Speeches from 2021

I must say that it is with emotion that I am speaking to the General Assembly today. I still recall that last year we talked to each other through a screen, wit...

At the outset, I would like to convey a message of solidarity from the Malagasy people with every nation and family that has been hard hit by the coronavirus di...

Your Excellency Mr. Abdullah Shahid - President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly; Your Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres — UN Secretary-General; Excell...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction I join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election as P...

It is my singular honour to offer, on behalf of a proud nation, our congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the Gen...

I would like to begin by extending to the General Assembly the fraternal greetings of the African people of Mali and its Transitional President and Head of Stat...

Mr President Mr Secretary General Distinguished Delegates, Before COVID-19 nearly two years ago, we were planning to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Unite...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, It is my great pleasure to bring you the warm greetings of Yokwe from the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ...

At the outset, it is my pleasure to express my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres on his reappointment to a second term as Secretary...

Mr. President, It is indeed a great pleasure to see you steering the proceedings of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Mauritius an...

I bring greetings from the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador — and from all Mexicans — to the General Assembly. Mexico welcomes the fact that the...

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you warm greetings from our beautiful islands in the ...

A few weeks ago, my country, the Republic of Moldova, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its independence. I want to take this opportunity to once again co...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of State and Government, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, For the se...

I would like to convey my heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his unanimous election as the President of the General Assembly and ...

It is a great honour for me to address the Assembly on behalf of Montenegro and to reaffirm our determined commitment to the principles and tenets of the Charte...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Secretary-General of the United Nations, ladies and gentlemen, At the outset, I should like to congratulate Abdulla Shahid on his e...

It is with great pleasure and honour that I take part in the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi,...

Namibia joins other Member States in congratulating the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, convened under the ...

Mr. President, It is an honour to address the opening of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (albeit virtually rather than in-person once ag...