Speeches by François Hollande

At the outset, let me convey to the United States authorities our full gratitude for the always warm and fraternal hospitality they show us at this great ann...

The Assembly will understand that I am speaking today with particular emotion, because one of my compatriots has just been the subject of a cowardly assassin...

King Mohammed VI has mandated me to convey his congratulations, his esteem and his greetings. He also asked me to deliver this royal speech to the General Assem...

Like the other Heads of State and Government who preceded me at this rostrum, I, too, would like, on behalf of the delegation of Côte d’Ivoire and on my own ...

As I take the floor for the last time before the General Assembly after five years in office as President of the Union of the Comoros, I wish to discharge the d...

I welcome this opportunity to address the General Assembly for the first time since my election as President of the Union of the Comoros. I am very grateful to ...

It is an honour for the United Nations to act everywhere where the freedom of peoples is denied. It is an honour for the United Nations to act where fundamen...

I would first like to extend hearty congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, Mr. Jeremić, to whom I wish the grea...

It is an honour and a legitimate source of pride for me to speak from this rostrum on behalf of my country, the Central African Republic, on the occasion of ...

Fourteen years ago, in this very Hall, the international community, in a promising move, pledged to attain a series of common goals by 2015, essentially, to ...

This is the first time that I speak from this rostrum at the United Nations. It is a very moving moment for me because I understand what the United Nations rep...

It is always an honour for me to address the General Assembly. It is also a responsibility — above all given the serious and worrying situation in the world. I ...

Our Organization, the United Nations, is celebrating its seventieth anniversary. Immense progress has been made since it was established as an institution entru...

It is a real pleasure and an immense privilege to take the floor before the Assembly at this historic celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the United Na...

This year, once again, the United Nations calls upon all the countries on planet Earth to participate in the General Assembly, which is — one could say — a kind...

The theme chosen for the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly is “The post-2015 development agenda: setting the stage”. The attainment of the Millenn...

I congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I am convinced that his international p...

Allow me at the outset to convey to President Ashe the heartfelt congratulations of the delegation of Mali on his election to the presidency of the General A...

Costa Rica would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. I reiterate my country’s commit...