Speeches from 2012

The meetings we hold at the United Nations are always very important events at which we debate social, environmental, political and economic issues throughout ...

I would like to congratulate President Jeremić on his election and to thank Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for having successfully presided over the General As...

Allow me, on behalf of my delegation, to join preceding speakers in expressing our felicitations to Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his assumption of the presidency of the ...

Once again, a woman’s voice is opening the general debate of the General Assembly. For many, we women are “half the sky”. However, we wish to be half the Earth...

On behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and the people of Brunei Darussalam, I would like to congratulate our new President, His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, on his...

It is a great honour for me to speak from this rostrum for the first time since I took office in January. I would like to congratulate President Jeremić on ass...

It is always a very significant moment for the delegation of Burkina Faso when we find ourselves present at this traditional meeting that opens the annual sess...

It is a great pleasure for me to address the representatives here today and to express my congratulations to Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of th...

On behalf of my delegation, please allow me to extend our sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its six...

I speak on behalf of Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, who has had to remain in Cameroon owing to painful circumstances. He asked me to rea...

It is an honour to address the opening of the sixty-seventh regular session of the General Assembly. First of all, allow me to begin with a moment of silence i...

I convey my greetings to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, whom I congratulate on his election. I wish him success during his tenure as P...

It is a genuine honour and pleasure for me to take the f loor in the General Assembly Hall to report on the great interest that the Central African Republic ta...

At the outset, allow me on behalf of the Chadian delevation to wholeheartedly thank the President for selecting the theme for the sixty-seventh session of the ...

Allow me to convey to Mr. Jeremić our warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and to once aga...

I wish to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that with his ability and ...

Two years ago, during my first address before the Assembly as President of Colombia (see A/65/PV.15), I expressed my country’s aspiration to become a member of...

Allow me, at the outset, to extend my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, on his election to the...

It is a happy coincidence — and one that gives me great pleasure — that my fellow countryman, who is presiding at this meeting, has given me the f loor. Despit...

I will begin my remarks by congratulating Mr. Vuk Jeremić, President of the General Assembly, on his election. My country offers its support to him as he fulfi...