Speeches from 2009

Once again, we meet at the United Nations to share concerns, problems and experiences and to discuss the various ways in which we can serve our peoples worl...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the very out...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly and on the very effective manner in which you are presiding over its proceedin...

The General Assembly has been and must continue to be the great forum for general debate concerning humankind’s major problems. I wish to discuss three cru...

I would like to congratulate the President on his election, as well as to express my appreciation to the outgoing President for his contributions over the pa...

I am deeply honoured to address this audience on behalf of the Republic of Bulgaria. I would like to convey my delegation’s congratulations to Mr. Ali Treki ...

The sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly is being held at a time when the international community, faced with numerous crises, is seeking ways to bui...

It is an honour to take the floor at the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly. At the outset, on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza, P...

First, I echo previous speakers in warmly congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on his election to presi...

I would like to begin by extending my congratulations to Mr. Ali Treki on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this sixty-fourth session...

The establishment of the United Nations came about through the fundamental recognition of our interdependence as peoples and nations. Canada was among its f...

Before beginning my statement, I would like to mention something that happened on our continent, in West Africa, yesterday. Indeed, tragic events occurred y...

May I begin by congratulating Mr. Treki on his unanimous election to preside over the work of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. His election ...

On behalf of my delegation and in my own name, I would like to offer the President our warmest congratulations on his brilliant election to the presidency of...

For the past four years, I have been proud to represent my country in this Assembly, the world’s foremost assembly, the forum in which the peoples have place...

The world today is undergoing major developments, major changes and major adjustments. The trend towards peace, development and cooperation, which represents...

I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly and reiterate to the United Nations our gratitude for its positive presence and cooperatio...

I wish to pay tribute to the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General for their dedication to their noble missions. For once, I do not ...

I would like at the outset to welcome the election of Mr. Ali Treki to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, which is taking p...

Let me begin by sending a warm greeting to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the Assembly, on behalf of a country 35 times smaller than his native Liby...