Speeches from 2017

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. We are confident that under your abl...

The President made a profound statement in saying, “The United Nations was created for people. Its job is to help people who are striving for peace and a decent...

It is an honour to be here for the opening of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. On behalf of the Republic of Nauru, I would like to congratula...

I bring to the General Assembly warm greetings from the people and the Government of Nepal, the land of Lord Buddha and Mount Everest, as well as best wishes fo...

Every era and every decade has its problems, great and small. The problems we face now seem overwhelming. These days many people worry about the future, which i...

There is no greater demonstration of the ability of the United Nations to bring the world together than the opening of the General Assembly. The breadth of issu...

Mr. President, please accept warm greetings from our President, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra, our Vice-President, Rosario Murillo, and the people of Nicarag...

Allow me at the outset to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-second s...

On behalf of my country, Nigeria, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election, as well as Mr. Guterres on his first General Assembly session as Secretar...

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Miroslav Lajcak on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. The world has experienced...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Lajčák and his friendly country, the Slovak Republic, on his election as President of the General...

I would first like to convey the deepest sympathies of the people and the Government of Pakistan to the people of Mexico, who have been affected by the recent e...

I would like first to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election to lead our work in the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I ...

Twenty- four years have passed since the signing of the Oslo Accords, an interim agreement that set a five-year period for bringing an end to the Israeli occupa...

I would like to begin my remarks by extending my condolences and solidarity to the people and the Government of Mexico for the victims of the earthquake that st...

On behalf of my Government and the people of Papua New Guinea, I am honoured to address the General Assembly. I am pleased to convey my country’s appreciation t...

On behalf of the Paraguayan people and the Government of Paraguay, I hope that under the presidency of Mr. Miroslav Lajčák the General Assembly will have great ...

It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly and congratulate the President on his election, and to express our willingness to contribute to the succe...

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. The path to peace must be walked with patience. In order to achieve any purpose with othe...

I would first like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, on his election to this honourable post...