Speeches by Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga

I wish I could begin this address on a more optimistic note, but since we last convened at the General Assembly one year ago, many dramatic and disconcerting ev...

I begin by congratulating Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalaifa on her assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly. We have full confidence in her an...

At the outset allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session and to wish you every suc...

Let me start by congratulating you on your election, Madam President, and by wishing you every success in the coming months of hard work. The outgoing presid...

I would like to begin by congratulating the Republic of Montenegro on its recent accession to the United Nations Organization. We fully understand the chall...