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Cape Verde

CPV
2003
Session 58
Maria de Fátima Lima Veiga

Let me at the very outset offer my warm congratulations to Mr. Hunte on his election to preside over this fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. With hi...

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Central African Republic

CAF
2003
Session 58
Fernand Poukré-Kono

At the outset, I pay sincere tribute to the President on his election to preside over the Assembly at the fifty-eighth session, which is being held in a partic...

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Chad

TCD
2003
Session 58
Nagoum Yamassoum

As in the past, and despite present ordeals, Chad, my country, is very glad to take active part in this meeting of peoples united by the same fate and motivate...

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Chile

CHL
2003
Session 58
Soledad Alvear Valenzuela

I congratulate Mr. Hunte on his election as President of this Assembly. As the Foreign Minister of St. Lucia, a member of the Latin American and Caribbean comm...

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China

CHN
2003
Session 58
Li Zhaoxing

Please allow me warmly to congratulate Mr. Hunte, on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. I would also like to...

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Colombia

COL
2003
Session 58
Alvaro Uribe Vélez

I should like to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election as President of the General Assembly, and to wish you every success in the performance of your dutie...

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Comoros

COM
2003
Session 58
Azali Assoumani

It is a great pleasure for me to join with others who have spoken before me in congratulating, on behalf of my country, the Union of the Comoros, and on my own...

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Congo

COG
2003
Session 58
Rodolphe Adada

Three years ago, we held the Millennium Summit, during which we crafted a clear-cut common vision for the twenty-first century, a road map to confront the chal...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2003
Session 58
Linnette Saboro

Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Julian Hunte on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are convince...

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Cote d'Ivoire

CIV
2003
Session 58
Mamadou Bamba

I have the great honour of conveying to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session the greetings of the people of Côte d’Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo...

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Croatia

HRV
2003
Session 58
Stjepan Mesić

Seldom has the world's attention been so focused on the United Nations; seldom has so much been expected of this Organization. The question now being asked thr...

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Cuba

CUB
2003
Session 58
Felipe Perez Roque

Last century bore witness to two terrible world wars, in which over 80 million human beings perished. It later seemed that, due to the lessons learned, the Uni...

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Cyprus

CYP
2003
Session 58
Tassos Papadopoulos

I would like to extend to you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. We are indeed...

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Czech Republic

CZE
2003
Session 58
Cyril Svoboda

Let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, and to wish you every success in you...

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DRC

COD
2003
Session 58
Joseph Kabila

Allow me, Sir, to discharge the agreeable duty of congratulating Mr. Julian Hunte on his unanimous election to the Presidency of the General Assembly at its fi...

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Denmark

DNK
2003
Session 58
Per Stig Moeller

I should like at the outset to express, on behalf of Denmark, the most sincere condolences to the United Nations and to the families of Sergio Vieira de Mello ...

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Dominica

DMA
2003
Session 58
Pierre Charles

Allow me to start by congratulating you warmly, Mr. President, on your election to the high post of President of this respected global forum and to wish you su...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
2003
Session 58
Francisco Guerrero Prats

The international community is currently going through a period of reflection and self- definition. The great transformations that humanity experienced during ...

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Ecuador

ECU
2003
Session 58
Lucio Gutiérrez Borbúa

Ecuador, a country profoundly committed to peace, reaffirms its most categorical condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Terrorist viole...

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Egypt

EGY
2003
Session 58
Maher El Sayed

 At the outset, Sir, I should like to convey to you, both personally and in your capacity as a representative of your country, Saint Lucia, my sincere congratu...

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