Speeches by Sharp

We often invoke the phrase “the spirit of San Francisco”. We do that when we speak and think about positive aspects of international relations. Indeed, the mes...

Allow me, Sir, to express the congratulations of the Government of Panama on your election to preside over this historic session of the General Assembly. I woul...

When we met here last year, financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers and American International Group (AIG) were falling like tenpins. For weeks, credi...

I congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić and the people of Serbia on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. I would like t...

I have the honour to convey the warm greetings of “Yokwe” on behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Every year, world ...

First, I echo previous speakers in warmly congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on his election to presi...

In the name of God the clement and the merciful, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Your Majesties, Honours and Excellencies Allow me to convey to you our gr...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, It is my great pleasure to bring you the warm greetings of Yokwe from the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ...

I am delivering this statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, who, unfortunately, had to cance...

I bring to the representatives and the United Nations the warm greetings of the people of Mauritius. 3. May I, on behalf of the Government and people of Maurit...

On behalf of the Chilean delegation I wish first of all to congratulate you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. We...

The world has changed enormously since the establishment of the United Nations 70 years ago. It has become a real world body with 193 Member States. The United ...

25. Mr. President, with your kind permission I have a rather strange remark to make as an introduction to my statement. 26. In these days, many representatives ...

Allow me to start by extending my congratulations to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and wishing much success to the presidency of the General Assembly at it...

93. Mr. President, your country, Norway, has a warm place in Israel's heart. Our common sacrifice drew our peoples together in the darkness of the Nazi age, and...

At the outset, Denmark wishes to warmly welcome and congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, His Excellency Mr. Peter Th...

The Philippines offers its warmest congratulations to Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Foreign Minister of Algeria, on his election as President of the twenty-nint...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I believe your extensive diplomatic experience will contin...

I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. The fact that you...

I should like at the outset to express my sincerest congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its ...