Speeches by Mahmoud Abbas

On behalf of the United Republic of Tanzania, I congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I wish ...

It gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election to the presidency at this session and to wish him every success in fulfilling his impor...

Those who believe that peace can prevail in the Middle East without the Palestinian people enjoying their full legitimate national rights are delusional. Once a...

Luxembourg is very pleased that the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, was able for the first time to address this Assembly on behalf of th...

At the outset I would like to congratulate you. Sir. on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session, and to wish you succes...

I have the pleasure of congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I assure you of the fu...

At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly for this session. We wish you every success and express our con...

It is my honour and pleasure at the outset of this brief statement to welcome and congratulate the Republic of South Sudan upon its accession to membership i...

Four generations of our people have been waiting with hope. Beware, beware and beware of making them lose that hope. I trust that the General Assembly will not ...

First, I would like to extend to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser and our brotherly country, Qatar, my sincere congratulations on his election as President of ...

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...

On 19 August 2003, the international community took a blow to the body in Baghdad in odious acts that caused the tragic loss of approximately 20 United Nations...

I believe it is fair to say that we have just come through an annus horribilis: a year marked by the worldwide financial and economic crisis, the worst sinc...

It gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that he ...

): I had hoped that I would not have to deliver this statement today, as would have been the case if the cause of my people had been genuinely heard and justly ...

Over three millenniums ago. our great leader Moses addressed the people of Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. He said that they would find th...

I bring warm greetings and hope that the seventieth session of the General Assembly will prove most fruitful. I would like to congratulate Mr. Mogen Lykketoft o...

It is a great pleasure for me to extend to Mr. Al-Nasser my sincere congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth s...

Allow me first of all to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I am pleased to see...

At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, and, through you, your friendly country Uganda upon your election as Pre...