Speeches by Tarja Halonen

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and express our support for your leadership of the General Assembly at this session. Finland aligns itself w...

Let me start by congratulating Ambassador Deiss on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I assure him of Finland’s full support for his lea...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I assure you of our full support in your important functions....

Let me first congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. We express our full support for your pr...

Let me start by congratulating both the President and the Secretary- General on their elections. We live in an era of integration and interconnection. No c...

This year we are commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I should like therefore to congratulat...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you most warmly, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. A...

The Bahamas delegation sincerely congratulates Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election to the presidency of this Millennium Assembly and assures him and the members o...

Madam President, on behalf of the European Union, I have the honour to address the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. The acceding countries Bulgar...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of Liberia, the second time I am doing so since I assumed office in ...

My delegation and I are honoured, for the second time, to address the General Assembly on behalf of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Government and pe...

Two years ago, at this same rostrum, as the conclusion of my statement (see A/59/PV.10), I quoted these famous verses of the Spanish poet Antonio Machado: ...

Allow me at the outset to convey my very warm regards and congratulations to you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to preside over the sixty-third session...

It gives me great pleasure on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of ...

It is a source of pride for Africans and our friends alike to see you, Sir, presiding over the demanding business of the fifty-ninth session of the General Asse...

I should like at the outset, Sir, warmly to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly, which marks the opening of the regular ...

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you upon your election as President of the General Assem...

It is my pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that y...

First of all, I would like to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly and to wish y...

I have the honour of speaking this year on behalf of the European Union, which France is presiding over until the end of December. In this capacity, it is a gre...