Speeches from 2017

First of all, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session...

Let me start by expressing Portugal’s condolences to and solidarity with the people and the Government of Mexico for yesterday’s violent tragedy. I wish to cong...

As I stand here before the General Assembly today, I am reminded that the wise men and women of 1945 displayed a unique capacity to learn from and act on the le...

How many times has it happened that humankind has been confronted with as many complex challenges in such a relatively short time as is the case nowadays? Has t...

At the outset, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election to the presidency to the General Assembl...

I would like to begin by congratulating the President, Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, on his choice of theme for the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. The l...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Angola, allow me to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajcak on having been elected to preside over the General Assembly ...

On 6 September, my small, two-island State, Antigua and Barbuda, was the victim of the ferocity of Hurricane Irma, the largest storm endured in the Atlantic in ...

I am very honoured and very happy to be here today representing my country and my Government. As an Argentine and a Latin American, I cannot begin my statement ...

I congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajcák on his election and wish him success in his duties as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I ...

The United Nations was founded in response to the horrors of the Second World War. Nations resolved to prevent a repeat of that catastrophic global conflict. Ov...

The world has never felt more insecure, at least not in my lifetime. Three years ago, when I first spoke from this rostrum, I was concerned about three serious ...

For more than 25 years, Armenia has occupied 20 per cent of the territory of Azerbaijan — Nagorno Karabakh and seven other regions of our country. Nagorno Karab...

On behalf of the people and the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to lead the General As...

At the outset, I wish to wholeheartedly congratulate Mr. Lajčák and his friendly country, Slovakia, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its ...

Mr. President, let me extend my heartiest felicitations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- second session. My delegation assu...

On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy- second session and to assure...

The past few decades have been marked by two contradictory trends — increasing political fragmentation and increasing economic globalization. The first of those...

At the outset, I would like to express our support to the victims of the recent hurricanes as well as those of the earthquakes in Mexico. Such natural disasters...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Belize, I extend our heartfelt condolences to the populations of our sister countries in the Caribbean for the des...