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Bolivia

BOL
1957
Session 12
Mr. BARRAU RALAEZ

I should like to begin by congratulating Sir Leslie Munro most heartily on his election to the distinguished office of President of the General Assembly. 2. In ...

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Brazil

BRA
1957
Session 12
Mr. ARANHA

Mr. President, it gives me a special pleasure to be the first today to applaud your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly, a tribut...

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Bulgaria

BGR
1957
Session 12
Mr. TARABANOV

The agenda of the twelfth session of the General Assembly includes some extremely important items, items which are of crucial significance to mankind, but for w...

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Burma

MMR
1957
Session 12
U THANT

First of all, let me take this opportunity of extending the very warm felicitations of my delegation to the President on his election as President of the twelft...

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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

BLR
1957
Session 12
Mr. KISELEV

As the main purpose of the United Nations is to strengthen peace and international security, the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR feels it must state its view...

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Cambodia

KHM
1957
Session 12
Mr. PENN-NOUTH

I should like, first of all, to join other delegations in conveying to Sir Leslie Munro my delegation's sincere congratulations on his election as President of ...

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Canada

CAN
1957
Session 12
Mr. DIEFENBAKER

Mr. President, may I, not in a perfunctory manner, congratulate you on behalf of the Canadian delegation on your election, and offer you our best wishes? Having...

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Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

LKA
1957
Session 12
Mr. GUNEWARDENE

On a previous occasion I was privileged to offer Sir Leslie Munro the felicitations of my Government on his elevation to the high office of President of this As...

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Chile

CHL
1957
Session 12
Mr. SERRANO

It is a great honour for me to convey to you, Mr. President, the congratulations of my Government upon your election to the high office which your personal abil...

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China

CHN
1957
Session 12
Mr. HU SHIH

I wish to join Sir Leslie Munro's numerous friends in expressing to him the hearty congratulations of my delegation on his election to the presidency of the twe...

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Colombia

COL
1957
Session 12
Mr. SANZ DE SANTAMARIA

The twelfth session of the General Assembly is opening in a calmer atmosphere and with more favourable prospects for world peace than those immediately precedin...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1957
Session 12
Mr. CAÑAS

I should like first to congratulate the President on his election and the Assembly on having placed him in that high office. For me, it will be a particular pri...

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Cuba

CUB
1957
Session 12
Mr. NUNEZ PORTUONDO

The Cuban delegation’s purpose in participating in this general debate is to state briefly, owing to the great number of speakers listed, our Government's views...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1957
Session 12
Mr. DAVID

Permit me first of all to congratulate the President on his election as President of the United Nations General Assembly. I should also like, on behalf of the C...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1957
Session 12
Mr. HERRERA BAEZ

I should like in the first place, on behalf of the delegation of the Dominican Republic and of my Government, to congratulate the President most heartily on his...

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Ecuador

ECU
1957
Session 12
Mr. TRUJILLO

It is a great honour for me to come to this rostrum for the sixth time as the representative of my Government and to state its views on some of the major proble...

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Egypt

EGY
1957
Session 12
Mr. FAWZI

May I be permitted to join our colleagues who preceded me in congratulating Sir Leslie Munro and wishing him success in presiding over our deliberations during ...

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El Salvador

SLV
1957
Session 12
Mr. URQULA

The circumstances in which this session of the General Assembly is being held seem to be less unfavourable than those which preceded and accompanied the elevent...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1957
Session 12
Ato Yilma DERESSA

I have already had occasion to congratulate the President during my previous intervention [686th meeting]. I will now add to what I said then, if I may, that we...

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Federation of Malaya

MYS
1957
Session 12
Mr. ISMAIL

Mr. President, first and foremost I should like to congratulate you on your election as President of the twelfth session of the General Assembly. It will remain...

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