Speeches by Barack Obama

First of all, it gives me pleasure to convey to the Assembly the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, and His Majesty’s best ...

The delegation of Chad echoes previous speakers in warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth sess...

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...

First, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth sess...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I also wi...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Treki on his election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session and w...

I am honoured to address this sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly on behalf of the people of Liberia. I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your elec...

I welcome this opportunity to address the General Assembly for the first time since my election as President of the Union of the Comoros. I am very grateful to ...

When we met here last year, financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers and American International Group (AIG) were falling like tenpins. For weeks, credi...

I join those who have spoken before me in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your well- deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventi...

Allow me to begin by conveying my vigorous condemnation of the recent terrorist attacks in Kenya, Pakistan and Iraq, which killed scores of innocent people. ...

North Korea has now openly shown itself to be a threat to peace. How must we respond? The raison d’être of the United Nations is now being seriously challenged....

I bring you, Sir, and the Assembly warm fraternal and sisterly greetings from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the country which one of our most famous sons, th...

I am pleased to welcome the Government of South Sudan as a State Member of the United Nations. I also join the appeal by all African leaders for an urgent, e...

First of all, let me extend my sincere congratulations to the President, Mr. Ali Treki, on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its si...

It is indeed an honour for me to address this Assembly for the first time. I would like to start by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on...

I come before this highest forum of the United Nations as the representative of the Government of Guatemala and of the President of the Republic, Alejandro Mald...

For far too many people, the world has become an unsafe place. The challenges confronting us seem immense, and at times it seems all but hopeless to find soluti...

The Organization turns 70 this year, and on this birthday we welcome its call for a “Strong United Nations, Better World”. This celebration is an opportunity to...

With great pleasure I extend heartfelt congratulations to my brother, His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, Secretary of African Union Affairs of the Liby...