Speeches from 2002

I would like to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his deserved election as President of the General Assembly at this session. We wish him every success. I would al...

I am grateful for the opportunity to address the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. Allow me at the 23 outset to extend my warmest congratulations...

Let me begin by stating that our thoughts and prayers are with the people of the United States as they commemorate the first anniversary of the 11 September 20...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I thank your predecessor, Mr. Han Seung- soo, for the leadership he display...

Mr. President, I extend my congratulations to you and to the people of the Czech Republic on your election. I offer my very best wishes in all your work during...

At the outset, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to this responsible position. Your vast political experience and diplomatic skills guar...

As is the case every year, Burkina Faso is very pleased to take part in the regular session of the General Assembly, this great meeting of peoples united by th...

It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. Let me first of all, Sir, discharge a pleasant duty on behalf of my delega...

I should like at the outset to join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty- seventh...

The delegation of Cameroon welcomes the unanimous vote that conferred upon the Czech Republic the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh sessi...

I would like, through you, Sir, to congratulate Jan Kavan on his election as President of the General Assembly and to assure him of our delegation's cooperatio...

I would like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this session. We are confident that with your ren...

The fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly is being held one year after the terrible terrorist attack of 11 September 2001. The delegation of the Centra...

At the outset, I should like, on behalf of all the members of the Chadian delegation that I have the honour to lead, and on my own behalf, to warmly congratula...

On behalf of my country, I congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan and the other members of the Bureau on their election. The President can count on the full cooperation of...

First of all, Sir, please allow me to offer my warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. I w...

I greet you, Your Excellency Mr. Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic, President of the General Assembly, which I address for the first time. A short distance from ...

A year has gone by since the entire world mourned the victims of the World Trade Center tragedy and condemned the barbaric acts most formally. Today, from this...

This session of the General Assembly is beginning in a context that is still deeply affected by the memory of the painful events that struck the United States,...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan, and through him the Czech Republic, on his well-deserved election to preside over the work of this session of the Gener...