Speeches from 2005

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. May I also express our deep apprecia...

I should like, first and foremost, to convey, once again, my sincere sympathy in connection with the victims of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. All...

Mr. President, allow me at the outset to congratulate you warmly on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I would als...

We can safely claim that the United Nations summit that has just been concluded will have far-reaching implications for our Organization. Its outcome has pre...

It gives me great pleasure to address the General Assembly on the occasion of my first visit to the United Nations as head of State. First, I congratulate you, ...

Please accept my congratulations, Sir, on your election to the presidency, and my assurances that Kiribati will support you during your term of office. I would ...

A few days ago, this Hall was the venue of an unprecedented landmark, a historic gathering of a large number of heads of State or Government who converged to re...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the important post of President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth anniversary se...

At the outset I would like to congratulate you upon your unanimous election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that wi...

Today, I would like to begin by congratulating the founding nations and all those present here today as we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nati...

Mr. President, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly and to thank your predecesso...

My delegation associates itself with the compliments extended to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session and to your predecessor, His Excel...

It gives me great pleasure at the outset to affirm my delegation’s confidence that the Swedish leadership of the work of the current General Assembly session wi...

One week ago, the world summit sent a message of hope for peace, development and human rights for all, and took a number of steps towards institutional reform a...

Lithuania welcomes this effort — the most extensive and ambitious ever made — to renew the United Nations. We must ensure that the summit commitments we all hav...

Just a few days ago, in this same Hall, the follow-up High-level Meeting was held on the Millennium, bringing together an unprecedented number of high political...

It gives me great pleasure to address this forum and to share with the General Assembly my Government’s views on issues of the highest relevance to our Organiza...

No one here took part in the first General Assembly in 1945. We can only imagine how at the end of the Second World War men and women full of hope were prompted...

I wish at the outset to congratulate you on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly and also for the excellent...

Malaysia, as the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement and in its own name, wishes to convey our congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as the President o...