Speeches from 2011

My country is most happy to welcome South Sudan as a member of the United Nations family. I now seek the permission of the Members to speak on the subject of...

Being present at this forum is very important to express what we think, what we feel and what we work on, but it is also important to express major difference...

It is my great honour to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Allow me, at the very ou...

It is with infinite pleasure, Mr. President, that I join other speakers who preceded me in expressing our felicitations to you on your election to the presid...

For the very first time in the history of the United Nations, a female voice is opening the general debate. It is the voice of democracy and equality that re...

On behalf of His Majesty and the people of Brunei Darussalam, I would like to congratulate our new President, His Excellency Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz 11-513...

Let me begin by praising His Excellency Mr. Nassir Abdelaziz Al-Nasser for his steady stewardship as the President of the sixty-sixth session of the General ...

The annual general debate of the General Assembly always serves as an opportunity for the international community to consider the state of the world through ...

I should like, first of all, to associate myself with previous speakers in congratulating the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session an...

At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in expressing my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his electi...

First, on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic and Head of State of Cameroon, and on behalf of the delegation that I have the ho...

Nearly 66 years ago, in 1946, one of my predecessors was privileged to represent Canada at the first session of the General Assembly. It is an honour to foll...

It is a great honour to participate in the General Assembly and a great privilege to greet Members on behalf of the people and the Government of Cape Verde. ...

At the outset, I would like to convey to the President, on behalf of His Excellency Army General François Bozizé, Head of State and President of the Central ...

The Chadian delegation warmly congratulates the President on his election to the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-sixth session and assures him of its...

I wish at the outset to congratulate Mr. Ban Ki-Moon on his recent reappointment as Secretary-General, and 11-50865 12 you, Mr. President, on your ele...

I wish to begin by congratulating Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I am confid...

During the past year we have witnessed events and popular uprisings that are changing the face of the planet, both politically and economically. As President...

It is a great honour and a privilege for me to address this Assembly for the first time since I took office as President of the Union of the Comoros, on 26 M...

It gives me great pleasure to begin my statement by warmly congratulating Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his re-election to the post in which he has carrie...