Speeches by His Holiness Pope Francis

I congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth session and assure him of our full support. I ...

In extending the Holy See’s congratulations to Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, I wish to...

We are speaking in the Assembly today, as His Holiness Pope Francis said, as an afterthought. The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, appear...

President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, As the Assembly is a virtual event, I extend warm greetings to everyone at this difficult...

I share the warm greetings of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and the entire population of Mexico. In 2022, we are facing one of the most serious crises i...

Many world leaders care more about retaining power than improving the lives of their people. Those words of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were recently addresse...

Mr. President, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to you on your election as President of our prestigious Assembly at its seventieth session. Yo...

The successful outcome of the United Nations Summit to adopt the post-2015 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1) coincided with the seventieth an...

Your Excellency, Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellenc...

Last year, in his address in this Hall, His Holiness Pope Francis defined the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as “an important sign of hope” (A/70/PV.3,...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President of the Assembly at its seventy-fourth session and to thank Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces for her ...

On behalf of President Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr., President of the Republic of Palau, I have the honour to make the following remarks before the General Assemb...

This is the second year that I have come to the General Assembly as President of Panama, representing a peaceful, healthy and noble people, to whom I send my gr...

It is with the utmost pleasure that I address the Organization today. It is a privilege for me to take the floor for the first time in the General Assembly, par...

Seventy years ago, on the still smoking ruins of the Second World War, the United Nations was born, with the purpose of maintaining international peace and secu...

The Kingdom of Morocco serves as a link and a meeting point for cooperation between Africa and the countries of the Islamic world, between Europe and the rest o...

I should like to congratulate the President and his country, Denmark, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. He has Sou...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Tuvalu, it is indeed a great honour and pleasure to deliver this statement at the General Assembly at its seventie...

It is my distinct honour and privilege to take the floor during the general debate at the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly on behalf of His Excell...

It is my honour to address the General Assembly again on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, who could n...