Speeches by Denis Sassou-Nguesso

 The choice of you, Sir, at the beginning of this session to assume the important duties of President of the General Assembly at its forty-second session is a ...

His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, has bestowed on me the great honour of representing him at the Assembly. On his...

The United Nations, I need hardly recall, has a vocation to lead the peoples of the world towards collective wellbeing and prosperity, towards justice, peace, s...

The universal premise of multilateralism, enshrined in our Organization since its very creation, has never been so seriously undermined as it is today, before o...

As we open this session of the General Assembly the world is still facing problems of peace and security, crises, conflicts, inequality among States, poverty...

It is my happy duty to address the General Assembly in this mythic and historic place, dedicated to peace around the world, on behalf of Mr. Denis Sassou Nguess...

As he had to leave New York earlier than scheduled owing to pressing engagements, President Denis Sassou Nguesso has asked me to address the Assembly on his ...

Mr. President of the General Assembly Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations I would like to extend my warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your ...

Among the events which have shaken the world and especially the African continent in recent days, there is one of which we would like to make special mention: ...

I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. At the sam...

The Government of the Congo is at present involved in a process, of negotiations whose goal is to resolve the question of Namibia and to establish peace in sou...

At the outset, I would like to express my sincerest condolences to the people and the Government of Mexico in the wake of the earthquake that was so devastating...

This session of the General Assembly is beginning in a context that is still deeply affected by the memory of the painful events that struck the United States,...

May I start by joining previous speakers in offering, on behalf of the Congolese delegation, warm congratulations to Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election to the pr...

I would like at the outset to welcome the election of Mr. Ali Treki to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, which is taking p...

 The year that is now drawing to its end has demonstrated the perfectible nature of international life. In a good number of situations which until very recentl...

I should like at the outset to sincerely congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at the present session. That election...

The election of Mr. Jean Ping to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session does honour to our continent, to our subregion of Central Afr...

As you know, Madam President, there is one African tradition, but its forms are many. That is why the African continent is the cradle of mankind and this Afr...

It is with legitimate pride that I address the General Assembly, a symbol of the resolve of peoples to pool their potential in order to forge a better world ...