Speeches by Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

We are assembled here in 2015, once again fully aware of the immense struggle of our peoples to arrive at an age of dignity, a time when there will finally be a...

In 1981, today’s date, 21 September, was proclaimed as the International Day of Peace to promote a negotiated solution to armed conflicts throughout the world. ...

During the past year we have witnessed events and popular uprisings that are changing the face of the planet, both politically and economically. As President...

I would like to thank our Ambassador Maria Emma Mejía Vélez for giving me the floor. What a source of great pride it is for us that a Colombian woman is presidi...

As always, it is an honour to participate in this Assembly of the peoples of the world, which pursues the ongoing struggle, among others, for the universal pri...

Two years ago, during my first address before the Assembly as President of Colombia (see A/65/PV.15), I expressed my country’s aspiration to become a member of...

This is the eighth and last time I address the General Assembly in my capacity as President of Colombia. A lot has happened since 24 September 2010, when I made...

First, on behalf of the Government of Colombia, I would like to congratulate Mr. Kutesa for his election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to expr...

For Honduras, it is a source of great satisfaction to participate in this important session of the General Assembly. On behalf of the Honduran people, I shou...

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...

I bring cordial greetings to the authorities of the United Nations and to all the Heads of State and representatives here with us. This session of the General ...

With reverence and an immense sense of responsibility, I come to this historic forum for the first time to reiterate the commitment of my country and more th...

On behalf of the people of Panama, to whom I send a warm embrace from this rostrum, I am pleased to participate in the general debate of the General Assembly in...

I should like to depart slightly from protocol and start my statement by speaking about a humble woman, a Colombian named María Zabala, who has to bear the ...