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Lebanon

LBN
2001
Session 56
Mahmoud Hammoud

Mr. President, allow me first to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, which is meeting under crit...

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Lesotho

LSO
2001
Session 56
Motsoahae Thomas Thabane

On behalf of the delegation of Lesotho, allow me, through you, Sir, to congratulate the President and other members of the Bureau on their election to office d...

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Liberia

LBR
2001
Session 56
Monie Captan

I am honoured to participate in this historic session on behalf of His Excellency Dr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia, and to shar...

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Libya

LBY
2001
Session 56
Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalghem

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. His c...

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Liechtenstein

LIE
2001
Session 56
Ernst Walch

Let me first join previous speakers in expressing our heartfelt sympathies to the host country and to the bereaved families for the loss of their loved ones in...

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Lithuania

LTU
2001
Session 56
Gediminas Šerkšnys

Let me at the outset express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of Monday’s tragic accident in Queens, New York. I am particularly pleased ...

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Luxembourg

LUX
2001
Session 56
Lydie Polfer

First, I should like to express our very sincere condolences and sense of compassion to the families of the victims of the tragic accident that occurred this m...

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Macedonia

MKD
2001
Session 56
Ilinka Mitreva

At the outset, allow me to convey our deepest condolences to the American people and Government for today's plane crash and to express our deepest sympathies t...

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Madagascar

MDG
2001
Session 56
Lila Ratsifandriamanana

It is with strong feelings that we return today to New York to find it still darkened by mourning yet ever brightened by the aura of freedom. New York is the c...

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Malawi

MWI
2001
Session 56
Lilian Patel

At the outset, I would like to convey the condolences of the people and the Government of the Republic of Malawi to the Government and the people of the United...

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Malaysia

MYS
2001
Session 56
Hasmy Agam

My delegation would like to congratulate the distinguished Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of...

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Maldives

MDV
2001
Session 56
Fathulla Jameel

It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of my country, to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. His election ...

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Mali

MLI
2001
Session 56
Modibo Sidibe

At the outset, I would like to express our condolences to the Governments of the United States and the Dominican 32 Republic, and to the families of the victi...

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Malta

MLT
2001
Session 56
Joseph Borg

Allow me to begin by expressing my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. The fifty-sixth session is clearly going...

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Marshall islands

MHL
2001
Session 56
Raynard Gideon

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands allow me to offer cordial congratulations to the President on his election a...

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Mauritania

MRT
2001
Session 56
Dah Ould Abdi

I am delighted to be able to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, on your election to the presidency of th...

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Mauritius

MUS
2001
Session 56
Anerood Jugnauth

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to address this Assembly under your able and distinguished leadership. May I, on behalf of my delegation, take this o...

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Mexico

MEX
2001
Session 56
Vicente Fox

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I should also like to extend my congratulations to all the other memb...

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Moldova

MDA
2001
Session 56
Nicolae Dudau

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to convey to you our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I a...

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Monaco

MCO
2001
Session 56
Prime Albert

In taking the floor here at the Headquarters of our Organization — recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize — meeting in New York, which has been so tragically ...

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