Speeches by Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Allow me to begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. I wish you all the best in carry...

I shall speak today on four fundamental topics: climate change, cybersecurity, conflict resolution and cooperation among international organizations. In ac...

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab on his election as President of this fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I wish him all the best i...

Over the past year, I, like many others in this Hall, have spoken about the effect of the current global financial crisis on our people and the need for an e...

Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann upon his assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly. I wish him success ...

I am pleased to address the General Assembly. This year, I shall focus on three pressing global matters: the progress in achieving the Millennium Development...

The central theme of the sixty- eighth session of the General Assembly is sustainable development. With its three main pillars this constitutes a comprehensiv...

I address the General Assembly today for my tenth and last time. The first time I spoke here (see A/62/PV.5), I addressed climate change, conflict, refugees and...

It is an honour once again to address the United Nations. This year I would like to focus on responsibility. The recent years of economic and financial turbule...

When I addressed the Assembly last year (see A/69/PV.8), foremost on our minds was the state of European and global security. The blatant violation of internati...

In the 364 days since I last had the honour to address this Assembly, the world has changed dramatically. We have seen a profound change in the global securi...

I would first of all like to congratulate Ambassador Al-Nasser on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly. The twentieth anniversary this year of t...

First of all, allow me to congratulate Secretary-General Kofi Annan and all of my colleagues on having received the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no doubt that w...