A/65/L.80 GA
65
Session
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Vote Consensus — A/65/PV.101
Speeches following this vote (18)
Mr. Diallo
It is my great honour and privilege, on behalf of the Group of African States, to address our warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon on his welldeserved appointment to a second term as Secretary- General of the United Nations. Indeed, his appointment by acclamation moments ago by the General Assembly is a telling expression of the positive assessment of the work Mr. Ban Ki-moon…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Mansour Ayyad Alotaibi, Permanent Representative of Kuwait, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Asian States.
Mr. Alotaibi
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of the States members of the Asian Group at this historic meeting of the Assembly to express our sincere congratulations to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, following the Assembly’s adoption of the recommendation of the Security Council to appoint him to a second term by acclamation. We thank him fo…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alexandru Cujba, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
Mr. Cujba
I am particularly honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States on the occasion of the reappointment of His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Eastern European Group has previously expressed its full support to Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and we are pleased to have this opportunity to wholeheartedly congratulate him on his reappo…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Pablo Solón, Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Mr. Solón
I am grateful for the honour of representing the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States at this important plenary meeting of the General Assembly. On behalf of Latin America and the Caribbean, I express to Mr. Ban Ki-moon our congratulations on his having been appointed as Secretary-General of the United Nations for a second term.
The members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean St…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
Mr. Prosor
On behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, it is my distinct honour to congratulate the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on his appointment for a second term.
The unanimous support for the Secretary- General’s reappointment offered by members of the Group reflects the widespread recognition of his exceptional abilities as a leader. Always striving to serve as …
The President
I now give the floor to the Permanent Representative of the United States, who will speak on behalf of the host country.
Ms. Rice
This is an important day in the life of this institution. On behalf of the United States of America, the host country of the United Nations, I have the honour of warmly welcoming Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s reappointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations. No one understands the burdens of that role better than he, and my Government is grateful that he is willing to continue to take them on.
For t…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Kim Sung-hwan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea.
Mr. Kim Sung-hwan
It is my distinct honour and privilege to address the General Assembly today. I stand here to share with all members the great joy of the people of the Republic of Korea at the reappointment of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon. On behalf of the Korean people and Government, I express the warmest congratulations to the Secretary-General on the unanimous decision on his second …
The President
I now invite those who have just spoken — the President of the Security Council, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the President of the Trusteeship Council, the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly and the Chairs of the Main Committees — to come to the platform.
I now request the Chief of Protocol to escort the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, to the platform…
The Secretary-General
I, Ban Ki-moon, solemnly swear to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience the functions entrusted to me as Secretary- General of the United Nations, to discharge these functions and regulate my conduct with the interests of the United Nations only in view, and not to seek or accept instructions in regard to the performance of my duties from any Government or other authority external to…
The President
I now invite His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to make a statement.
The Secretary-General
With the members’ decision this afternoon and with their warm words, they do me a very great honour, one beyond expression. Standing in this place, mindful of the immense legacy of my predecessors, I am humbled by members’ trust and inspired by our sense of common purpose.
This solemn occasion is special in another respect as well. On being sworn in a few moments ago, I placed my hand on the Uni…
The President
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
We have thus concluded our consideration of agenda item 163. Above all, we have taken a very important decision that is going to guarantee the prosperity of our Organization in the next five years.
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