Speeches from 2013

This year, we celebrate the centennial of the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice (ICC) and the Permanent Court of Arbitrat...

Greetings! Let me begin by congratulating President Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. He is taking the reins at an important ti...

On behalf of the people and Government of Nicaragua, Comrade President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Comrade Rosario Murillo, I want to begin by paying tribute ...

It is a great honour for me to take the floor at the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, which is being held in the context of some rather disturbi...

On behalf of the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I salute the President as he presides over the General Assembly at its sixty-eight...

We are living in times of rapid change. Global and regional dynamics are transforming global governance. A changing world will inevitably change the United N...

It gives me great pleasure, at the outset, to extend my warmest congratulations to the President and his friendly country, Antigua and Barbuda, on his electi...

I stand here today before the Assembly, soon after my country has seen a new dawn. I come to this Hall in all humility as the elected Prime Minister of Pakis...

At the outset, let me extend my congratulations and appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for his leadership and work with the General Assemb...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremi. on his outstandingly successful presidency of the General Assembly at its previous...

It is a great honour for my country to congratulate Mr. Ashe upon his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. He can count...

I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and the people of Papua New Guinea. I also wish to congratulate you, Sir, o...

As President of the Republic of Paraguay, I have the great honour to speak in this global forum to address issues that are relevant to my country and to toda...

First of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, allow me to congratulate Mr. John William Ashe on his election as the...

I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty- eighth session, and to welcome the fact that this l...

On behalf of the Philippine Government, I proffer my warmest congratulations to the President on his election. I wish him success and assure him of my countr...

First of all, I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. John Ashe for his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth s...

As this is the first time that I take the floor before the General Assembly, at the headquarters of international legitimacy and multilateralism, I would lik...

I would like first to congratulate His Excellency Mr. John Ashe on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, and I wish ...

At the beginning of this week, at the opening of the general debate, the international community strongly condemned the heinous attacks that have once again ...