Speeches by Klaus Kinkel

Please allow me to offer sincere congratulations to Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I would like to...

Allow me to express my deep pleasure at Mr. Amara Essy’s election to preside over the General Assembly this year. This is a well-deserved tribute to your countr...

Your election, Mr. President, represents a fitting tribute to you personally for your well-known qualities as a consummate diplomat and to Malaysia for its con...

It is with great pleasure that I join the previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this Assembly. The great African c...

Allow me at the outset to extend to Mr. Amara Essy the warmest congratulations of the Greek Government on his election to the presidency of the forty-ninth sess...

I should like to join others in congratulating the President on his election to preside over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. The wealth of his ...

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. I wish you good fortune and all of us a successful session. I should also like to thank Ambassador Udovenko...

Let me impart at the outset the sad news I received early today of the aerial bombardment by the Taliban of the city of Mazar-i- Sharif, the sixteenth consecut...

Last year we took stock of half a century of United Nations history. The rock we are pushing up the hill like Sisyphus always seems to roll back a little. We m...

Please accept my warm congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. At the same time, I wish to thank you...

First, I should like to offer you, Sir, my personal congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, and also t...

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming your responsible office. Major decisions are to be taken at this session and I wish you good fortune in your con...