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Italy

ITA
2004
Session 59
Mr. Franco Frattini

This year’s general debate unfolds against an international backdrop in which terrorist acts of great ferocity have become all too common. The latest, heinous f...

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Jamaica

JAM
2004
Session 59
Keith Desmond KNIGHT

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. You can be assured of Jamaica’s fullest support ...

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Japan

JPN
2004
Session 59
Mr. Junichiro Koizumi,

Today, the international community is striving to meet challenges that the founders of the United Nations could not have envisioned sixty years ago. The fight a...

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Jordan

JOR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Marwan MUASHER

First, I wish to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. The most recent Arab Human Deve...

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Kazakhstan

KAZ
2004
Session 59
Mr. Kassymzhomart TOKAEV

First of all, Sir, let me add my voice to the congratulations on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth sessio...

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Kenya

KEN
2004
Session 59
Chirau Ali MWAKWERE

I am honoured to address the General Assembly for the first time. On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I convey to you, Mr. President, and to other ...

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Kiribati

KIR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Anote TONG

It is with great pleasure that I bring warm greetings from the Government and people of Kiribati on whose behalf I have the honour to address the Assembly today...

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Korea

KOR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Ban Ki Moon

I would like first of all to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Jean Ping on his assumption of the presidency of General Assembly at its fifty-ninth sessi...

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Kuwait

KWT
2004
Session 59
Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah

I am pleased to convey my congratulations to the President elected to the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I likewise take this opportunity to expre...

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Kyrgyzstan

KGZ
2004
Session 59
Mr. Askar AKAYEV

Mr. President, allow me first of all to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the important post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ni...

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Lao

LAO
2004
Session 59
Mr. Somsavat LENGSAVAD

On behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I would like to thank Mr. Julian Hunte, President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eigh...

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Latvia

LVA
2004
Session 59
Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga

I wish I could begin this address on a more optimistic note, but since we last convened at the General Assembly one year ago, many dramatic and disconcerting ev...

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Lebanon

LBN
2004
Session 59
Mr. Issam Fares

As the head of Lebanon's delegation to the General Assembly, I am pleased to congratulate Mr. Ping on his election as President of the General Assembly at its f...

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Lesotho

LSO
2004
Session 59
Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili

I would like, on behalf of my delegation, to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at th...

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Liberia

LBR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Charles Gyude Bryant

It is an honour for me to stand here today to address the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. When, in 1945, Liberia joined the efforts to establish th...

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Liechtenstein

LIE
2004
Session 59
Mr. Ernst WALCH

The United Nations faces unprecedented challenges: the recent past has brought about a worrisome erosion in the standing and credibility that this great Organiz...

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Lithuania

LTU
2004
Session 59
Mr. Valdas Adamkus

Allow me to express my sincere thanks to the President of the General Assembly at its previous session, Julian Hunte, whose able and skilful leadership we enjoy...

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Luxembourg

LUX
2004
Session 59
Mr. Jean ASSELBORN

It is a special honour for me, as a member of the new Government of Luxembourg and its Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, to take the floor for the f...

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Lybia

LBY
2004
Session 59
Mr.. Abdurrahman Mohamed SHALGHEM

It is my pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. Your election is a testament to th...

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Macedonia

MKD
2004
Session 59
Mr. Branko CRVENKOVSKI

Allow me at the outset to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. Jean Ping, on your election as President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, and...

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