Speeches from 2018

At the outset, allow me, on behalf of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands, to convey our warmest greetings to the President and the members of the G...

I would like to begin by congratulating the President and her country of Ecuador on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly this year. Let me als...

I have the honour to address the General Assembly for the first time as President of the Republic of South Africa. It is nearly a quarter of a century since the...

It is my great honour to deliver this statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, who unfortun...

I have the honour to address the General Assembly as President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain. I do so with the emotion that this Hall inspires in me...

It is with great pleasure that I stand before the members of the General Assembly this evening at the seventy-third session representing Sri Lanka for the fourt...

At the outset, I would like to sincerely congratulate Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at ...

It is an honour to deliver this statement on behalf of my President, His Excellency Mr. Desiré Delano Bouterse. My country sincerely applauds the election of...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, where we have come to renew our commitment to creating an enabling env...

Just a bit more than a week ago, we honoured the late former Secretary-General Kofi Annan in this Hall. It was a sad but dignified occasion. It was an inspirati...

It is a great privilege for me to stand before the General Assembly today in New York. We are gathered here because of those who believed, following the trage...

I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, and your country, Ecuador, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- third sessio...

At the outset, Madam President, I would like to join previous speakers by extending, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, our sincere cong...

I wish to congratulate the President on her well-deserved election to preside over the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. Her election t...

It is a great honour for me to represent the Kingdom of Thailand in the Assembly of the nations of the world. Allow me, at the outset, to express our deepest ...

I have the honour to address the General Assembly at its seventy-third session on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares, Minister for Fo...

At the outset, I extend the warm congratulations of His Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, to the President of the G...

I congratulate Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her assumption of her presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- third session. I...

I am honoured to address this eminent gathering of nations seized with advancing the international agenda towards the realization of international peace, su...

At the outset, it gives me pleasure to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and her friendly country, Ecuador, on her election as President of the Ge...