Speeches by Barack Obama

We are assembled here in 2015, once again fully aware of the immense struggle of our peoples to arrive at an age of dignity, a time when there will finally be a...

I wish to pay tribute to the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General for their dedication to their noble missions. For once, I do not ...

As we approach the close of this day, I feel the responsibility to refer from this rostrum to the statement addressed to all of us by the President of the Unite...

It is indeed an honour and a pleasure for me to extend my very warm congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his well-deserved election to the presiden...

First of all, I would like very warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. I am cert...

It gives me great pleasure to offer you, Sir, and your friendly country, Switzerland, our warmest congratulations on your election to preside over the sixty-...

At the outset, let me congratulate His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, on his election and wish him...

Allow me begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly and his country, Qatar, on his election to preside over the Assembly at this session, ...

It gives me great pleasure, at the outset, to extend my warmest congratulations to the President and his friendly country, Antigua and Barbuda, on his electi...

I stand before this global forum at a historic moment for my country, not only because I am the first woman to have the honour of leading our Central American n...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of San Marino, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General...

I greet with great respect everyone meeting in this Hall, which is sacred for public international law. I come on behalf of the one Venezuela, which is worthy, ...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I wish you every success in your noble mission and recognize your long ...

Let me start by congratulating His Excellency Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election as President of the sixty-sixth session of the General As...

At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. We are confident that your expertise...

Since the last session of the General Assembly, we have witnessed various actions and developments that have left their negative impact on international join...

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 ...

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 ...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly, and to stress that you can count on the full sup...

On behalf of my delegation and in my own name, I would like to offer the President our warmest congratulations on his brilliant election to the presidency of...