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Bahrain

BHR
2007
Session 62
Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa,

It is my pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election as President of the Assembly at this session. There is no doubt that your expertise and your k...

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Bangladesh

BGD
2007
Session 62
Fakhruddin Ahmed

I would like to take this opportunity to express to you, Mr. President, my delegation’s sincerest congratulations on your well- deserved election. A special t...

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Barbados

BRB
2007
Session 62
Billie A. Miller

It is my pleasure to join with the preceding speakers in congratulating you on your election to preside over the sixty-second session of the United Nations G...

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Belarus

BLR
2007
Session 62
Sergei Martynov,

All of us seated in this Hall witnessed the collapse almost two decades ago of a seemingly invincible international system based on the antagonism of two po...

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Belgium

BEL
2007
Session 62
Karel de Gucht

We live in an increasingly complex world of ever more diverse challenges. Actions taken in isolation are no longer enough. Given such complexity, the United ...

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Belize

BLZ
2007
Session 62
Lisa Shoman

For more than 20 years we have been talking about rising atmospheric temperatures, the depletion of the ozone layer, rising sea levels and the impending inun...

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Benin

BEN
2007
Session 62
Moussa Okanla

Mr. President, at the outset I should like to offer you my sincere congratulations on your brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

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Bhutan

BTN
2007
Session 62
Yeshey Dorgi

I offer my delegation’s congratulations to the President for his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and assure him...

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Bolivia

BOL
2007
Session 62
Evo Morales Ayma

This is the second time I have addressed the Assembly in my 20 months as President. I come here to share our experiences with the Presidents of the many count...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH
2007
Session 62
Želijko Komšić

It is my honour to participate in this meeting of the General Assembly sixty-second session as Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I woul...

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Botswana

BWA
2007
Session 62
Festus G. Mogae

Many speakers before me have eloquently debated the theme for this session. I am delighted that no one disputes the evidence that science presents to us conc...

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Brazil

BRA
2007
Session 62
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,

I congratulate the Secretary-General on his assumption of such a high office within the international system. I welcome his decision to encourage high-level ...

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Brunei-Darussalam

BRN
2007
Session 62
Mohamed Bolkiah

May I offer my congratulations to you, Mr. President, your Government and people on your election. I would also like to offer my thanks to your predecessor, ...

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Bulgaria

BGR
2007
Session 62
Ivailo Kalfin

It is a privilege and an honour for me to address this audience and to represent Bulgaria in its new status as a State member of the European Union. Having s...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
2007
Session 62
Djibril Yipènè Bassolet

I should like at the outset to express our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election to the presidency of the General Assemb...

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Burundi

BDI
2007
Session 62
Martin Nduwimana

First of all, we would like to extend to Mr. Srgjan Kerim our warmest congratulations on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly for the ...

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Cambodia

KHM
2007
Session 62
Hor Namhong

First of all, I wish to warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Kerim of the Republic of Macedonia for his election to the presidency of the General Assembly ...

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Cameroon

CMR
2007
Session 62
Paul Biya

Let me first of all say that I am happy to see the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, represented by Ambassador Kerim, presiding over the General Assembl...

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Canada

CAN
2007
Session 62
Maxime Bernier

It is an honour for me to speak before this Assembly. The United Nations is the very embodiment of the commitment we have all made to contribute to peace an...

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Cape Verde

CPV
2007
Session 62
José Maria Neves

While we commend the United Nations for having chosen climate change as the theme for this sixty-second session of the General Assembly, at the same time we ...

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