Speeches from 1997

Allow me to convey the congratulations of the Government and the people of Bolivia to you, Mr. President. Your well-deserved election is fitting recognition of...

I am particularly honoured to have the opportunity to address the fifty-second session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on behalf of Bosnia and He...

Allow me, Sir, to express to you and to your delegation our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sec...

On behalf of the Brazilian delegation, I would like to congratulate you, my dear colleague, Hennadiy Udovenko, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, on your electio...

I extend my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election. I am sure you will guide us well, and we look forward to working with you. I would...

I would like, first of all, on behalf of the Bulgarian delegation to congratulate Mr. Udovenko on his election to the presidency of the fifty- second session o...

Sir, your rich experience in the United Nations system, your country — Ukraine — your current responsibilities and your personality assure us of the competence...

On behalf of the delegation of Burundi, which we have the distinguished honour to lead in the work of this session of the General Assembly, and on our own beha...

First and foremost, Sir, I would like to echo the eminent speakers who have already addressed you from this rostrum in conveying the warm congratulations of th...

May I first take this opportunity to congratulate my very good friend, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, on his election as President of the General Assembly at...

My delegation is pleased to greet you, Sir, as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. I congratulate you warmly on your election; we ha...

In taking the floor for the first time before this Assembly, I feel legitimately proud to be the voice with which the people of Chad, its Government and its Pr...

It is with particular pleasure that I extend to you, Mr. President, my sincerest congratulations, and those of my Government, on your election as President of ...

Please allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I believe your wisdom and experi...

As President of Colombia and Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, I would like to extend to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your appointment to presid...

The unanimous election of the President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly of the United Nations was a tribute not only to his outstanding dip...

I wish to congratulate the President on his brilliant election to the presidency of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. This election is both a s...

Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. Costa Rica joins the previous ...

It is a special privilege and honour for me to address the General Assembly at the beginning of its fifty-second session. At the outset I would like to extend ...

Ernesto Che Guevara, Commander, Minister and head of the Cuban delegation to the nineteenth session of the General Assembly, stated 33 years ago, from this ver...