Speeches from 2021

The topic of this year’s debate addresses many current issues that truly present some of the key challenges that affect the future path we will tread as a globa...

Allow me, Mr. President, on behalf of the Republic of Botswana and indeed on my own behalf, to join previous speakers in expressing our congratulations to you p...

It is an honour to once again open the General Assembly. I come here to show a Brazil that is different from the one portrayed in newspapers or television. Braz...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh and Peace Be Upon ...

MR. PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MR. SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, EXCELLENCIES, Allow me to start by expressing my gratitude to His Excellency...

Mr. President, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Heads of Delegations, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. President Abdulla Shahid, My cou...

Praise be to God the Almighty, who has allowed us to meet in the magnificent city of New York to participate in our Organization’s current session. I would like...

International relations, diplomacy in general and the major world and United Nations conferences in particular have accustomed us to traditional meetings marked...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, At the outset, let me express my heartfelt appreciation to Excellency Volkan Bozkir fo...

I have the cherished duty and great honour to deliver the following statement from His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, who inst...

Before I begin, I would like to make a personal observation. As I address the Assembly, I am conscious that I am speaking to virtually the entire world. In my p...

As I take the floor before the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth session on behalf of the Central African Republic, I would like to warmly congratulate His...

President of the General Assembly, Heads of State and heads of delegations, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Distinguished participants, Ladies and gent...

We are living in times that will mark future generations. Those of us who are opening this General Assembly today have a mission to fulfil and a responsibility ...

Mr. President, The year 2021 is a truly remarkable one for the Chinese people. This year marks the centenary of the Communist Party of China. It is also the 50t...

We meet again in this global forum, which has historically been a vital space for the development of multilateralism, peacebuilding and responses to threats to ...

I would first like to express to the United States authorities our sincere thanks for the warm welcome they give us each time we arrive in the beautiful city of...

The United Nations, I need hardly recall, has a vocation to lead the peoples of the world towards collective wellbeing and prosperity, towards justice, peace, s...

We will only be strong and prosperous when the world’s most vulnerable are too. That concept is not a romanticized vision of multilateralism. It is a reality we...

It is a great honour to address this important organ once again. I especially want to congratulate you, Sir, on being elected to preside over the General Assemb...