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Burundi

BDI
1999
Session 54
Severin Ntahomvukiye

Allow me first of all to associate myself with previous speakers in expressing to you, Sir, and to the members of the Bureau, my delegation's warm congratulatio...

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Cambodia

KHM
1999
Session 54
Samdech Hun Sen

It is an honour for me to address this Assembly. I bring to all greetings and good wishes from His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, and from the peop...

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Cameroon

CMR
1999
Session 54
Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni

We are pleased to note that the annual sessions of the General Assembly are increasingly each year not only a special forum for discussing international affairs...

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Canada

CAN
1999
Session 54
Lloyd Axworthy

Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Canadians are proud to have accompanied you and your people on t...

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Cape Verde

CPV
1999
Session 54
Carlos Veiga

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to convey to you and your country, Namibia, my heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the Gen...

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Chad

TCD
1999
Session 54
Mahamat Saleh Annadif

On behalf of the Chad delegation, and on my own behalf, I would like to extend warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of...

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Chile

CHL
1999
Session 54
Juan Gabriel Valdés

I would like first of all to express to you, Sir, our warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We...

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China

CHN
1999
Session 54
Tang Jiaxuan

Please allow me to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I am confident that with your wis...

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Colombia

COL
1999
Session 54
Andrés Pastrana Arango

Allow me, on my own behalf and on behalf of my country, to express our congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly for th...

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Comoros

COM
1999
Session 54
Souef Mohamed El-Amine

It is an honour and a pleasure for me to take the floor once again before this Assembly. At the outset I would like to congratulate the President on his brillia...

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Congo

COG
1999
Session 54
Rodolphe Adada

I wish to join the many previous speakers who have congratulated the President. I congratulate him most warmly on behalf of the Congolese delegation on his elec...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1999
Session 54
Miguel Ángel Rodr'guez Echeverr'a

Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this General Assembly, a truly global parliament where all mankind is represented and finds ...

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Cote d'Ivoire

CIV
1999
Session 54
Amara Essy

I wish to convey to my friend Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab how proud and happy I am to see a son of Africa leading the General Assembly into the new millennium. I congr...

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Croatia

HRV
1999
Session 54
Mate Granic

Let me first extend sincere congratulations to you, Sir, as the new President of the General Assembly. I am confident that your rich diplomatic experience and t...

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Cuba

CUB
1999
Session 54
Felipe Pérez Roque

In this Hall today are representatives of wealthy countries and also representatives of poor countries, who constitute the majority. There are ministers and amb...

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Cyprus

CYP
1999
Session 54
Glafcos Clerides

I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I have no doub...

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Czech Republic

CZE
1999
Session 54
Jan Kavan

By way of introduction, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly and wish you every succe...

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DRC

COD
1999
Session 54
Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi

The convening in the splendid metropolis of New York of this last General Assembly session of the millennium affords me the happy opportunity, on behalf of the ...

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea

PRK
1999
Session 54
Paek Nam Sun

At the outset, please allow me to express, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, our pleasure on congratulating you, Sir, on...

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Denmark

DNK
1999
Session 54
Niels Helveg Petersen

Let me first associate myself with the statement of my colleague, the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the European Union. Let me also, Mr. Pr...

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