00:00I bring to this hall the warm greetings of the government and people of Degambia together with our enduring friendship,
00:07solidarity and goodwill to all nations represented here.
00:11Mr. President, allow me at the outset to congratulate you most warmly on your election as president of the 84th
00:18session of the General Assembly.
00:19Degambia assures you of our full support and constructive cooperation as we guide our collective work under the timely theme
00:28you have chosen, restoring trust and managing transformation so that the United Nations can deliver for all.
00:35That theme speaks directly to the moment in which we meet.
00:38Permit me also to express our profound appreciation to your predecessor, Mrs. Annalena Beybuk, for the dedication, dignity and determination
00:48with which she presided over the 88th session of the General Assembly.
00:52I also wish to place on record Degambia's appreciation for the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Gucheres, and Deputy Secretary-General,
01:00Amina Mohamed, whose steady and principled leadership through years of compounding global crisis have done much to keep the flame
01:08of multilateral cooperation alight, even as the winds against it have grown fiercer.
01:13We wish them well as they complete their tenure at the end of this year.
