Speeches from 2004

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. We are pleased that a man of your ability, a Francophone representative of a friendly country...

At the outset I would like to express to Member States my deepest gratitude — that of the Government and people of Gabon — for the great honour and the confiden...

I should like, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. This session might well prove t...

It is my pleasure and honour to represent my country today at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Let me begin by expressing ...

Let me first of all congratulate you, President Ping, on your election and wish you every success in your responsible post, and express my sincere thanks to the...

I have the distinct honour to congratulate you, Mr. President, a distinguished African diplomat, on your election to preside over the fifty-ninth session of thi...

Mr. President, I would like to begin by congratulating you upon your election to your challenging office. Under your able guidance, the Assembly will take forwa...

My delegation joins in the many laudatory and congratulatory expressions addressed to you, Mr. Ping, as you assume the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

I would like to begin by expressing our appreciation to Mr. Julian Hunte, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saint Lucia, for his accomplished and skilful leadersh...

My first words are to congratulate you, Sir, on your election and to tell you how gratified the delegation I have the honour to lead is, seeing you preside over...

Thirty years ago, my country attained its national sovereignty. Indeed, it was on 17 September 1974 that the young Republic of Guinea-Bissau was admitted to the...

The General Assembly, this most democratic and representative of United Nations organs, has served for almost six decades now as a forum in which all States, no...

It is a pleasure for me, on behalf of the people and the Government of Haiti and on my own behalf, to express to you, Sir, my heartfelt congratulations on your ...

The Holy See is honoured to take part in the general debate of the General Assembly of the United Nations for the first time since the Assembly adopted resoluti...

For the second time, I have this special opportunity of appearing before you in the common home of the nations of the world. Everyone knows that we live in a ti...

I would like to take this opportunity to extend to you, Sir, our sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-nint...

Sir, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. We are living in trying...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. May I assure you of India’s full support in...

I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. May I also pay tribute to your predeces...

An overall and realistic review of the current developments in international relations reveals that our world today faces the formidable challenge of extremism....