Speeches by Thabo Mbeki

My delegation and I join in expressing our congratulations to you, Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, on your election as President of the General Assembly at...

I take this opportunity to once again congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I am c...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. We support the priorities that you have identified...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on the quality of the intensive work done in such a short period of time at th...

I would like to join in thanking the outgoing President of the General Assembly for the diligent manner in which he managed the affairs of the Assembly. I woul...

Ghana presents its compliments to the President, a worthy representative of our great neighbour the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and congratulates him heartily ...

I wish to begin by joining those who have congratulated Mr. d’Escoto Brockmann on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third sessio...

Please accept my congratulations, Mr. President, on your assumption of the stewardship of this important Assembly. 11 We also wish to congratulate your predec...

I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and to thank him for the ins...

A few weeks ago, 200 innocent children were killed by terrorists in Beslan. Today alone, 1,700 children will be born marked by death from HIV/AIDS from their fi...

Let me begin by adding my voice to the many salutations directed to Mr. Ban Ki-moon on being elected as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. I wish h...

First of all, I wish to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assem...

At the outset, my delegation wishes to convey, on behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Zambia, our deepest and sincere appreciation and...

On behalf of my delegation, I wish to express my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. May I wi...

Once again, we have convened at this seat of the Organization of the peoples of the world, representing the whole of humanity and coming from all corners of ...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Kerim on his election to preside over this Assembly. We are confident that through his stewardship, issues on the agenda of the ...

Ghana presents its compliments to the President and congratulates him on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. Ghana ...

On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Benin, allow me to convey to Mr. Jan Kavan our heartfelt congratulations on his well-deserved election to the pr...

Allow me, first of all, on behalf of the people of the Comoros, my Government and in my personal capacity, to sincerely congratulate you, Madam President, on...

Allow me, Sir, at the outset, to extend to you my delegation’s warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-f...