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At the outset I would like to congratulate you upon your unanimous election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that wi...

Today, I would like to begin by congratulating the founding nations and all those present here today as we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nati...

Mr. President, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly and to thank your predecesso...

My delegation associates itself with the compliments extended to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session and to your predecessor, His Excel...

It gives me great pleasure at the outset to affirm my delegation’s confidence that the Swedish leadership of the work of the current General Assembly session wi...

One week ago, the world summit sent a message of hope for peace, development and human rights for all, and took a number of steps towards institutional reform a...

Lithuania welcomes this effort — the most extensive and ambitious ever made — to renew the United Nations. We must ensure that the summit commitments we all hav...

Just a few days ago, in this same Hall, the follow-up High-level Meeting was held on the Millennium, bringing together an unprecedented number of high political...

It gives me great pleasure to address this forum and to share with the General Assembly my Government’s views on issues of the highest relevance to our Organiza...

No one here took part in the first General Assembly in 1945. We can only imagine how at the end of the Second World War men and women full of hope were prompted...

I wish at the outset to congratulate you on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly and also for the excellent...

Malaysia, as the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement and in its own name, wishes to convey our congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as the President o...

Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, allow me to congratulate Mr. Jan Eliasson on his election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. I sho...

I would first like to congratulate Mr. Jan Eliasson upon his election to the 10 presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. He has an important...

I wish to extend warm greetings of iokwe from the people of the Marshall Islands as we gather for the sixtieth session of the Assembly. I am honoured to speak o...

On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Eliasson my wholehearted congratulations on his election to the presidency of the...

I should like, on behalf of my delegation and of the Government and the people of the Republic of Mauritius, to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as Presi...

During the past year, we, the Member States, embarked upon a reform process without precedent in the history of our Organization. The international community be...

I take this opportunity to congratulate President Eliasson on his election to lead our deliberations during this very important session of the General Assembly....

At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. My delegation is confident...