Speeches from 2018

Allow me to start by extending my congratulations to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and wishing much success to the presidency of the General Assembly at it...

Let me first join all the other speakers in congratulating and wishing success to President Espinosa Garcés. Albania wishes to assure her of our full support in...

Allow me at the outset to express my warm and fraternal congratulations to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her outstanding election to preside over the ...

For the people of Andorra, 2018 is a year of double celebration, globally and locally speaking. On 28 July, the Principality of Andorra celebrated 25 years sinc...

The General Assembly is holding its seventy-third session at a special moment as we pay tribute to two towering figures of world politics, both sons of Africa...

Year after year, Government leaders from across the world travel to this Hall in the United Nations in the hope of finding a pathway to universal peace and p...

I would like to congratulate the President on her election to lead this session of the General Assembly. I am sure that her work will attest to the pertinence o...

First of all, I would like to congratulate Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy...

We are all proud members of this venerable institution. If this place and our membership in it stand for anything, then we stand for an international order base...

I am present here in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria. I extend my greetings to the President and the Vice-President of the General Assemb...

I am pleased to begin my statement by congratulating Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly, as the fo...

I congratulate the President on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I wish to assure her and members of the Ass...

At the outset, allow me to sincerely congratulate the President and her friendly country, the Republic of Ecuador, on her election to preside over the General A...

Let me congratulate the President on her election as the fourth female President of the General Assembly during its 73 years of history. I wish to assure her of...

Let me begin by congratulating Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, and in part...

We live in paradoxical times, as optimism and pessimism equally characterize our lives. We recently adopted landmark documents, including the 2030 Agenda for Su...

“The only route that offers any hope of a better future for all humanity is that of cooperation and partnership” (A/56/ PV.7, p. 2). Those were words spoken fro...

At the outset, I would like to express the sympathies of the Government and the people of Belize with the Government and the people of Indonesia in the light of...

I have the honour to deliver the following statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin, who had to leave New Yo...

I have the honour to convey the greetings of His Majesty the King of Bhutan to the General Assembly and his best wishes for the success of the seventy-third ses...