Speeches from 1986

I should like to express, on behalf of the delegation of Oman and on my own behalf, our deep satisfaction at the election of Ambassador Choudhury of Bangladesh...

Sir, allow me, once again, to offer ray felicitations on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly. Under your wise and able guidance, this fort...

Mr. President, in choosing you to preside over the forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, this Organization took a very wise decision, on w...

On behalf of the Government and people of Papua New Guinea, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the important post of President of the forty-fi...

I wish first, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Paraguay, to offer a cordial greeting to the President of the forty-first session of the General A...

In extending to you, sir, the greetings of the Government and people of Peru, I have to say how pleased we are that a representative of the third world is pres...

It is the irony of the United Nations that so many new leaders have stepped to this rostrum, as I have today, with mixed feelings. Yes, we took power to impleme...

I should first like to extend my delegation's most sincere congratulations to Ambassador Choudhury of Bangladesh on his election to the presidency of the forty-...

Please accept, Mr. President, my congratulations on your election. I am sure that your well-known qualities and long-standing experience of political and diplom...

It is indeed a pleasure to stand before the Assembly and extend to Mr. Choudhury, in the name of Qatar, my most sincere congratulations on his election as Pres...

It was the unanimous decision of the States Members of the United Nations to proclaim 1986 the International Year of Peace. That decision has inspired millions...

May I begin by warmly congratulating you. Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-first session. It is indeed a great pleasure t...

The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 1986 as the International Year of Peace. In that context, the present session is working towards an objec...

On behalf of the Government and people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, I extend our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Choudhury on his unanimous and well-d...

Mr. President, my delegation is reassured to know that this difficult forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly is being steered by a statesman...

On behalf of the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, I should like to express our best wishes for the success of the work of the General Assembly at its forty-fi...

I take pleasure at the outset of my statement in congratulating you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-first session...

In conveying to Ambassador Choudhury our heartfelt congratulations on his unanimous election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly, the del...

It is an honor for roe, on behalf of the delegation of Sierra Leone, to extend to the President our congratulations on his election to preside over the United N...

We meet this year under inauspicious circumstances. There is a storm brewing that threatens to sink the United Nations. We are fortunate to be guided by you Si...