Speeches from 2006

Every year our gathering under this roof does homage to the foresight of our predecessors, who, by founding the United Nations, envisioned the unity of natio...

I would like first of all to congratulate President Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to her high post and to assure her of Albania’s full support throu...

At a time when the United Nations continues on its path towards universality by welcoming a new Member State — Montenegro, with which Algeria has been invol...

On behalf of my Government, I wish to congratulate Ms. Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. We ar...

Antigua and Barbuda joins other Members of the United Nations in congratulating Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the Gener...

I would like to congratulate you, Ms. Al-Khalifa, on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session, since I believe it is very significa...

Let me congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency and wish her a year relatively free of conflict crisis and catastrophe — in ...

I would like to begin by joining with my colleagues in congratulating Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

“United in diversity”: this motto of the European Union expresses what we, the 25 — and soon to be 27 — member States of the European Union, demand from ours...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly a...

I congratulate Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I also commend her predecessor, ...

I am pleased to express my sincerest congratulations to you, Madam President, upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first...

I extend my delegation’s sincerest congratulations to the President on her very well-deserved election. I would like to congratulate her predecessor, Mr. Jan...

I am pleased to join with preceding speakers in congratulating you on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. The fact...

It is generally considered that the struggle of ideologies has passed into history together with the collapse of the bipolar world order. Yet in reality the ...

Just one year ago, our heads of State or Government gathered in this Assembly and reaffirmed that peace, security, development and human rights are closely ...

I stand before the Assembly and renew the commitment of the Government and people of Belize to the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter. We rea...

I am taking part personally in this session of the General Assembly in order to reiterate Benin’s commitment to the noble purposes and principles of the Unit...

I have the honour to convey to the General Assembly the warm greetings of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan, as well as his best wishes for t...

It is a source of great satisfaction to be here to represent my people, my homeland, Bolivia, and especially the indigenous movement. After more than 500 yea...