Speeches by Colombo

I wish to recall the late B.P. Koirala, the legendary leader who became the symbol of democracy in Nepal because of his long years of imprisonment, self-sacrifi...

Mr. President, I should like to begin my speech by congratulating you on behalf of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the thirty seventh sess...

It gives me great pleasure to see an eminent son of Guyana guiding this forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Sri Lanka and Guyana have a long tradition...

Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-seventh session of the general Assembly. We are gratified...

Sir, your unanimous election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-first session is a tribute not only to your outstanding qua...

Mr. President, it is a privilege for me, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to congratulate you most warmly on your election as Pres...

Sri Lanka congratulates the President on his election to this high office. We are confident that your guidance will enable the General Assembly to make progr...

I should like at the outset to convey to you, an able, creative and experienced diplomat representing a great country with recognized distinction, my delegatio...

As we express our appreciation of the way in which Major General Joseph Garba of Nigeria guided the work of the General Assembly as its President at the forty-...

Mr. President, a few weeks ago the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries assembled in your great country and gave further e...

Mr. President, I wish to express my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of this historic thirty- first session of the United Natio...

I have the honour to convey to you, Sir, and to the other members of the Assembly, the greetings and good wishes of Sri Lanka's President, Mr. Ranasinghe Prema...

First, Sir, let me express the great pleasure of the Australian delegation at your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly. We are particul...

I consider it a signal honor that it is I who today express to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Mexico, our sincerest congratulatio...

It is with deep emotion that I come to this rostrum on the eve of the funeral ceremonies at which the fraternal Egyptian people and the whole world will mourn P...

I should like first to express once again, on behalf of the Laotian delegation, my heartiest congratulations upon the election of Prince Wan Waithayakon by the ...

The delegation of Sri Lanka congratulates Mr. Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria on his election as President of the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We ...

The members of my delegation and I deem it an honor and privilege to take part in the fortieth regular session of the General Assembly, particularly in view of ...

Meeting in these troubled and uncertain times of international crisis and tensions, the General Assembly should consider itself highly fortunate and privileged...

Mr. President, it is for me a pleasurable task to congratulate you warmly on your election to the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembl...