Speeches from 2023

I congratulate the President and the members of the Bureau on their respective elections. I also express my deep appreciation to the Secretary- General. Mr. Ant...

In 1864. Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Edwin Stanton, his Secretary of War. He observed that “you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it...

Kotahi ano te kdhao o te ngira e kuhii ai te miro ma, te miro whero, te miro pango, Kia man Kia te ture, te whakapono ko te mea nui ko te aroha. There is only o...

The President of the Republic of Nicaragua. Comandante Daniel Ortega Saavedra, and Vice-President Rosario Murillo Zambrana send the following message to the Gen...

On behalf of the people of Nigeria. I congratulate Mr. Dennis Francis on his well- deserved election as President of the General Assembly at this session. We co...

Allow me. first of all. to congratulate Mr. Dennis Francis, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. I am confident t...

The United Nations was founded on a simple, yet paradigmatic vision — a world governed by law. a world coming together to promote social progress and better sta...

At the outset, we would like to express our warm congratulations to Mr. Dennis Francis and his friendly country. Trinidad and Tobago, on his election to preside...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Pakistan. I convey to Mr. Dennis Francis our warm congratulations on his election to guide the work of this histor...

I congratulate President Francis on his election. As a fellow islander, he is well acquainted with the challenges common to all small island developing States (...

Those who believe that peace can prevail in the Middle East without the Palestinian people enjoying their full legitimate national rights are delusional. Once a...

I am pleased to be here in this Assembly, which brings us together for the purpose of finding more effective ways to address the pressing problems of global soc...

It is my honour and privilege to address this Hall for the first time as Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and on behalf of my Prime Minister, the Honou...

In 1945. representatives of 51 States, one of them my country, agreed to create the United Nations. By speaking for the first time before the General Assembly a...

I come from Peru, a country with a vast history and cultural wealth, which has been the cradle of civilization in our America, and whose leadership I assumed wi...

It is an honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and to reaffirm my country’s soli...

I would like to congratulate you. Sir. on your election to the honourable function of the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session, and t...

I would like to begin by saying that Portugal fully supports the priorities outlined by President Dennis Francis for his term. Allow me also to say a word of gr...

At the outset. I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. I wish him eve...

The world as we know it is enduring profound and rapid transformations under the impact of the many challenges that humankind must face. At the same time, again...