Speeches from 2010

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your brilliant election to the presidency of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. That election is a sig...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly, and to stress that you can count on the full sup...

Yesterday was exactly the fiftieth anniversary of the first speech of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in this Hall, with that memorable sentence that if ...

I congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. It is commonly acknowledged that the...

First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the very responsible post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. ...

I begin by congratulating Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election to preside over the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and I also congratulate his entir...

The world is undergoing profound changes. Globalization is progressing at an unprecedented speed. The boundaries between domestic and foreign policy are evol...

I begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to preside over the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. Additionally, I take this...

Eight years after Switzerland became a full Member of the United Nations, we are delighted to see that the presidency of this General Assembly at its sixty-f...

I would like to commend the election of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session and to welcome his ex...

The beginning of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly coincides with the preparations of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), chaired by my country, t...

It is an honour and a great responsibility to address the 21 10-54965 Assembly today. It is a responsibility because we need to make the right analysi...

I have the great honour to speak at the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President ...

Let me start by extending my sincere congratulations to you, Mr. President, and your country, Switzerland, for your election to preside over the General Asse...

I am pleased to address the General Assembly. This year, I shall focus on three pressing global matters: the progress in achieving the Millennium Development...

Allow me, Sir, at the outset, to extend to you my delegation’s warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-f...

I extend to you, Sir, and to this august Assembly warm greetings from the Government and people of Fiji. May I take this opportunity to congratulate you on y...

Let me start by congratulating Ambassador Deiss on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I assure him of Finland’s full support for his lea...

I come to this rostrum on behalf of France to express my sincere and fervent faith in the United Nations. France’s ambition is to be a major actor in buildin...

At the outset, allow me to convey to Mr. Joseph Deiss, on behalf of my country, our heartfelt congratulations on his election to the presidency of the Genera...