Speeches by Wong

In 1989, the year in which the Berlin Wall fell and the cold war came to an end, there were 159 Member States represented in this Hall. Today, three years lat...

Since PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands with the Israeli Prime Minister on the White House lawn, nothing seems impossible any more. The end of the cold war...

It is my honour to speak on behalf of Australia in the venerated General Assembly Hall, which signifies so much to the world’s peoples. It remains the only plac...

Permit me to begin by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. With your illustrious backgroun...

We created this institution recognizing that while our interests as countries may differ, we have shared purpose as people, because we can only solve our bigges...

First of all, let me congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session. Your unique and illustrious backg...

President, friends – Steeled by the horror of the most catastrophic conflict in history, humanity forged our United Nations. Its purpose often defined not as ...