Speeches by Charles

Allow me to start by congratulating you warmly, Mr. President, on your election to the high post of President of this respected global forum and to wish you su...

May I start, Sir, by congratulating Mr. Opertti on his election as President of this great Assembly, and wishing him well as he guides its deliberations. I was ...

I would like to begin by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Sam Kutesa, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, on his election to the presidency of th...

“The only route that offers any hope of a better future for all humanity is that of cooperation and partnership” (A/56/ PV.7, p. 2). Those were words spoken fro...

I am grateful for the privilege of speaking to the General Assembly. Last week, America and the world marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks that fille...

1. Let me first of all express the heartfelt condolences of all members of my delegation to our Ceylonese friends on the irreparable loss they have sustained in...

101. Mr. President, may I offer you first of all my most heartfelt congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly. Your personality needs...

Mr. President, I would like to associate the voice of my delegation with that of previous speakers in extending to you our congratulations on your unanimous ele...

88. I am glad to express at the outset my sincere congratulations to Mr. Charles Malik, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, on his election as President...

In addressing the General Assembly at this sixteenth regular session, we can allow ourselves only one brief satisfaction—that of congratulating the President o...

62. Mr. President, allow me first of all to offer you my delegation's sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seven...

 1. The great English writer, Charles Dickens, began one of his celebrated novels thus: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.. .". I suggest th...

I am greatly honoured to address this forum and to share with the General Assembly the views of the Republic of Macedonia on issues of global concern. In the...

48. The fact that we have been friends since our days as Ambassadors in Washington does not detract from the sincerity of my tribute to the President elected by...

First of all, I would like to endorse what my colleague Mr. Charles Michel just said on behalf of the European Union, since I come from a generation that has ne...

There is an overwhelming air of expectancy across the world as we gather at this fifty- second session of the General Assembly. It is hoped that the events of ...

I would like to begin on a personal note by thanking the previous speaker, Charles Michel, who will be stepping down from the Belgian Government in a few months...

It is my pleasing duty to once again participate in this auspicious forum on behalf of Mr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia, and to...

1. The delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia has pleasure in presenting its warmest greetings to the new President of the General Assembly, Mr. Charles Malik, w...

On coming to this rostrum for the first time in the general debate to add my country’s voice to those of all the speakers preceding me, I should like, on behalf...