United States
Forty-seven years ago I was a young man of 21, and, like thousands of others of my generation, I had gone off to war to help keep freedom alive. Forty-seven y...
Togo
The euphoria and enthusiasm that greeted, no so long ago, the disappearance of ideological East-West confrontation and the progressive expansion of freedom an...
Ghana
The close and cordial relations between Malta and my country give me added pleasure in conveying to the President of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth s...
Jamaica
On behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica I congratulate Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly a...
Papua New Guinea
On behalf of the Government and people of Papua New Guinea, I should like to congratulate you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly...
Norway
It is a great pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you upon your election as President of this session of the General Assembly. I feel confident that you w...
Afghanistan
It gives me pleasure at the very outset to convey to Major-General Garba my sincere congratulations on his election to the prestigious position of President o...
Chad
It Is not without a certain pride, mixed with joy, that I speak on behalf of my country in this Assembly which brings together so many distinguished persons fro...
United States of America
I am honoured to address the General Assembly today at the beginning of its forty-fourth session. I should like to congratulate Joseph Garba of Nigeria, a dist...
Malaysia
My delegation would like to congratulate the distinguished Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of...
Cyprus
I should like first of all to offer you. Sir, my warm congratulations on taking up the presidency of the General assembly and to express my deep thanks to the...
Malta
I wish to extend to Ambassador Shihabi my congratulations on his election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-sixth session. ...
Burundi
I have the honour, Mr. President, of conveying to you a message of peace, friendship and solidarity from His Excellency Major Pierre Buyoya, President of the C...
Bangladesh
I stand before this Assembly with a sense of pride and humility - pride, because I represent a Government freely elected and armed with the mandate of a people...
Morocco
At the outset. Sit, let me, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, extend to you most sincere congratulations on your election to the presiden...
Uruguay
Since 1945 - when the United Nations was created in response to the clamour of peoples to preserve future generations from the scourge of war, to strengthen fa...
Sri Lanka
As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, I appear before the Assembly for the first time to speak on behalf of my country. I am very happy to address these...
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
It is a great pleasure for me to take this opportunity, now that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has become a Member of the United Nations, to explai...
Nicaragua
I should like to begin by congratulating our Secretary-General, Mr. Javier Peres de Cuellar, for the Nobel Peace Prise which has been awarded to the United Na...
Jamaica
On behalf of my delegation and my Government, I wish to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Amerasinghe on his election as President of the thirty-first session ...