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Ukraine

UKR
2014
Session 69
Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Ukraine, as a co-founder of the United Nations, knows why we established this Organization — for peace and stability. Do we have this peace and stability? No...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
2014
Session 69
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

At the outset, let me say that it is my pleasure to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly ...

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United Kingdom

GBR
2014
Session 69
David Cameron

This year we face extraordinary tests of our values and our resolve. In responding to the aggression against one of our Member States, Ukraine; in seeking pe...

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United States

USA
2014
Session 69
Barack Obama

We come together at a crossroads between war and peace, between disorder and integration, between fear and hope. Around the globe, there are signposts of pro...

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Uruguay

URY
2014
Session 69
Luis Almagro

Ours is a harsh and difficult world — a complex, sometimes disgraceful world where 6 million children die each year before their fifth birthday, many from pro...

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Uzbekistan

UZB
2014
Session 69
Abdulaziz Kamilov

Today I would like to address some of the most important issues on the General Assembly’s agenda. First are the growing regional and international security ...

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Vanuatu

VUT
2014
Session 69
Joe Natuman

Vanuatu is honoured to join other speakers in congratulating Mr. Sam Kutesa on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I ...

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Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

VEN
2014
Session 69
Nicolás Maduro Moros

At the outset, as this is the first time that I am attending in my capacity as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I wish to thank the Gen...

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Viet Nam

VNM
2014
Session 69
Pham Binh Minh

At the outset, I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth s...

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Yemen

YEM
2014
Session 69
Jamal Abdullah Al-Sallal

At the outset, on behalf of the people and the Government of Yemen, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly and his brotherly coun...

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Zambia

ZMB
2014
Session 69
Harry Kalaba

I extend our sincere congratulations to Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We see him undertakin...

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Zimbabwe

ZWE
2014
Session 69
Robert Mugabe

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Kutesa on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We are indeed proud of the honour that has...

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EU

EU
2013
Session 68

A year ago when we met in the General Assembly, we joined our voices to deplore the fact that the Syrian civil war had claimed over 25,000 lives. One year on...

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Afghanistan

AFG
2013
Session 68
Zalmai Rassoul

I bring to all warm greetings and the good wishes of the Afghan people. I have the honour to address the General Assembly in the last year of the current ele...

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Albania

ALB
2013
Session 68
Edi Rama

I am the newly elected Prime Minister of Albania. This is my first month in office. It is truly humbling to stand at this rostrum in the steps and the shadow...

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Algeria

DZA
2013
Session 68
Ramtane Lamamra

I would like first of all to warmly congratulate Mr. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, and his predecessor Mr. Vuk Je...

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Andorra

AND
2013
Session 68
Antoni Martí Petit

I should like to begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, Ambassador John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda. We a...

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Angola

AGO
2013
Session 68
Manuel Domingos Vicente

On behalf of the President of the Republic of Angola, His Excellency Mr. José Eduardo dos Santos, whom I have the honour to represent before the Assembly, al...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2013
Session 68
Winston Baldwin Spencer

I stand in the Hall today as the leader of one of the smallest countries in the world — small by size, population and resources. I also stand here today with...

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Argentina

ARG
2013
Session 68
Cristina Fernández

I would particularly like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly and his country Antigua and Barbuda, a member of the Group of Latin American ...

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