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 Your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is indeed gratifying, Sir, especially since you represent a country linked to Syria by...

First of all I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the forty-second session of the General Assembly. I trust that...

Permit me at the outset to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Thailand and on my own behalf, the warmest congratulations on your unanimous elec...

We are once again gathered here in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, where so many debates have been heard on the most pressing questions of sta...

My delegation extends to you, Mr. President, our heartiest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations at ...

 It gives me great pleasure to convey to the President the congratulations of the Tunisian delegation on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly...

I take pleasure, Sir, in congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-second session. I wish you every success in...

On behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, I am pleased to extend to the President our congratulations on his election to his office at this fort...

 Mr. President, let me first extend to you my congratulations on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly, and at the same time express my country's war...

Let me first welcome the Secretary-General back from his pilgrimage for peace in the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands have already fallen in the bloody confl...

We should like you, Sir, to convey our greetings to comrade Peter Florin on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-secon...

Year after year we come to the Assembly concerned about the direction of international events, which, with disheartening persistence, weaken our hopes of layin...

 Sir, I have the honour of extending to you the congratulations and best wishes of the Government and people of Vanuatu on your assumption of the presidency of...

Mr. President, on behalf of the people and Government of Venezuela, I am pleased to convey to you my sincere congratulations on your election as President of t...

 Comrade President, the delegation of Viet Nam wishes to express its warm congratulations to you, as representative of the fraternal German Democratic Republic...

 I should like to congratulate you most sincerely. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are confident that you will guide our de...

It gives me pleasure at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on behalf of the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic on your election to the presidency of this f...

 I have pleasure. Sir, in congratulating you cordially, as the representative of the friendly German Democratic Republic, on your election as President of the ...

Mr, President, at this forty-second session, reflecting as it does the maturity of our Organization, it is fitting that the General Assembly should have honour...

 On behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and on behalf of Zambia, I join all other speakers in congratulating you. Ambassador Florin, on your well...