Speeches from 2023

It is my particular honour to address the General Assembly. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on being elected to his position...

I am bringing to this Assembly the voice of the South, the voice of the “exploited and scorned” — the words of Ernesto Che Guevara in this same Hall almost 60 y...

On 26 July 1946. in San Francisco, our predecessors pledged to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. which twice in our lifetime has brought unto...

It is a pleasure and a humbling experience to address this audience for the first time. This forum carries great responsibility for the shape of humankind’s fut...

The convening of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly affords me the opportunity to share with the States Members of our Organization the vision a...

The world is off track. That is the uncomfortable truth. Eight years ago. we adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Denmark had just assumed the p...

First of all. I would like to reiterate my warmest congratulations to Mr. Dennis Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly and to express our...

I bring warm greetings from the citizens of the Commonwealth of Dominica. My delegation, and by extension the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of D...

As we enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, humankind faces inherited challenges and new obstacles that require action. We must regard those cala...

We are here to renew our commitment to the ideals and principles that animate the United Nations — peace, the diplomatic resolution of conflicts and respect for...

It is my honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Arab Republic of Egypt and to demonstrate its voice and vision, as a representative of a noble ...

Since the first time I came to the General Assembly (see A/74/ PV.7). I have reminded members of the need to renew and reinvent ourselves. I am referring not on...

On behalf of His Excellency Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. I would like to begin by congratulating His Excellency Mr. De...

Allow me first to express my warmest congratulations to Mr. Dennis Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. I...

Let me first express my deep condolences to the people of Morocco who lost their loved ones to the earthquake and the people of Libya for their loss due to the ...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session under the theme “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: ac...

It is my honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of Ethiopia. I would also like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Dennis Francis on his ele...

The Security Council Chamber is decorated with a mural. In it. the Norwegian artist Per Krohg depicts a phoenix. The phoenix is rising from a world covered in a...

The world that I see today is full of pain and mistrust, mysticism, cynicism and apathy. There are interconnected, complex crises that have been created by our ...

More than 10 years ago. when I addressed the General Assembly for the first time as President of Finland (see A/67/PV.6). the world seemed complicated. In the M...