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Mr. President, it is with pride that I congratulate you, a representative of Ukraine, on your election to the international community’s highest political post....

It gives me pleasure to extend to the President and to the members of the General Committee, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, our congr...

We inhabit a modern world in which we must accept change as the normal condition of life. Communication around the globe is becoming faster. The distance betwe...

Allow me first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to preside over this new session of the General Assembly. We are sure that the exper...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to your high office, and to express our confidence in the success of the work of the current session. I als...

I am privileged today to be able to congratulate the President, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, on his election to preside over the Ass...

Speaking here on behalf of my country, I wish to congratulate the new Secretary-General of the Organization, Mr. Kofi Annan, who, after nine months in his post...

On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I wish to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-second session of the General A...

It gives me pleasure to extend to Mr. Udovenko our heartfelt congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-second sess...

I am pleased to convey the congratulations of the Zambian delegation to His Excellency Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko on his election as President of the fifty-second s...

On behalf of the States members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), of which I am the current Chairman, and of my country, Zimbabwe, I extend our warme...

At the outset, allow me, Sir, to express my delegation’s congratulations upon your election to the high position of President of the General Assembly at its fi...

Let me begin by expressing my warmest congratulations to Mr. Razali Ismail on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly as well as my best wishes ...

The current session of the United Nations General Assembly is taking place at a complex international time, marked by worrisome developments that exacerbate th...

Allow me first of all to express the honour I feel as an Andorran at the distinction that has been conferred on our small country by this Assembly through your...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Ismail Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session, which is being held a...

It is with profound pleasure that I salute the President, a diplomat of experience and stature and one worthy to preside over the functions of the fifty-first ...

May I first extend to Mr. Razali Ismail my warmest and most sincere congratulations on his 12 unanimous election as President of this important session of th...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. Given his talen...

I should like to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly. As a close neighbour of Malaysia, Australia wi...