Speeches from 2009

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption, in 1989, of General Assembly resolution 44/27 A, on international solidarity with the liberation s...

A little more than a year ago, we witnessed with great concern the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions of the world’s wealthiest countries...

I take great pleasure in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Sr...

It is my pleasure at the outset to convey the best wishes of the Government and people of the Sudan for successful deliberations in the sixty-fourth session ...

On behalf of my delegation I congratulate Mr. Ali Treki on his election as President of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I am sure that his ...

It is a pleasure for me to address the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Our coming here as leaders gives us the opportunity to debate global cha...

In the beginning, there were 51 nations committed to international peace and security, sharing the common goal of developing friendly relations among nations...

We look back on a year that has been exceptional in so many respects. Twelve months ago, a bank only a few hundred metres away from here collapsed and brough...

Allow me to congratulate the fraternal Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and you personally, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

At the outset, I should like to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. I am ...

It is indeed an honour and a pleasure for me to extend my very warm congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his well-deserved election to the presiden...

On behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Thailand, I should like to extend to you, Mr. President, our sincere congratulations on your election to the pr...

Let me start by expressing my sincere congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly ...

At the outset, allow me to convey the warm greetings of the Head of State, Government and people of Togo on the occasion of the sixty-fourth session of the G...

Like previous speakers, I offer you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly for this session. I also wish...

In circumstances like these, I would normally speak for about an hour, but I would like to assure you, Sir, and the Assembly that the quality of mercy is not...

At the outset, I would like to extend to you, Sir, and through you to the brotherly Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya our sincere congratulations upo...

It is a great pleasure for me to address and greet the General Assembly once again from this rostrum in my capacity as Prime Minister of Turkey on the occasi...

On behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, I heartily welcome and congratulate you, Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, on the opening of the sixty-fo...

I am greatly honoured to have this opportunity to speak in this body on behalf of the people and the Government of Tuvalu, who wish me first of all to convey...