Eastern Republic of Uruguay

76 speeches

Uruguay

URY
2004
Session 59
Mr. Jorge Batlle Ibáñez

Today no one denies that globalization is here and that it is here to stay. Not only has it changed the world of communications so that now everything happens a...

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Uruguay

URY
2003
Session 58
Didier Opertti

Uruguay believes in the United Nations, has faith in the United Nations, will support the Organization and will continue to contribute to it, as it has been do...

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Uruguay

URY
2002
Session 57
Didier Opertti

The profound and dizzying change that took place in the world during the last decade, with the end of the cold war and the acceleration of the process of globa...

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Uruguay

URY
2001
Session 56
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez

I want first of all to stress that, under the current circumstances, our presence — everybody’s presence — at this general debate unquestionably takes on speci...

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Uruguay

URY
2000
Session 55
Didier Opertti

Allow me to begin by thanking the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, for his work as President of the fifty-fourth session of the Ge...

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Uruguay

URY
1999
Session 54
Didier Opertti

Allow me first, on behalf of my Government and myself, to congratulate Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia, on his well-deserved elec...

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Uruguay

URY
1998
Session 53
Julio Maria Sanguinetti

Uruguay comes to the Assembly today with happiness, pride and even excitement at seeing you, Sir, a countryman of ours, representing Uruguay, as President of th...

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Uruguay

URY
1997
Session 52
Alvaro Ramos

Allow me first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to preside over this new session of the General Assembly. We are sure that the exper...

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Uruguay

URY
1996
Session 51
Álvaro Ramos

Perhaps the term “globalization”, which occurs so frequently in so many decisions nowadays, best describes the international system which prevails in the prese...

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Uruguay

URY
1995
Session 50
Mr. Pérez-Otermin

In this changed world that came out of the Second World War — more global and interdependent — Uruguay wishes to reaffirm its confidence in the vital role playe...

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Uruguay

URY
1994
Session 49
Mr. Luis Alberto Lacalle

I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I feel sure that with 5 your experience you will guide this sessi...

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Uruguay

URY
1993
Session 48
Mr. ABREU

Mr. President, Uruguay wishes to express its satisfaction, and its trust in you, upon your election as President of the General Assembly and as a representative...

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Uruguay

URY
1992
Session 47
Mr. GROS ESPIELL

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. In your election can be seen an unequivocal ...

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Uruguay

URY
1991
Session 46
GROS ESPIELL

The events of recent years, and particularly events since the last session of the General Assembly, have categorically disproved the assertions of certain mode...

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Uruguay

URY
1990
Session 45
GROS ESPIELL

Since 1945 - when the United Nations was created in response to the clamour of peoples to preserve future generations from the scourge of war, to strengthen fa...

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Uruguay

URY
1989
Session 44
BARRIOS TASSANO

 During the debate at the fortieth session of the General Assembly four years ago, President Sanguinetti announced to the world community from this very rostru...

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Uruguay

URY
1988
Session 43
BARRIOS TASSANO

I should like to begin by extending our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Argentina, Mr. Dante Caputo, upon...

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Uruguay

URY
1987
Session 42
IGLESIAS

Year after year we come to the Assembly concerned about the direction of international events, which, with disheartening persistence, weaken our hopes of layin...

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Uruguay

URY
1986
Session 41
Mr. IGLESIAS

My delegation is especially pleased at the election of Mr. Choudhury to the presidency of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. His wisdom, objectivi...

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Uruguay

URY
1985
Session 40
Mr. Julio Maria Sanguinetti

I feel doubly pleased to be addressing this Assembly on behalf of the people of Uruguay. I am pleased in the first place to see you, Sir, the representative of ...

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