Speeches from 2014

It is my great honour to represent Ireland today at the General Assembly. Regrettably, this gathering comes at a dangerous time in global history. Delegates ...

I come here from Jerusalem to speak on behalf of my people, the people of Israel. I have come to speak about the dangers we face and about the opportunities ...

I would like to greet the General Assembly and to confess how deeply moved I feel to be here. For those who have never spoken in the Assembly Hall, it remain...

I stand here today, as a representative of a nation with strong ancestral ties to the African continent, to welcome the election of Mr. Sam Kutesa to the pre...

Humankind faces serious, unprecedented crises. Now is the time for us to stand united beneath the flag of the United Nations to confront those crises togethe...

What and where is global power? I say that global power is here in this Hall, and it is ours if our countries work as one. That is the great promise of the G...

On behalf of the Republic of Kazakhstan, I would first like to congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its s...

It is a great pleasure to address the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. As the current Chairman of the East African Community, I am particularly p...

I bring everyone warm greetings from the people of Kiribati, on whose behalf I am once again privileged to address this body. In my country we begin all form...

On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I should first like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa on his el...

Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. Kutesa, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty- ninth session. I am confident that the Ass...

At the outset, it pleases me to extend, on behalf of the Government and people of the State of Kuwait, our sincere congratulations to the President of the Ge...

First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session and to wish you every succes...

On behalf of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as Presi...

As we enter a crucial session of the General Assembly, we will define our post-2015 direction. Our way ahead must be based on the triangle of security, devel...

Allow me first to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- ninth session. I would also like to tha...

I would first like to congratulate President Kutesa on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. His d...

I bring the Assembly greetings from Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, who should have been here today to addre...

At the outset, I would like to express my sincerest congratulations to Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixt...

This has been an enormously difficult year for the United Nations. As the Secretary-General has pointed out, we are living in an era of an unprecedented leve...