Speeches from 2001

At the outset, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I would also like to express my appreciation f...

I am glad to extend to you, Sir, my congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this important session. We are fully confiden...

I congratulate the President on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly and thank him for his successful efforts to take f...

First of all, I would really like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I know that you b...

I wish to congratulate the President on his election to head the first session of the General Assembly of the new millennium. I am certain that his experience ...

I am delighted to join in the chorus of warm congratulations already expressed before this Assembly to the Secretary- General of our Organization, His Excellen...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, on his assumption of the presidency of the Gen...

Let me express our deep sadness at the human loss resulting from the crash this morning of an American aircraft in a Queens neighbourhood and our condolences t...

This session that is taking place under extraordinary circumstances, when the whole world is still reeling in shock from the world’s most terrible terrorist at...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly. I would also like to extend...

On behalf of the State of Kuwait, it gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo, and his friendly country, the Republic of Korea, on his election as P...

Osmonakun IbraimovI would like at the outset to join in all the congratulations that have been extended to the President on his election as President of the fi...

On behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, allow me to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your well-deserved elect...

It is my honour to address the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September, the struggle against terrorism has bec...

Mr. President, allow me first to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, which is meeting under crit...

On behalf of the delegation of Lesotho, allow me, through you, Sir, to congratulate the President and other members of the Bureau on their election to office d...

I am honoured to participate in this historic session on behalf of His Excellency Dr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia, and to shar...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. His c...

Let me first join previous speakers in expressing our heartfelt sympathies to the host country and to the bereaved families for the loss of their loved ones in...

Let me at the outset express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of Monday’s tragic accident in Queens, New York. I am particularly pleased ...