Speeches by STREET

180 speeches found

Singapore

SGP
2001
Session 56
Kishore Mahbubani

It does seem strange to congratulate Minister Han Seung-soo on his appointment as President of the General Assembly so late in this session. But we live in unu...

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Bolivia

BOL
1959
Session 14
Mr. Andrade

175. I have great pleasure, Mr. President, in offering you my warmest congratulations on the well-earned tribute paid to you in your election to the Presidency ...

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Hellenic Republic

GRC
2019
Session 74
Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Allow me first to congratulate Ambassador Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. It is a great pleas...

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El Salvador

SLV
1947
Session 2
Mr. Castro

The General Assembly of the United Nations has begun the work of its second session. This is a most solemn occasion and it gives to all of us, as the specially ...

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GBR
2019
Session 74
Mr. Boris Johnson

It is customary for the British Prime Minister to come to the United Nations and pledge to advance our values and defend our rules, the rules of a peaceful worl...

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Jamaica

JAM
2022
Session 77
Andrew Holness

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to lead the General Assembly. You can be assured of our full commitment to the successful execution of your mandate, i...

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Singapore

SGP
2008
Session 63
George Yeo

The collapse of the recent Doha talks is deeply troubling. The Doha Development Round was the first round of talks to be launched after the end of the cold w...

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Jamaica

JAM
2019
Session 74
Mr. Andrew Holness

I extend my most heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session and assure h...

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Niger

NER
1996
Session 51
André Salifou

It gives me great pleasure to convey to Mr. Razali Ismail the heartfelt congratulations of the delegation of Niger on his outstanding election to the presidenc...

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Venezuela

VEN
2001
Session 56
Hugo Chávez Frías

Just over a year ago, we were here, attending the Millennium Summit, some 100 days before the dawn of the twenty-first century. At that time, I made a statemen...

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Mexico

MEX
2017
Session 72
Mr. Luis Videgaray Caso

I am addressing the General Assembly today at a difficult and painful time for Mexicans. Our nation has been battered by Nature. In recent weeks, together with ...

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Germany

DEU
2005
Session 60
Klaus Scharioth

Please accept my congratulations, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this historic sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I wish you every success. I...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2009
Session 64
Oscar Arias Sanchez

Let me begin by sending a warm greeting to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the Assembly, on behalf of a country 35 times smaller than his native Liby...

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Comoros

COM
2018
Session 73
Mr. Azali Assoumani

First, I extend my warm congratulations to you, Madam President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. Your elect...

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Israel

ISR
2007
Session 62
Tzipi Livni

Three thousand years ago, the people of Israel journeyed from slavery in Egypt to independence in the land of Israel. The Bible tells us that on their voyage...

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Australia

AUS
2009
Session 64
Keven Rudd

I come to the Assembly, as Australia has each year since the first session of the General Assembly in 1946, and I come in the same spirit, to seek solutions ...

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

KNA
2014
Session 69
Patrice Nisbett

It is indeed an honour for me to address this body for the first time since assuming the portfolio of Minister for Foreign Affairs a little over one year ago...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
2017
Session 72
Sir Louis Straker

Our Organization was founded amid the still glowing embers and simmering tensions of global war. In the shadows of widespread death and destruction, the nations...

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Jamaica

JAM
2001
Session 56
Percival James Patterson

I am delighted to join in the chorus of warm congratulations already expressed before this Assembly to the Secretary- General of our Organization, His Excellen...

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Uganda

UGA
2019
Session 74
Mr. Ruhakana Rugunda

I wish to congratulate Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session and to assure him of Uganda...

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