please allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to wish you great success in ...