Speeches by Pope John Paul II

It gives me particular pleasure to congratulate Mr. Opertti most warmly on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. Please ...

 On behalf of the Government of the Dominican Republic and the allegation of which I am Chairman, I have pleasure, Sir, in asking you to convey to Mr. Dante Ca...

As I address the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, I would like first of all to convey the warm greetings and solidarity of the people of Nicaragua...

I congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, on his election to that honourable office. I wish to assur...

I would like to congratulate Mr Amara Essy, Foreign Minister of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of this important Assembly I should also like to exte...

At the outset, I would like to cordially congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of the State of Qatar on his election to the post of President of the Ge...

It is a pleasant duty for my delegation to welcome the election of Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral to the presidency of the General Assembly at this especially sole...

Mr. President, as I address the Assembly for the first time as President of Colombia, I should like to offer you, on behalf of my Government, our warmest congra...

Let me first join all the distinguished personalities who have spoken before me from this rostrum in congratulating Mr. Udovenko on his election as President o...

Mr. President, allow me to extend you the warmest and most heartfelt greeting of the people and the Government of Honduras. I would also extend this greeting...

I am pleased to convey my congratulations to Ambassador Samuel Insanally, the Permanent Representative of Guyana and a distinguished member of our Latin America...

Allow me at the outset to express to the President my warmest congratulations on his election to guide the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. We are conf...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Insanally on his election as President of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly and to wish him much success in heading ...

Mr. President, Namibia joins the preceding speakers in extending sincere congratulations and best wishes to you upon your unanimous election. This also goes for...

Mr. President, your accomplishments are well known to the world body, and your personal competence as a diplomat has been so amply demonstrated that there is n...

I welcome the opportunity and the honour afforded me to speak on behalf of Gabon at this session of the Assembly which, although a regular one, is no less an ex...

Mr. President, I should like to begin my statement by congratulating you most sincerely on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its thi...

We should like the President to accept our sincere congratulations on his well-deserved election to the exalted and responsible post of President of the thirty...

121. Allow me, Mr. President, to preface my address by extending to you, on behalf of my delegation, my sincere felicitations upon your election as President o...

 Mr. President, permit me to congratulate you, in the name of the Ghana delegation, on your election to the highest office of the General Assembly and, f...