Ceylon

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2004
Session 59
The Honourable Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge

I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the high office of President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly and assure you of Sri Lanka’s ful...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2003
Session 58
Ranil Wickremesinghe

Allow me to extend my congratulations to the President on his unanimous and well-deserved election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Asse...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2002
Session 57
Ranil Wickremesinghe

Let me begin by conveying, on behalf of the Sri Lanka delegation, our sincere felicitations to Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of this fifty-seventh...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2001
Session 56
Lakshman Kadirgamar

Every speaker from this podium during the special debate on terrorism, the debate on dialogue among civilizations and our current general debate has said, sugg...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2000
Session 55
Lakshman Kadirgamar

I convey to the President the warmest felicitations of Sri Lanka on his election to the high office of President of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assem...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1999
Session 54
Lakshman Kadirgamar

Allow me first to extend to our President's distinguished predecessor, His Excellency Didier Opertti, Foreign Minister of Uruguay, President of the fifty-third ...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1998
Session 53
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

At the outset, Mr. President, let me extend to you Sri Lanka’s warmest congratulations on your well-deserved election. We wish you well and have no doubt that y...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1997
Session 52
Lakshman Kadirgamar

May I begin, Sir, by extending to you our warm felicitations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your long association with the United ...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1996
Session 51
Lakshman Kadirgamar

For Sri Lanka it is a matter of particular pride and pleasure that we have a distinguished representative of an Asian country, Malaysia, presiding over the fif...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1995
Session 50
Mr. Kadirgamar

Let me at the outset extend to Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal the sincere good wishes of the Government and people of Sri Lanka on his election to the presid...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1994
Session 49
Mr. Kadirgamar

First, let me offer you, on behalf of the Government and people of Sri Lanka, warm congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the Gen...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1993
Session 48
Mr. HAMEED

It gives me great pleasure to see an eminent son of Guyana guiding this forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Sri Lanka and Guyana have a long tradition...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1992
Session 47
Mr. KALPAGE

The delegation of Sri Lanka congratulates Mr. Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria on his election as President of the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We ...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1991
Session 46
Kalpage

I have the honour to convey to you, Sir, and to the other members of the Assembly, the greetings and good wishes of Sri Lanka's President, Mr. Ranasinghe Prema...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1990
Session 45
HERAT

 On behalf of President Premadasa and the people of Sri Lanka, I extend to the President and to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session our warmest gre...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1989
Session 44
WIJERATNE

As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, I appear before the Assembly for the first time to speak on behalf of my country. I am very happy to address these...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1988
Session 43
Mr. HAMEED

Let me at the outset, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, extend to Mr. Caputo of Argentina, our sincere congratulations on his election to the presidenc...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1987
Session 42
HAMEED

Let me at the outset convey to the President the warm and sincere felicitations of Sri Lanka on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1986
Session 41
Mr. HAMEED

It gives me great pleasure to see you. Sir, a distinguished son of South Asia, presiding ever this forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly. T...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1985
Session 40
Mr. Hameed

At the outset, let me congratulate Ambassador de Piniés on his well-deserved election as President of this historic fortieth session of the united Nations Gener...

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