Speeches from 2020

I add my voice to that of the speakers who have preceded me in congratulating you on your election as President of the 75th regular session of the General Assem...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Ayubowan! At the outset, I congratulate ...

Mr. President, dear delegates, The world is facing many challenges. Seventy-five years after the establishment of the United Nations, we are more dependent on e...

His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres Secretary General of the United Nations His Excellency Volkan Bozkir President of the 75th General Assembly of the United Na...

President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Volkan Bozkir, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, Heads of State and Government, National ...

Mister President, Mister Secretary-General, dear Heads of Delegations, Ladies and Gentlemen, I speak to you today on behalf of the European Union. A union found...

Mr. President, Let me join others in congratulating you on assuming this high office during the historic 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. I ...

Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, “The survivors were immune, the others dead.” This is the rather pithy description of the end of the Spanish f...

Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me on behalf of the Government and good peop...

Honourable President of the Assembly, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentleman, It is a great honour and privilege to address you all on the occ...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring you warm greetings from our beautiful island nation. I a...

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, whom I am pleased to greet i...

President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, Last year, we met in New York f...

Mr. President, Majesties, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of State and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of Delegation, Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentle...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Esteemed Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honor to have this opportunity to address you and share what our ...

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends, We will remember this year — 2020. What a year! We cannot meet as we usually do in the Hall, which, once a ye...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I extend cordial greetings from the Government and people of Grenada, on wh...

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Your Excellencies: These are indeed extraordinary times in our history ...

Secretary-General Guterres, fellow delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry that circumstance dictates that we cannot be together for this, the 75th annivers...

Mr. President, Peace be with all of you! I offer cordial greetings to you, Mr President, and to all the Delegations taking part in this significant Seventy-fift...