Speeches by King Hussein

57 speeches found

Israel

ISR
1985Session 40
Mr. Shamir

Sir, at the outset I should like to congratulate you on your election to the high position of President of the General Assembly for the fortieth session. I am c...

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Israel

ISR
1998Session 53
Benjamin Netanyahu

As the Prime Minister of Israel, I represent a State whose creation was envisioned, encouraged and advocated by the League of Nations 80 years ago and by the Un...

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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

JOR
2019Session 74
King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein

This week leaders from around the world will stand before members, here in this great General Assembly Hall, to take part in the general debate of its seventh-f...

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Jordan

JOR
1999Session 54
Abdul Ilah El-Khatib

Permit me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. I am fully confident...

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Jordan

JOR
1991Session 46
NSOUR

I extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. Tour election signals our recognit...

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Israel

ISR
2008Session 63
Shimon Peres

Over 60 years have passed since the General Assembly voted on the historic resolution that would have put an end to the Arab- Israeli conflict. Resolution 181...

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Israel

ISR
1996Session 51
David Levy

Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session and to wish hi...

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Israel

ISR
1995Session 50
Mr. Shimon Peres

I should like to congratulate Mr. Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are glad that a representative of Portugal, a ...

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Jordan

JOR
2009Session 64
Nasser Judeh

First of all, I would like very warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. I am cert...

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Israel

ISR
1987Session 42
PERES

 Permit me, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly. I wish to take this opportunity to express our support for t...

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Israel

ISR
2003Session 58
Silvan Shalom

I would like to congratulate His Excellency, the Foreign Minister of Saint Lucia, upon his assumption of the Presidency of the General Assembly, and wish him m...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
1994Session 49
Mr. Allen

As we prepare to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the memory of the cold war is fading rapidly from our minds. We recal...

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Morocco

MAR
2022Session 77
Aziz Akhannouch

On behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, it is my pleasure to congratulate the President on his election to preside over the General Assembly at i...

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Jordan

JOR
1977Session 32
Ibrahim

85. Mr. President, it is a privilege to join the distinguished speakers who have preceded me on this rostrum in congratulating you on your unanimous election t...

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Jordan

JOR
1994Session 49
Prince El Hassan Bin Talal

It is my pleasure, at the outset, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election and to wish you and the members of the Bureau every success in the discha...

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Israel

ISR
1967Session 22
Mr. EBAN

122. Mr. President, Israel warmly welcomes your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly. Our satisfaction is grounded in a deep personal respect. It ...

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Israel

ISR
2009Session 64
Benjamin Netanyahu

Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years old, to a State of their own in their ancestral homel...

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Norway

NOR
1985Session 40
Mr. Stray

Let me begin by expressing the deep sympathy we all feel with the people of Mexico following the serious earthquakes that struck their country and their capital...

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Nepal

NPL
1995Session 50
Mr. Lohani

I wish first of all, on behalf of the delegation of Nepal and on my own behalf, to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election as Pr...

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Mauritania

MRT
1994Session 49
Mr. Ould Lekhal

First of all, I should like to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, my warmest congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of th...

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