Speeches by Thabo Mbeki

Taking the floor for the first time before this Assembly, it is my genuine pleasure warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the G...

First, I would like to salute Mr. Jean Ping, the outgoing President of the General Assembly, for the work he did to guide the General Assembly as the nations of...

There are some matters on which we all agree. One of these is that, later this year, we will receive the important report that will be tabled by the High-Level ...

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 ...

On behalf of our Government and in my capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations to you, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, ...

It is indeed an honour and a source of pride to see our sister State of Qatar represented in the good person of the 11-51390 18 President leading thi...

Allow me, at the outset, to join fellow Member States in congratulating the President of the General Assembly on his election to preside over the Assembly at i...

I am delighted, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. Your election to that high ...

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...

Pending further news, I also wish to share in the sadness we all feel on the announcement of an aeroplane crash in Queens. Through me, Senegal has the pleasure...

May I congratulate you, Sir, for assuming the mantle of the presidency for this session of the Assembly and thank the outgoing President, Mr. Jan Kavan. I woul...

I should like, Mr. President, to extend to you our very warm congratulations on your election to lead the business of the General Assembly at its fifty-third se...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Nigeria, and in my capacity as the current Chairman of the African Union (AU), I would like to extend my sincere ...

I wish to convey to my friend Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab how proud and happy I am to see a son of Africa leading the General Assembly into the new millennium. I congr...

At the outset, allow me to express our warm congratulations to Mr. Vuk Jeremič on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh s...