Speeches by Barack Obama

It gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election to the presidency at this session and to wish him every success in fulfilling his impor...

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election to the presidency of General Assembly at its seventieth session. He represents a co...

I should like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

I am honoured, Sir, to add Grenada’s voice to the many warm congratulations offered you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fo...

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, and I thank your predecessor, His Excell...

I have been given such a bad spot on the speaking list that I feel as if I am in a Fellini movie, speaking to an empty Hall. Still, because I believe in ghos...

It is my pleasure at the outset to convey the best wishes of the Government and people of the Sudan for successful deliberations in the sixty-fourth session ...

At the outset, I would like to cordially congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of the State of Qatar on his election to the post of President of the Ge...

At the outset, the Government and people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines take this opportunity to extend deepest condolences to the people of the Philipp...

Let me begin by conveying the warm congratulations of the delegation of Mexico to Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of the General Assembly at th...

On behalf of the African continent and as Chair of the African Union, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of th...

At the outset, on behalf of the Republic of the Niger, I would like to extend to Mr. Joseph Deiss my sincere congratulations on his outstanding election as t...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to preside over the seventy-first session of the Assembly. I wish t...

Change has become an overriding theme in the language of today`s social and political landscape. We speak of the need to change behaviours, attitudes and law...

At the outset, I would like, on behalf of the Head of State, the Head of Government and the people of Togo, to congratulate the General Assembly on the occas...

It is an honour to take the floor at the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly. At the outset, on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza, P...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly for the first time, and I must say that I do so with great emotion. Commitment, solidarity and r...

Vanuatu is honoured to join previous speakers in congratulating the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth sess...

At the outset, I wish to extend heartiest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth sessi...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Mahatma Gandhi said: “There is no path to peace. Pe...