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1. It is my pleasure to address, in the name of Egypt, this solemn gathering of heads of State and representatives of nations in this Hall, which is the forum...

1. Both for my delegation as a whole and for me personally, Sir, it is a great honour to congratulate you most warmly and cordially on your well-deserved elec...

1. It is a great pleasure for me to address the Assembly at its yearly meeting, this time at its thirty-eighth session. It is our deep hope that the work of t...

49. At the very outset I congratulate Mr. Jorge Illueca on his well deserved election as president of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly and wi...

28. I wish first of all, Sir, to take this opportunity to convey to you the congratulations of the Federal Republic of Germany on your election to the high off...

114. Mr. President, it gives me much pleasure to add my delegation's congratulations to the many you have already received on your election as President. We a...

1. May I begin, Sir, by extending my warm congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your country and mine have always ...

30. It is a great honour for me to address the Assembly. 31. Since the United Nations was founded—and I have not forgotten that France was at San Francisco as ...

63. As has become customary each year at this time, the general debate gives us the invaluable opportunity to summarize the political and economic situation i...

63. It is an honour for me, and my very great pleasure, to extend to you, Mr. President, the sincere congratulations of my delegation, as well as those of the...

135. Mr. President, I have the honour of addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the European Community and its 10 member States. It is with particular pl...

91. I wish first to congratulate Mr. Jorge Illueca on his election to the presidency of this historic Assembly. His many years of experience, his outstanding ...

134. Allow me first, Sir, to express to you on behalf of the Guatemalan delegation, which I have the honour to lead, our warmest congratulations on your electi...

145. We should like first, Sir, to convey to you, and through you to the people and Government of Panama, the sincere congratulations of the Revolutionary Peo...

169. Before stating at the Assembly the profound concern of my people and my Government at the numerous problems afflicting the present-day world, I should li...

190. Mr. President, the Assembly convenes at a time when international relations are increasingly characterized by tensions and turmoil, fear of nuclear disast...

45. It is a particular pleasure for me to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the Haitian delegation, my warmest congratulations on your election to the preside...

1. First of alt, Sir, I should like to express to you, on behalf of the people and Government of Honduras, our congratulations on your election to the presiden...

26. Let me first offer you, Sir, a warm welcome and hearty congratulations on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. In you ...

 It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Illueca on his election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. I am confide...