Costa Rica

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Costa Rica

CRI
2004
Session 59
Mr. Abel Pacheco de la Espriella

On behalf of the Government and the people of Costa Rica, may I convey to you, Mr. President, our warmest congratulations and best wishes on your assumption of ...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2003
Session 58
Linnette Saboro

Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Julian Hunte on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are convince...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2002
Session 57
Roberto Tovar Faja

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan, and through him the Czech Republic, on his well-deserved election to preside over the work of this session of the Gener...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2001
Session 56
Roberto Rojas López

Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to preside over the work of this General Assembly. We are familiar with your va...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2000
Session 55
Roberto Rojas López

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri on his well-deserved election to preside over the work of the General Assembly, which attests both to h...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1999
Session 54
Miguel Ángel Rodr'guez Echeverr'a

Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this General Assembly, a truly global parliament where all mankind is represented and finds ...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1998
Session 53
Roberto Rojas

Costa Rica is extremely pleased at Mr. Didier Operttiâs election to preside over the work of this fifty-third session of the General Assembly. We say this not j...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1997
Session 52
José María Figueres Olsen

Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. Costa Rica joins the previous ...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1996
Session 51
Naranjo Villalobos

The delegation of Costa Rica is pleased to extend its warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly on his election. In addition to his dist...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1995
Session 50
Mr. Naranjo Villalobos

It is the honour of the delegation of Costa Rica to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this historic session m...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1994
Session 49
Figueres Olsen

Costa Rica hails and congratulates you most warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We also wish to thank the Secretary- Genera...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1993
Session 48
Mr. NIEHAUS QUESADA

It has been four years since the end of the cold war and the fall of the old ideological order. Four years ago we were told that war and global confrontation ha...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1992
Session 47
Mr. NIEHAUS QUESADA

Costa Rica took great pleasure in supporting the election of Mr. Stoyan Ganev to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. His elec...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1991
Session 46
NIEHAUS QEUSADA

I take great pleasure in congratulating, on behalf of the delegation of Costa Rica, Ambassador Shihabi on his stewardship of this session of the General Assemb...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1990
Session 45
Quesada

I wish first of all to convey to Mr. Guido de Marco the sincere congratulations of the government and the people of Costa Rica on his assumption of the presiden...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1989
Session 44
Oscar Arias Sanchez

 I salute you, Sir, on behalf of the Costa Rican people and wish you all success as President of the General Assembly. I salute also a tireless friend in the e...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1988
Session 43
MADRIGAL NIETO

Mr. President, my dear friend and colleague, I take especial pleasure in telling you how gratified we Costa Ricans feel to see you presiding over the General A...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1987
Session 42
Oscar Arias Sanchez

I come from a country you know well. You know our values, our struggle for development, our striving for peace. I come to ask you for help, to tell you that we...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1986
Session 41
Mr. OSCAR ARIAS SANCHEZ

I should like to extend my best wishes to the representatives of sovereign states Members of this unparalleled forum where we express our thoughts and hopes. I...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1985
Session 40
Mr. Gutierrez

It is with particular pleasure that my delegation joins in the congratulations expressed to the Permanent Representative of Spain, Ambassador Don Jaime de Pinie...

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