Speeches from 2009

Since the last session of the General Assembly, we have witnessed various actions and developments that have left their negative impact on international join...

I stand here to reaffirm the Charter of the United Nations, not to tear it up. I call on every nation to support its universal principles. A year ago, we ...

It is my honour to address the Assembly for the first time as the forty-fourth President of the United States. I come before you humbled by the responsibilit...

Before I deliver the statement I have prepared I should like to support one aspect of the long speech made by the Chairman of the African Union, brother Muam...

On behalf of Ukraine, I congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya on his election to preside over the sixty- fourth session of the General Assembly. I wi...

As I did four years ago (see A/60/PV.6), I once again extend the greetings of the people and the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to this forum,...

This session is being held at a time of unprecedented efforts made by States and international institutions to overcome the global financial and economic cri...

I begin by joining others in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on assuming the noble and high responsibility of the presidency of the General Assembly ...

I greet all the citizens of the world who have come here — as they do every year — for this gathering of such great importance for the world. I am very please...

On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its si...

At the outset, Mr. Treki, permit me on behalf of Yemen and on my own account to congratulate you on your well- deserved election to the presidency of the Gene...

Let me join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency at the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I should ...

Let me begin by extending our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Your el...