Speeches from 2014

The world today is much more dangerous than when we were together here last year. Fear is stronger than hope, I’m afraid. Tragic events have marked us. More ...

It gives me great pleasure to express my sincere congratulations to the President on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at ...

It is a great pleasure for me to address the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. First, allow me to congratulate the President of the Assembly on hi...

I should like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, an African neighbour, brother and fri...

It is an honour for me to represent my country, the Principality of Andorra, in the Assembly, which for almost seven decades has been meeting annually to spe...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Angola, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. Sam Kutesa, on your election as President of the General Assembly at...

At the outset, I wish to extend heartiest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth sessi...

I address the General Assembly at a very special moment, not only for the world but also for my country. I would like to begin by reflecting on the words wit...

We are meeting at a symbolically significant time, between the 100th anniversary of the First World War and the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Sec...

In what can seem to be darkening times, I want to begin with a message of hope. Amid all our problems, the murderous rage of the Islamic State in Iraq and th...

It is with great respect that I stand at this rostrum for the first time as Austrian Foreign Minister. Many eminent world leaders have stood here before me a...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate my good friend Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth sess...

Kamalesh Sharma, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, said to us at a gathering here in New York a few days ago: “Do not be demoralized by y...

At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, and, through you, your friendly country Uganda upon your election as Pre...

I warmly congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I also congratulate Ambassador John...

It is indeed a distinct privilege to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Sam Kutesa on behalf of the Government and the people of Barbados on his election as Pre...

Humankind has only one past, but many options for the future. History is such that we know only the consequences of those actions that have occurred, but not...

Myriam Riva, Emmanuel Riva, Dominique Sabrier, Alexandre Strens — these are the names of the four people brutally murdered on 24 May in Brussels. Four people...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Belize, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General As...

The President of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency Mr. Thomas Boni Yayi, has asked me to deliver this message to the Assembly on his behalf. At the outse...