Speeches from 2001

I would first of all like to express my outrage at the unacceptable conditions that terrorism has imposed on us at the fifty- sixth session of the General Asse...

I congratulate the President on his assumption of the difficult role of guiding the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. This session is being held dur...

I come from the city of La Paz to add Bolivia’s voice to this universal support the United Nations has received through the Nobel Peace Prize. This award expre...

I am grateful for the opportunity to address the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on...

Before I deliver my statement, please allow me to express the heartfelt condolences of my delegation to the Governments of the United States of America and the...

I greet you, Mr. President, and pay tribute to the Republic of Korea, which offers the world an example of dedication to the cause of peace and development. I ...

On behalf of His Majesty’s Government, I should like to express once again my warmest congratulations to the President on his election and our appreciation to ...

A year after the unique Millennium Assembly, we can say that the United Nations is playing an enhanced, more important role as a collective tool for meeting th...

I should like first of all to offer the profound condolences of Burkina Faso to Algeria and the Dominican Republic following the disasters that have struck tho...

It is for me a signal honour to take the floor today before the Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. On behalf of my delegation, I wish at the outset to expres...

The delegation of the Central African Republic would like first of all to fulfil the task entrusted to it by His Excellency Mr. Ange-Félix Patassé, President o...

I wish to join other representatives in congratulating you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. We...

I should like at the outset to express the profound sympathy and condolences of Cameroon to the Government and the people of the United States of America and o...

It is indeed an honour to be here in New York City and at the General Assembly. That we are gathered here now, just two months since the devastating terrorist ...

Allow me to join the delegations that preceded me in congratulating Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election to preside over the proceedings of the fifty-sixth sessio...

The Government and the people of Chad were profoundly shocked and saddened by the horrendous attacks on the United States of America that took place on 11 Sept...

Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election, which is a mark of recognition of the Republic of Korea and of your distinguished personal record i...

Mr. President, first of all, please allow me to warmly congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General ...

Allow me, on behalf of the Government of Colombia, to express our satisfaction at your assumption of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. Yo...

The crash of American Airlines flight 587 two days ago has once again cast into mourning the city of New York, which has already suffered so much. On behalf of...