Speeches from 2012

His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, who was not able to be here today, wishes me to express, on behalf of the peo...

I am pleased to address the Assembly for the first time since assuming the office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia. We live in times of rapid chang...

Never before have Latin America and the Caribbean expressed themselves with such strength and unity as they did at the Summit of the Americas, held last April ...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and to express my delegation’s support to...

I would like to congratulate President Jeremić on his election to serve as the highest representative of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. In...

At the outset, I should like to join previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Vuk Jeremić and the other members of the Bureau on his election to the presidency ...

In a complex world, it is smart economics and also smart politics to focus on prevention rather than cure. This holds true whether we address the global econom...

I would like to begin by extending my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh s...

On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of Dominica, I would like to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election to the presidency of the Gener...

We warmly congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. We are also pleased that the ge...

Mr. President, I would like to extend to you the congratulations of the Government of Ecuador on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić and his friendly country on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its current ...

I bring cordial greetings to the authorities of the United Nations and to all the Heads of State and representatives here with us. This session of the General ...

I wish first to express my Government’s congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and a...

Let me start by extending my sincere congratulations to the President of the General Assembly and his country, Serbia, upon his election to preside over the si...

It is an honour once again to address the United Nations. This year I would like to focus on responsibility. The recent years of economic and financial turbule...

I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and to thank him for the ins...

The advance of democracy has taken place in successive waves since the United Nations was created. That advance has experienced a new acceleration, which we al...

On behalf of the Prime Minister and the people of Fiji, I congratulate the President on his election and have full confidence in his guidance of the sixty-seve...

May I begin by congratulating Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. Let me assure him that Finland...