Speeches from 1996

Allow me first to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. We consider this ...

Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Ambassador Razali, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. Your ele...

On behalf of the Government and people of Thailand, I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to Your Excellency upon your election to the presidency ...

First of all, I would like to express to the President my sincere and warm congratulations upon his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its f...

It is a great honour for me to extend to Mr. Razali Ismail our warmest congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, on his election as ...

Allow me first of all to convey to Mr. Razali Ismail my sincere and heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of his election to the presidency of the fifty-fi...

I should like to congratulate warmly Mr. Razali on his election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. I am confident that under his wise and ...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail, as a representative of a State with which Turkmenistan has exceptionally warm relations, on the occa...

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, our congratulations on your election as President of...

Three years ago I had the honour of being the first American President born after the founding of the United Nations to address the General Assembly. In its fi...

It is a pleasure and an honour for me to address this Assembly. From this lofty rostrum, the nations of the world speak to one another as members of one global...

It is my honour to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. On behalf of the Ukrain...

May I begin by congratulating Ambassador Razali of Malaysia on his assumption of office as our General Assembly’s new President and offer our thanks to his pre...

Perhaps the term “globalization”, which occurs so frequently in so many decisions nowadays, best describes the international system which prevails in the prese...

Let me express my appreciation for the honour of addressing the Assembly. On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Uzbekistan, I offer my sinc...

First of all, Sir, I offer you my delegation’s heartiest congratulations on the occasion of your election to the presidency of the fifty-first session of the G...

I would like first of all to congratulate Ambassador Razali on his election to the presidency of the Assembly and to wish him every success in his work. It wou...

On behalf of the delegation of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, I would like to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election as President of the General A...

It is a pleasure for me to warmly congratulate Mr. Razali on his election to the presidency of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. We are sure tha...

It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to warmly congratulate you on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-...