Speeches by Gnassingbe Eyadema

First of all, I would like to express to the President my sincere and warm congratulations upon his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its f...

The heavy responsibility of conducting the proceedings of the General Assembly, assumed in such an exemplary fashion and with such remarkable mastery and outsta...

156. This is the first time I have taken part in the general debate of the Assembly since my appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation by Ge...

The thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly is once again this year opening at a time of crisis. The international situation, politically, economically an...

At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the people and Government of Togo and on my own behalf, to extend our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your electio...

We are once again gathered here in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, where so many debates have been heard on the most pressing questions of sta...

As William Shakespeare said in Act I, scene 2, of Julius Caesar: "Men at some time are masters of their fate: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But i...

Before discussing some of the concerns of the African continent and our views on some of the problems facing the United Nations, I should like at the outset to ...

The sudden speeding up of events that has taken place since the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly and their potential impact on the future of humanki...

The preservation of international peace and security, the fight against terrorism in all its forms, the eradication of poverty throughout the world, the promot...

In expressing to you, Sir, our great pride at seeing an eminent representative of the Group of African States preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-nin...

131. The world in which we live is characterized by the contempt of some Powers for fundamental human rights and the rights of peoples. Intolerance reigns eve...

Again this year, we are meeting to assess our actions and to define approaches that can breathe new life into the Organization. Far from becoming a routine, ou...

 In recent months the world has been stirred by uplifting events that give us grounds for believing that mankind has at last - and once and for all - entered a...

75. Mr. Gaston Thorn was elected President of our Assembly virtually unanimously. His good-heartedness, his statesmanship, his complete mastery of internation...

I am pleased to join those who spoke before me in expressing my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to lead this fifty-fourth session of th...

I should like to join those who have spoken before me in offering you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your outstanding election to the presidency of our As...

255. Our world is falling apart! In the chaotic convulsion of repeated crises, in the sudden outbursts of latent rivalries, in the deadly degeneration of deep...

In speaking at this time of great mourning which has stricken one of the Members of the Organization, namely Egypt, I should like must of all to offer to the Go...

In this last quarter of the twentieth century, the world is beset by upheavals which bode no good. We are seeing a major deployment of arms, to such an exten...