UN General Assembly
2022

I am honoured to represent Sri Lanka at the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, which after two years brings together world leaders post-pandemic in this Hall in person. Permit me the honour of congratulating His Excellency Mr. Csaba Korosi on being elected President of the General Assembly at its current session. Sri Lanka looks forward to working closely with him and his team in the year ahead. May I also convey our appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid of Maldives for his excellent stewardship of the seventy-sixth session. As a close friend and neighbour of Maldives, we express particular appreciation for his presidency of hope, which gave us renewed optimism and vigour. Building on that, we move to the vision of our new President of finding solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science.