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Our presence here today is, for my delegation and my country, cause for some celebration. This is the thirtieth anniversary of our first participation in the Ge...

The election of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session is a source of pride for Latin Ameri...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- third session. I am convinced that under your guidance th...

The principality of Monaco is particularly pleased that you, Mr. President, are carrying out the high functions and responsibilities of this fifty-third session...

Allow me, Sir, to join preceding speakers in congratulating Mr. Opertti and the members of the Bureau on their well-deserved election, and to wish them every su...

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- third session, convinced as I am that u...

At the outset, allow me to join the previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Opertti most sincerely, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its ...

At the outset, Sir, let me extend to Mr. Opertti the felicitations of my delegation on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its f...

Before I deliver my statement, let me express on behalf of my country our heartfelt sympathy to the Governments and peoples of the Caribbean that have fallen vi...

I wish to recall the late B.P. Koirala, the legendary leader who became the symbol of democracy in Nepal because of his long years of imprisonment, self-sacrifi...

I speak to this Assembly with a sense of deference and humility. Deference, because I realize that I am speaking to the greatest multilateral organization of al...

May I start, Sir, by congratulating Mr. Opertti on his election as President of this great Assembly, and wishing him well as he guides its deliberations. I was ...

I would like, before beginning my statement, to express my solidarity with the peoples of the Caribbean nations who during the past few days have been victims o...

His illustrious election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session gives me the pleasant opportunity to express to Mr. Opertti, on be...

I bring greetings, Sir, from the Government and the people of Nigeria, on whose behalf I am honoured and privileged to address this fifty-third session of the G...

Allow me first of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, to congratulate Mr. Didier Opertti, Minister for Foreign Affair...

This year we are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In our global community, the issue of human rights is the co...

May I begin by congratulating the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. His election to this distingui...

Mr. President,I wish to congratulate you on your well-deserved election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. It is taking place at a time of pr...

For the first time, Palestine is participating in the work of the General Assembly under the agenda item entitled “General debate”. That participation is a resu...