Speeches by Corner

525 speeches found

Afghanistan

AFG
1986
Session 41
Mr. DOST

I wish to begin my statement. Sir, by offering you the felicitations of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan on your election to the high of...

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Oman

OMN
2003
Session 58
Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla

Allow me, Sir, on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session. We assure you of ...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
1986
Session 41
Mr. KOROMA

It is an honor for roe, on behalf of the delegation of Sierra Leone, to extend to the President our congratulations on his election to preside over the United N...

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New Zealand

NZL
2019
Session 74
Ms. Jacinda Ardern

Ei nga tangata katoa, e manaa kitia ana te whenua, o te Ai Whanui Ei nga kaitiaki, e riterite ana, nga whenua, hurl rauna, i to Ao Ia tu tatou ki te wero hia I ...

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Jamaica

JAM
1997
Session 52
Percival James Patterson

Mr. President, your election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly is a fitting and well-deserved result of your distinguished servi...

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Mauritius

MUS
2004
Session 59
Jaya Krishna CUTTAREE

Mr. President, I bring you the greetings and the best wishes of the Government and people of Mauritius. It is also a matter of pride and honour to see you presi...

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Sweden

SWE
1975
Session 30
Mr. ANDERSSON

Mr. President, may I express to you the congratulations of the Government of Sweden on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your experience ...

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Japan

JPN
1998
Session 53
Keizo Obuchi

I should like to extend my most sincere compliments to you, Sir, Foreign Minister of Uruguay, on your assumption of office as President of the fifty-third sessi...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2007
Session 62
Stephenson King

The pleasure is mine at this juncture, to join the other Members of the United Nations family in congratulating you, Mr. President on your election as Presid...

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Israel

ISR
1950
Session 5
Mr. SHARETT

At the beginning of my remarks, I should like to associate my delegation, as indeed the people of Israel, with the tribute paid from this rostrum to that great ...

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Nigeria

NGA
1999
Session 54
Olusegun Obasanjo

A little over two decades ago I addressed this Assembly as head of a military Government in Nigeria. On that occasion the focus of my statement was the urgent n...

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Oman

OMN
1976
Session 31
Mr. Al Zawawi

The developing countries are fortunate to have such men as Mr. Amerasinghe. His election to the presidency of the General Assembly's thirty-first session is ind...

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Tanzania

TZA
2001
Session 56
Jakaya Kikwete

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. You...

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Kenya

KEN
2015
Session 70
Uhuru Kenyatta

It is a pleasure for me to be addressing the General Assembly at its seventieth session. Let me begin by congratulating the President on his election at this hi...

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Denmark

DNK
1977
Session 32
ANDERSEN

139. The general debate at the start of the Assembly session is of special importance again this year not only because of the statements made in this hall, whi...

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Somalia

SOM
1985
Session 40
Mr. Barre

I wish first of all to extend to Ambassador de Pinies, on behalf of the Somali Democratic Republic and on my own behalf, our sincere congratulations on his elec...

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Norway

NOR
1985
Session 40
Mr. Stray

Let me begin by expressing the deep sympathy we all feel with the people of Mexico following the serious earthquakes that struck their country and their capital...

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Swaziland

SWZ
1992
Session 47
Mr. DLAMINI

May I begin, on behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Indlovukazi - the Queen Mother and the whole Swazi nation, by conveying to you all the ...

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Paraguay

PRY
2024
Session 79
Santiago Peña Palacios

**Mr President of the General Assembly,** **Distinguished Heads of State and Government,** **Esteemed Foreign Ministers,** **Ladies and Gentlemen,** --- ...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2014
Session 69
Alva Romanus Baptiste

Exactly one year ago, on 30 September 2013, I had the unsurpassed glory of delivering my maiden address to the General Assembly (see A/68/PV.21), and I used ...

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