Antigua

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2004
Session 59
Winston Baldwin SPENCER

I stand before the General Assembly of the United Nations with an equal measure of pride and humility. Of the more than 190 nations that make up the United Nati...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2003
Session 58
Patrick Albert Lewis

It gives me profound pleasure to welcome and congratulate Mr. Julian Hunte in regard to the lofty position that he now holds. It was not long ago that he was f...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2002
Session 57
Patrick Albert Lewis

Let me express my country's delight in having Mr. Jan Kavan preside over this fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. Antigua and Barbuda owes much to t...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2001
Session 56
Patrick Albert Lewis

Antigua and Barbuda is pleased that this is the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. However, we can have meaningful dialogue only if the domin...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2000
Session 55
Patrick Albert Lewis

Let me first of all congratulate Mr. Holkeri on his unanimous election to the mantle of the leadership of the world's foremost international body. He is presidi...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1999
Session 54
Patrick Albert Lewis

Antigua and Barbuda offers hearty congratulations on the election of the president of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. His efforts towards brin...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1998
Session 53
Patrick Albert Lewis

On behalf of the Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at t...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1997
Session 52
Patrick Albert Lewis

On behalf of the Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over this fifty-second sessio...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1996
Session 51
Mr. Lewis

It is with profound pleasure that I salute the President, a diplomat of experience and stature and one worthy to preside over the functions of the fifty-first ...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1995
Session 50
Mr. Hurst

Forty-five years ago, in 1950, a destructive hurricane battered my island country. It destroyed our small homes, levelled our sugar-cane fields, left death and ...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1994
Session 49
Mr. Lester Bird

I wish first to extend to Foreign Minister Essy and the people of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty-n...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1993
Session 48
Mr. HURST

In 1965 three of the Caribbean’s most outstanding statesmen created an institution to foster cooperation and to quicken the pace of their countries’ developmen...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1992
Session 47
Mr. HURST

Exactly 500 years ago, in 1492, two worlds collided. That collision completely altered the fate of human civilization and the destinies of the two peoples inv...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1991
Session 46
HURST

My delegation extends hearty congratulations to you. Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session. Your assumption of ...

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Antigua

ATG
1990
Session 45
HURST

Please accept my country's congratulations, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly. The people of Anti...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1989
Session 44
HURST

 Mr. President, I bring you the fraternal greetings of my people and our congratulations on your elevation to your high office. Your country, Nigeria, and mine...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1988
Session 43
Mr. HURST

 Mr. President, I extend my country's congratulations to Mr. Dante Caputo on his election to the presidency of the forty-third session of the General Assembly....

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1986
Session 41
Mr. BIRD

Let me begin by extending my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. This is a cruci...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1984
Session 39
Jacobs

I must first of all congratulate Mr. Lusaka on his election as President of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His election is a tribute to the ...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1983
Session 38
Bird

1. Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. My delegation f...

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