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Sierra Leone

SLE
1999
Session 54
Sama Banya

On behalf of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, the Government and people of Sierra Leone, and on my own personal behalf, I would like to congratulate Mr. Gurirab mo...

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Singapore

SGP
1999
Session 54
Shunmugam Jayakumar

First let convey my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election. As we enter the new millennium, the United Nations is crossing a significan...

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Slovakia

SVK
1999
Session 54
Mikuláš Dzurinda

I would like to express my sincere congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session and to extend my best...

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Slovenia

SVN
1999
Session 54
Janez Drnovsek

Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, and your country, Namibia, on your election as President of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assem...

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Solomon islands

SLB
1999
Session 54
Bartholomew Ulufa’alu

Let me express my sincere congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. Under your leadership, I am c...

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South Africa

ZAF
1999
Session 54
Thabo Mbeki

On behalf of our Government and in my capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations to you, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, ...

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Spain

ESP
1999
Session 54
Abel Matutes

I sincerely congratulate Mr. Gurirab on his election as President of the General Assembly at this session, the last to be held 37 before the start of the new ...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1999
Session 54
Lakshman Kadirgamar

Allow me first to extend to our President's distinguished predecessor, His Excellency Didier Opertti, Foreign Minister of Uruguay, President of the fifty-third ...

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Sudan

SDN
1999
Session 54
Mustafa Osman Ismail

Allow me at the outset to extend to Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab the sincere congratulations of my delegation on his election to the presidency of this session. We are ...

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Suriname

SUR
1999
Session 54
Jules Albert Wijdenbosch

First of all, I would like to extend to you, Sir, my warm congratulations on your election to the helm of our General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. We ...

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Swaziland

SWZ
1999
Session 54
Arthur Khoza

I am honoured to address the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session as a representative of His Majesty the King of Swaziland. I bring with me from the Kin...

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Sweden

SWE
1999
Session 54
Anna Lindh

The past year has been a difficult one for the United Nations. Its principles have been challenged. Its relevance has been questioned. Still, at the end of the ...

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Syria

SYR
1999
Session 54
Farouk Al-Shara'

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Gurirab on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I am confident tha...

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Tajikistan

TJK
1999
Session 54
Emomali Rakhmonov

First of all, permit me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to your important post as President of the General Assembly. We are convinced that thanks to ...

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Tanzania

TZA
1999
Session 54
Benjamin William Mkapa

Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. This is an expressi...

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Thailand

THA
1999
Session 54
Surin Pitsuwan

On behalf of the Government and people of Thailand, I extend my warm congratulations to you, Sir, upon your unanimous election to the presidency of the fifty-fo...

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Togo

TGO
1999
Session 54
Joseph Kokou Koffigoh

I am pleased to join those who spoke before me in expressing my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to lead this fifty-fourth session of th...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1999
Session 54
Ralph Maraj

I wish to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its final session of the twentieth century and would like to assure yo...

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Tunisia

TUN
1999
Session 54
Saïd Ben Mustapha

I would like first of all to extend to you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I...

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Turkey

TUR
1999
Session 54
Ismail Cem

Mr. President, the session of the General Assembly over which you are presiding marks the last to be held this century. We are about to turn a new leaf in histo...

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