PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA DELIVERS HIS MAIDEN SPEECH WITH THE CALL TO WORLD LEADERS TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK AND TO KEEP AWAY AUTOCRATIC AND HEAVY HANDED ALTERNATIVES FROM LEADERSHIP.

Below is our full speech that we delivered at the UN general assembly.Hakainde HichilemaPresident of the Republic of Zambia• YOUR EXCELLENCY, MR. ABDULLA SHAHID, PRESIDENT OF THE 76TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY;• YOUR EXCELLENCY MR. ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS;• YOUR EXCELLENCIES HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT;• DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.I WISH TO BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING YOUR EXCELLENCY MR. ABDULLA SHAHID, ON YOUR ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE 76TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOUR WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND VAST EXPERIENCE IN MULTILATERAL ISSUES WILL LEAD TO A SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGE OF THE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSEMBLY THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION.ZAMBIA STANDS READY TO WORK WITH YOU AS YOU EXECUTE YOUR MANDATE IN PRESIDING OVER THE MATTERS OF THIS SESSION.TO THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT, HIS EXCELLENCY MR. VOLKAN BOZKIR, I WISH TO CONVEY ZAMBIA’S APPRECIATION FOR YOUR COMMENDABLE SERVICE TO THE UNITED NATIONS FAMILY DURING THE 75TH […]