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Thank you for the honour of addressing the General Assembly. The American people respect the idealism that gave life to this Organization. And we respect the me...

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...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Sir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon, on your election as the President of the General Assembly and to wish y...

I bring to this gathering a warm greeting from the people of the Republic of Vanuatu. Mr. President, at the outset, I take this opportunity to congratulate you ...

There are moments we can describe as historical turning points, when nations and peoples must decide which side they are on. This is one of these moments, when ...

At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, to warmly congratulate you, Sir, an eminent son of Gabon and of Africa, with which Viet Nam has...

It gives me pleasure to begin my remarks by congratulating Mr. Ping on the vote of confidence represented by his election as President of the current session of...

I am deeply honoured to have this opportunity to address the General Assembly on behalf of the people of Zambia. I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Pin...

I am delighted to congratulate Mr. Ping, a distinguished son of Africa, upon his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. Indee...

There is no reality more oppressive than the silence of a nation. For too long, Afghanistan was a silenced nation, a country without a voice. After decades of ...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. I am fully convinced that,...

Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you most warmly on your election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, whose proceeding...

During the past two years, the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in Africa, have brought turmoil to the world. The ...

I would like to start by congratulating Mr. Julian Hunte on his 33 election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eight session. We wish him ...

It gives me profound pleasure to welcome and congratulate Mr. Julian Hunte in regard to the lofty position that he now holds. It was not long ago that he was f...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the Assembly at this session. I would also like to congratulate the outgoing...

We thank Jan Kavan for his work, and we welcome Mr. Julian Hunte in the difficult year that awaits him. At the beginning of this millennium, a summit of the wo...

To stand again at this podium today, representing Australia as its Foreign Minister, entering into the great conversation of nations, is an unsettling experien...

A few days ago, the United Nations was again attacked in Baghdad just one month after the United Nations Headquarters was targeted in a devastating terrorist...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session and to express grat...