Speeches from 2021

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the General Assembly, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction On behalf of the Government of Tuvalu, I congratulate you on yo...

President of the UN General Assembly; Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Secretary-General of United Nations; Distinguished delegates; Ladies and Gent...

It is time to wake up. That was the appeal made by Secretary- General Antonio Guterres to us all, the world’s leaders, on the eve of the General Assembly’s gene...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the of the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth ...

I thank the members — the faithful few — who waited until the end of today’s very important meeting. It is very good to see my audience. An inspection of the fo...

It is my honour to speak to the General Assembly for the first time as President of the United States. We meet this year in a moment of great pain intermingled ...

Almost two years ago now, the world changed completely, affecting every nation all over the world — rich, poor, big, small, developed and non-developed. There w...

President Abdulla Shahid, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Heads of Delegations, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to sincerely congratulate Mr. Guter...

Mr. President; Excellencies, Heads of State and Governments; Mr. Secretary-General; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction I have the great...

At the start of the annual session of the General Assembly, I would like to convey greetings to all countries of the United Nations. I greet the peoples and the...

I wish to extend my congratulations to Mr. Abdulla Shahid on the assumption of his duties as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session....

At the outset, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to Your Excellency, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, as well as to your friendly country, the Republic of M...

I wish to begin by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the United General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session. I ...

Your Excellency Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly; Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations...