Vídeos

  • Resignation speech

    Dear Russians, very little time remains to a momentous date in our history. The year 2000 is upon us, a new century, a new millennium. We have all measured this date against ourselves, working out – first in childhood, then after we grew up – how old we would be in the year 2000, how…

  • En reclamo del niño Elián González

    Queridos pioneros: No quisiera hablar mucho, pero algunas cosas quiero decirles; aunque no hay mucho tiempo en estos días, debemos trabajar y luchar continuamente. Ustedes saben por qué están aquí, ¿verdad? (Exclamaciones de: «Â¡Sí!») Lo saben. Ustedes saben que un niño como ustedes, más pequeño que ustedes, porque acaba de cumplir seis años y ustedes,…

  • Discurso de toma de posesión

    Señor vicepresidente de la Nación; señor presidente de esta Honorable Asamblea; señor presidente de la Honorable Cámara de Diputados; autoridades de ambas cámaras y de los poderes de la Nación; ilustres presidentes; altezas reales y representantes de la Santa Sede y de los pueblos y gobiernos que nos visitan; señor ex presidente constitucional de la…

  • Discurs d’investidura (1999)

    Molt honorable senyor president, senyores i senyors diputats, en compliment de l’encàrrec que em va fer el molt honorable president del Parlament, i d’acord amb el que estableix la disposició transitòria cinquena del nostre Estatut, em correspon presentar davant aquest Parlament de Catalunya la meva candidatura com a president de la Generalitat, i demanar la…

  • Russia’s next president is Vladimir Putin

    Esteemed Russians, today I signed a decree on elections to the State Duma. They will be held on 19 December exactly on time, as envisaged by the constitution and the law. The election marathon has been effectively launched. «This will be a very complicated and responsible period. This is why I ask you to be…

  • End of Kosovo’s war

    Dear citizens, the aggression is over. Peace has prevailed over violence. Dear citizens, I wish you a happy peace! At this moment, our first thoughts should be with the heroes who gave their lives in the defense of the motherland, in the struggle for freedom and the dignity of the people. All their names will…

  • Clausura de la cumbre presidencial andina

    Al culminar esta cumbre, quiero en primer lugar expresarles nuestro reconocimiento por su dedicación, señores Presidentes, a las jornadas de trabajo realizadas en estos días; debemos sentirnos satisfechos de haber logrado establecer las pautas que nos permitirán impulsar la integración andina hacia el nuevo siglo. Ha correspondido a Colombia el ejercicio de la Presidencia de…

  • Columbine Memorial Address

    Nothing that I say to you can bring comfort. Nothing that anyone else can say can bring comfort. But there is a voice that speaks without words, and addresses us in the depths of our being. And that voice says to our troubled souls: peace, be still. The Scripture promises that there is a peace…

  • On the situation in Kosovo

    Yesterday towards evening, the North Atlantic Alliance began its attacks against military objectives in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is such an important event in the history of the Alliance that it deserves a commentary. I understand the contemporary attacks not only as a reaction to the latest events in Kosovo, but also to…

  • NATO’s speech at the Royal United Services Institute

    Your Royal Highness [Duke of Kent], Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to address the Royal United Services Institute on the occasion of the «NATO at Fifty» Conference. RUSI has been at the forefront in analysing defence and security issues since 1831, the year it was founded by the…