Speeches by Charles

It is an honour for me to stand here today to address the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. When, in 1945, Liberia joined the efforts to establish th...

**Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ambassador Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly, Excellencies,** First, I wou...

I received the news of your election to the General Assembly presidency, Sir, with a brother’s pride. Twenty-one years ago, it was through war in Central Am...

I should like first, following the example of previous speakers, to address my warmest congratulations to our President, Sir Leslie Munro, on his unanimous elec...

On behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Botswana, Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama, allow me to join previous speakers in congrat...

“None of us acting alone can achieve success.” These are the words of Nelson Mandela. We must decide and act together because only together can we come up with ...

A predecessor of the President of the General Assembly at its first session, in 1946, was one of my compatriots, Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak. In the midst of the Secon...

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Pascal Couchepin, who had to cancel his trip to New York at the very la...

Good morning to one and all. First, I congratulate Mr. Csaba Korosi on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- seventh session. I ...

At the time of its foundation, the United Nations was a beacon of promise. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the building we are in symbolized the end o...

I am pleased and honoured to address the Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of Dominica. I wish to extend my congratulatio...

At the outset, I would like to express our support to the victims of the recent hurricanes as well as those of the earthquakes in Mexico. Such natural disasters...

Mister President, Mister Secretary-General, dear Heads of Delegations, Ladies and Gentlemen, I speak to you today on behalf of the European Union. A union found...

I am happy to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session. The Bahamas is confident tha...

Mr. FERNANDEZ stated that Chile was linked to France not only by traditions of friendship but by the even stronger bonds created by admiration for France’s stea...

I should like first of all to carry out the noble duty of adding my voice to those who have spoken before me from this rostrum in congratulating Mr. Didier Oper...

I should like, first of all, to join other delegations in conveying to Sir Leslie Munro my delegation's sincere congratulations on his election as President of ...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly and on the very effective manner in which you are presiding over its proceedin...

Building a rules based world, promoting dignity and universal values, surmounting the climate challenge and launching humankind on the path to sustainable devel...

I should like first to congratulate the President on his election and the Assembly on having placed him in that high office. For me, it will be a particular pri...