Speeches by Ban Ki-moon

As I take the floor for the first time at the present session, allow me to join all of those who preceded me at this rostrum in congratulating Mr. Ali Abduss...

On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, and myself, I, like the Heads of State and Government who have pr...

Let me begin by adding my voice to the many salutations directed to Mr. Ban Ki-moon on being elected as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. I wish h...

It is a singular honour and privilege for me to address this gathering of the international community. Allow me, on behalf of His Excellency the President of...

At the outset, I would like to express to His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim and to his friendly country our most sincere congratulations on his election as Pre...

I would first like to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, and to renew our ...

I congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić and the people of Serbia on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. I would like t...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election to lead the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I wish to thank him and the outgoing Pre...

We are convening in this Assembly at a time when we are witnessing a worrisome phenomenon, namely, senseless violence spreading through an entire region as a r...

I would first like to thank and wish every success to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, and to t...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Thomson on his election as President of General Assembly at its seventy- first session. I commend the exemplary m...

I would like to discharge my first duty by conveying to the 08-52265 38 Assembly, on behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Guinea...

At the beginning of my statement, I would like to convey my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly a...

It is a privilege to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a Kingdom made up of four autonomous countries — the Netherlands,...

It is my honour, as I begin my statement, to convey to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, and through him to his country, Denmark, our sincere congratulations on his appoint...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that the ...

First of all, I would like to join in the sincere congratulations on your election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and w...

At the outset, allow me to convey to Mr. Joseph Deiss, on behalf of my country, our heartfelt congratulations on his election to the presidency of the Genera...

I want to invite us all to take a short journey down memory lane and recall that in 1946 the United Nations General Assembly, convened for the very first tim...

I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. We are confident that your considerable ex...