Speeches from 2010

I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I am confident that, u...

It is a special honour for me to address the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I would like to congratulate the President on his election to this ...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. Your character, distinguis...

It is certainly a great opportunity for the Principality of Andorra and the Government I represent to address the Assembly. The United Nations is the forum ...

First, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth sess...

Let me at the outset commend you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I pledge my delegation’s s...

Most of the speeches we have heard so far today and yesterday have had three main focuses. One of them, without a doubt, is the global economic crisis, its ...

Each year, the great family of nations comes together to assess what the Organization has achieved and to consider together ways to respond to the problems f...

This great body has been in existence for two thirds of a century — three times longer than its predecessor body, the League of Nations, and longer than prev...

The tragic earthquake in Haiti, the devastating floods in Pakistan and the financial crisis have reminded us that the global challenges of the twenty-first c...

I have the honour to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth ...

On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of the General Assemb...

First of all, it gives me pleasure to convey to the Assembly the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, and His Majesty’s best ...

I warmly congratulate Mr. Deiss on his well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I believe his wise and experie...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados. The theme of this ...

The nature of the discussions and decisions taken at the High-level Plenary Meeting has clearly demonstrated that the various problems, challenges and threat...

History has shown us that words can change the face of the world. It has proven that the spoken word can influence the future, but only when they go beyond ...

Please permit me, Sir, on behalf of the Belize delegation to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nat...

I bring a message on behalf of the President of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency Mr. Boni Yayi, who was not able to come to New York because of scheduli...

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. We are confident that...