Speeches by Ban Ki-moon

At the outset, I am happy to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- first session. Allow me to wish y...

It is with legitimate pride that I address the General Assembly, a symbol of the resolve of peoples to pool their potential in order to forge a better world ...

It is my pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election as President of the Assembly at this session. There is no doubt that your expertise and your k...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I wish to assure him of the...

On behalf of my Government and the people of Papua New Guinea, I am honoured to address the General Assembly. I am pleased to convey my country’s appreciation t...

First of all, I wish to warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Kerim of the Republic of Macedonia for his election to the presidency of the General Assembly ...

It is a great honour for me to begin by congratulating Mr. Peter Thomson on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session....

I would first like to salute you, Ambassador John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Mr. President, we ...

Liberia congratulates you, Mr. President, on your election to the important office of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. We are co...

I warmly congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. His election demonstrates the esteem in ...

On behalf of the Republic of Paraguay, I congratulate Ambassador Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at this session. I wish him ...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate our brother Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly. I am fully c...

At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I would like to extend my congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Laj...

Mr. President, at the outset, permit me to extend to you my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second...

The Central African Republic would like, through me, to commend Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth...

I would like, on behalf of the Republic of Kazakhstan and on my own behalf, to congratulate Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on his re-election to his high and ...

On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I would like to most warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to presidency of the General A...

I congratulate my brother Sam Kutesa of the Republic of Uganda on his well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session....

Allow me to convey to the President and to this noble Assembly the greetings of His Excellency Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, the President of the De...

Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I have no doubt that his ...