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Algeria

DZA
2002
Session 57
Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Let me at the outset, on behalf of the Algerian delegation, congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the current session of the General Assembly...

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Andorra

AND
2002
Session 57
Juli Minoves-Triquell

First of all, may I congratulate President Jan Kavan, well known for his expertise in human rights, on his election to preside over this General Assembly. My c...

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Angola

AGO
2002
Session 57
João Bernardo de Miranda

Allow me, on behalf of my Government and in my own name, to salute Mr. Kavan on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are convinced that h...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2002
Session 57
Patrick Albert Lewis

Let me express my country's delight in having Mr. Jan Kavan preside over this fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. Antigua and Barbuda owes much to t...

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Argentina

ARG
2002
Session 57
Carlos Ruckauf

First, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. Argentina welcomes the fa...

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Armenia

ARM
2002
Session 57
Vartan Oskanian

I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, and to wish you succ...

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Australia

AUS
2002
Session 57
Alexander Downer

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. I am also pleased to welcome Switz...

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Austria

AUT
2002
Session 57
Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Let me begin by welcoming Switzerland, our western neighbour, as a full member of the United Nations and her first participation in the General Assembly after ...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
2002
Session 57
Vilayat Guliyev

I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty- seventh session, and to expr...

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Bahamas

BHS
2002
Session 57
Frederick A. Mitchell

On behalf of Prime Minister Perry G. Christie, the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your e...

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Bahrain

BHR
2002
Session 57
Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa

I should like at the outset to sincerely congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- seventh session. I shoul...

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Bangladesh

BGD
2002
Session 57
Morshed Khan

May I begin by extending my warm congratulations to the President upon his election. We have every confidence that his stewardship of our proceedings will yiel...

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Barbados

BRB
2002
Session 57
Billie Miller

It is my pleasure to join with preceding speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh sessio...

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Belarus

BLR
2002
Session 57
Mikhail Khvostov

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I believe your extensive diplomatic experience will contin...

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Belgium

BEL
2002
Session 57
Louis Michel

Some 50 years ago my predecessor Paul-Henri Spaak said before the Assembly, in a phrase that stands out in our minds, “We are afraid”. At that time, totalitari...

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Belize

BLZ
2002
Session 57
John Briceno

On 21 September 1981 Belize joined the community of nations as an independent country, and we the people of Belize enthusiastically embraced our role as a part...

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Benin

BEN
2002
Session 57
Kolawolé Idji

On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Benin, allow me to convey to Mr. Jan Kavan our heartfelt congratulations on his well-deserved election to the pr...

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Bhutan

BTN
2002
Session 57
Jigmi Yoser Thinley

We have before us an array of issues that are as compelling and daunting as ever before. Many of these threaten to widen further the divides that separate us a...

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Bolivia

BOL
2002
Session 57
Carlos Mesa Gisbert

I would like to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his deserved election as President of the General Assembly at this session. We wish him every success. I would al...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH
2002
Session 57
Zlatko Lagumdzija

I am grateful for the opportunity to address the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. Allow me at the 23 outset to extend my warmest congratulations...

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