Speeches by Ban Ki-moon

Allow me at the outset to extend my greetings to all those who are participating in the work of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session and to wish t...

I am very pleased to address, for the first time, this global family of ours at its seventy-first gathering, on behalf of the Government and the people of Kirib...

It is with great respect that I stand at this rostrum for the first time as Austrian Foreign Minister. Many eminent world leaders have stood here before me a...

In May I visited Tunisia, the cradle of the revolutions that have spread across the Arab world. I spoke to many people there who told me about their deep yea...

First, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I extend my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson on his elect...

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Kerim for his well deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. He can count on Tan...

I wish to congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I assure him of South Africa’s continued...

First and foremost, I would like to convey to the Assembly greetings from Mr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who, owi...

I should like at the outset to welcome the fact that Nicaragua, represented by Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, is presiding over the General Assembly at its s...

Before I came here, Sahar Afzal, a representative of Dutch youth, asked me a simple question. “Minister,” he said, “do you still believe in the United Nations?”...

On behalf of the Royal Thai Government, allow me first to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on your election as ...

At the end of the nineteenth century, one quarter of the Icelandic population emigrated to Canada and the United States. Iceland was one of the poorest countrie...

I warmly congratulate Mr. John Ashe on his election as President at the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly and wish him success during his term. O...

On behalf of my delegation, please allow me to extend our sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its six...

Allow me, at the outset to extend sincere my congratulations to Ambassador John Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We are c...

I bring to the General Assembly greetings from my President, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, who would have loved to be h...

My delegation associates itself with the compliments extended to Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election to preside over the General Assembly at this session and to...

I should like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, an African neighbour, brother and fri...

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I also wish also to thank you for your continued strong suppor...

I should like to congratulate the President on the singular honour of having been chosen for the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its six...