Speeches by RICHARD

I am honoured to address the General Assembly today at the beginning of its forty-fourth session. I should like to congratulate Joseph Garba of Nigeria, a dist...

We address the General Assembly at its seventy-second session in the name of the constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Madur...

49. Mr. President, first of all, on behalf of the Government and people of Panama, and personally, may I offer you our fraternal congratulations on your electi...

73. Mr. President, the Republic of Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar enjoy very close relations, and therefore you will understand the special sa...

The thirty-first session of the General Assembly is an auspicious occasion for the Commonwealth. It is particularly gratifying to the United Kingdom that the Pr...

43. Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General, distinguished Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers and representatives — my fellow citizens of the world community....

79. It goes without saying that the Togolese delegation shares the general concern on hearing of the unfortunate accident which has befallen Mr. Fanfani, th...

I should like to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly. As a close neighbour of Malaysia, Australia wi...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I am fully confiden...

Mr. President, at the outset allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to preside over the work of this, the fifty-second session ...

50. Since the Second World War, 700 million people in Asia and in Africa have risen from colonial or dependent status to independent nationhood. The world has g...

Mr. President, it is a pleasure for me to congratulate you on your election as the presiding officer of this Assembly. We are convinced by your record of outsta...

136. Madam President, at this twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, I venture on behalf of the delegation of Honduras to convey t...

56. Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on behalf of my delegation upon your election to your high post of President of the twenty-sixth session. No on...

235. Generally speaking, our annual assessment of the world situation requires that we reaffirm the aims of the Charter, analyse the means that have been used ...

226. Mr. President, the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar is particularly gratified at your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirt...

184. "Peace, security, independence and sovereignty for all cannot be secured by dealing only with the problems of some. This also means that peace and securit...

46. Mr. President, the Cuban delegation is extremely delighted to congratulate you on your election as President of the twenty-second session of the United Nati...

At the outset, I wish to extend the cordial greetings of His Holiness, Pope Francis, to the President and to all of the delegations participating in this sevent...

20. Many of the representatives who have spoken before me have rightly observed that the present session of the General Assembly should play an important part i...