Speeches by Ban Ki-moon

Echoing previous eminent speakers at this rostrum, on behalf of my country, the Union of the Comoros, and on my own behalf, it is a genuine pleasure to addre...

It is a great honour and pleasure for me to take the floor for the first time in this world forum as Prime Minister and Head of Government, proudly representi...

A little more than a year ago, we witnessed with great concern the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions of the world’s wealthiest countries...

At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in addressing our sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Ass...

Before I begin my statement, I want to express the strongest condemnation of the recent acts of incitement to hatred perpetrated against the faith of the billi...

I have the pleasure of congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I assure you of the fu...

On behalf of the Government and the President of the State of Kuwait, allow me at the outset to extend our sincere congratulations to the President and his frie...

I wish the President all the best for this General Assembly. Along with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he can count on Portugal’s firm support in his work. ...

I join other speakers in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on assuming the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. We are confident tha...

At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly for this session. We wish you every success and express our con...

It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of Montenegro and to once again reaffirm the unequivocal commitment of my country to the United...

At the beginning of this week, at the opening of the general debate, the international community strongly condemned the heinous attacks that have once again ...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, and our brothers, the people of Qatar, on your election to the presidency of the sixty-sixth session of the ...

At the outset, allow me to thank most sincerely the Ambassador of sisterly Qatar on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth...

On behalf of the Paraguayan people and the Government of Paraguay, I hope that under the presidency of Mr. Miroslav Lajčák the General Assembly will have great ...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of Liberia, the second time I am doing so since I assumed office in ...

I take the floor on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whom I am honoured to represent. It i...

I warmly congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and I thank Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser...

It is my great honour to stand here as the new Japanese Prime Minister — brand new, really, as I was designated by the National Diet yesterday. First, I w...

At the outset, on behalf of the people and the Government of Yemen, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly and his brotherly coun...