Speeches from 1991

Sir, I should like to congratulate you upon your election as President of the Assembly at this session. I am very pleased to see such a distinguished office he...

Please accept my sincere congratulations, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session, which we see as due recog...

You have the delicate task, Mr. President, of presiding over the Assembly's work at a particularly sensitive time in the history of international relations. We...

I have the honour, Mr. President, of conveying to you a message of peace, friendship and solidarity from His Excellency Major Pierre Buyoya, President of the C...

Within the framework of the peace plan for a comprehensive political settlement of the Cambodian conflict - a plan adopted on 28 August 1990 by the five perman...

Cameroon associates itself warmly with the congratulations that have been expressed to you, Sir, on the occasion of your outstanding selection to the presidenc...

I know that you, Sir, will convey to the President of the General Assembly at the forty-sixth session my congratulations as I join those who have already congr...

We take great pleasure in participating in this session of the General Assembly under the wise presidency of Ambassador Shihabi. His election to this high post...

The social upheavals that have occurred in the world, whose consequences have for some time been steering international relations in a new direction, have rece...

Let me begin by saying that I am honoured indeed to be in New York on this occasion and, for the first time, to speak on behalf of my country at the United Nat...

There are times in the life of nations when circumstances arise that offer exceptional opportunities for strengthening peace and cooperation between peoples, o...

Sir, first of all, please allow me to warmly congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its forty-six...

In the name of the people and Government of Colombia, allow me to congratulate Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia on his election to the presidency of this ses...

It is for me both a great honour and a pleasure to take part in the work of the United Nations General Assembly for the first time and to address such a distin...

It is a pleasure for me to speak for the first time from the rostrum of the United Nations as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Government of...

I take great pleasure in congratulating, on behalf of the delegation of Costa Rica, Ambassador Shihabi on his stewardship of this session of the General Assemb...

We are extremely happy to welcome the admission to membership of the United Nations at this forty-sixth session of the General Assembly the sister Democratic P...

Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you warmly on your election to the presidency of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Your election is ...

First of all, allow me to congratulate Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I wish him every success i...

The election of Ambassador Samir Shihabi to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session does honour to his diplomatic talents and his exp...