Speeches from 2006

Everything has been said; everything has been noted. But while it may be true that many boats will rise with the tide, others are bound to sink unless goodwi...

Let me first of all congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I am confid...

First of all, I would like to congratulate our President on her election to this high post and to assure her of the full support of Ukraine throughout her ma...

It gives me pleasure, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, to extend to you, Madam President, and to your fraternal country, the Kingdom ...

First, I would like to pay tribute to the work of the Secretary-General. A former British Minister once said of the NATO Secretary General that he should be ...

Madam President, I bring to you the greeting of the people and Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to this Assembly. This Assembly is the broadest ...

While acknowledging the unique and irreplaceable role played by the United Nations in international affairs, one still has to recognize the need to reform thi...

Today, we stand on the verge of global uncertainty. The international landscape is scarred by wars, conflict, civil unrest, epidemics, drought and famine. Po...

First I very respectfully invite all those who have not done so to read the book that I am holding, one of the most recent by Noam Chomsky, who is among the ...

Madam President, at the outset, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, may I extend our warmest congratulations to you, the third woman in United Nations hi...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on her election. It is a source of pride for us ...

On behalf of the Zambian delegation, I congratulate you, Madam President, on your election as President of the sixty- first session of the United Nations Gene...

Let me begin my statement by echoing the sentiments of those who have congratulated you, Madam on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly a...