Speeches from 2014

We are gathered here at a time when the world is facing pressing global challenges and security threats that must be addressed collectively and with urgency. O...

I am proud to see you, Mr. President, a distinguished son of Africa, presiding over the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, and I congratulate you w...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. Let me assure him of my dele...

I bring with me warmest greetings from the people of Nepal and their best wishes for the success of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I congra...

On 17 July, in a summer already marked by alarming reports from Syria, Iraq and Gaza, our country was confronted with a stark international reality. The 298...

It is an honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Prime Minister and Government of New Zealand. Our general election took place in the p...

We are proud to have our African brother, Sam Kutesa, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uganda — a member country of the African Union — presiding o...

Allow me to offer my sincere condolences to the French Government for the cowardly murder of one of its citizens yesterday, 24 September, in Algeria by the s...

Let me begin, Sir, by expressing the best wishes of the Government and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Mr. Kutesa’s assumption of the presid...

The leaders who gathered at the United Nations Climate Summit have taken important steps to mobilize action and ambition on climate change. Now we need to ma...

It is our pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you and your friendly country, the Republic of Uganda, on your election to the presidency of the General A...

I congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I assure him that his priorities — the rev...

Without trying to be melodramatic, I believe that my country, the Pacific region and the world have reached a crossroads. In this International Year of Small...

In this year 2014, proclaimed by the General Assembly as the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Israel has chosen to make it the y...

At the outset, I wish to congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixt...

Allow me, on behalf of the Government of Papua New Guinea, to congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-n...

At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Republic of Paraguay, to offer you, Mr. President, our best wishes for success in your delicate and important tasks ...

My Government warmly welcomes the theme proposed for this debate regarding the post-2015 development agenda, since it directly addresses the most pressing pr...

On behalf of the Philippine Government, we offer our warmest congratulations to Mr. Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-...

I would first like to congratulate Mr. Kutesa on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. In the opening sentences...