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A few weeks ago, 200 innocent children were killed by terrorists in Beslan. Today alone, 1,700 children will be born marked by death from HIV/AIDS from their fi...

In the early morning of 11 September 2003, our Foreign Minister Anna Lindh died, murdered in a senseless crime. One of Sweden’s most prominent and respected le...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President. All speakers in this debate have reflected on the year that has passed since 11 Septemb...

Let me start by congratulating the United Nations and its Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is an extremely well...

The individual human being must always be at the centre of our work. Burmese students fighting for democracy, victims of ethnic violence in Kosovo, women in Afg...

The past year has been a difficult one for the United Nations. Its principles have been challenged. Its relevance has been questioned. Still, at the end of the ...

Let me first of all, through you, Sir, congratulate the President of the fifty- third session of the General Assembly upon his election. I am confident that our...

I sincerely congratulate the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly, a most crucial task...

The world of today is faced with a paradox. While our global interdependence is growing and threats to our societies require globally coordinated efforts, coun...

First of all I should like to welcome the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement being signed today in Washington by Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin. This show o...

May I at the outset express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the important post of President of the General Assembly at its forty-nin...

Let me express the Swedish Government’s satisfaction at the election of Ambassador Insanally of Guyana as President of this session of the General Assembly. I s...

I should like to offer you hearty congratulations on your election to the presidency. Sir. I am confident that this session of the General Assembly is in goo...

Let me start, Sir, by expressing the Swedish Government's deep satisfaction at your election as President for this session of the General Assembly and at the e...

I have come to this Assembly to pay a warm tribute and to confirm a deep commitment. My tribute is directed to this world Organisation and to its dedicated and...

The recent successes of the United Nations towards the settlement of several regional conflicts have added new dimensions to the concept of collective responsi...

Forty years ago this month, my compatriot Count Police Bernadotte was murdered during his mission as United Nations mediator on Palestine. His name reminds us ...

 Allow me first, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to preside over the forty-second session of the General Assembly. You can count on the ful...

In Sweden last week we honored the memory of Dag Hammarskjold, who, 25 years ago, gave his life in the service of the United nations. Those manifestations were ...

It gives me great pleasure to join those who have spoken before me. Sir, in congratulating you on your assumption of the high office of President of the Assembl...