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I would like to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. Seventy-one years after the ...

I am very pleased to address, for the first time, this global family of ours at its seventy-first gathering, on behalf of the Government and the people of Kirib...

At the outset, I would like to extend our sincere congratulations to the President and his country, the Republic of Fiji, on his election to preside over the Ge...

I would first like to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, and to thank Mr. Mogens ...

First, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I extend my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson on his elect...

This year marks the twenty- fifth anniversary of Latvia’s independence and membership in the United Nations. My country took its rightful place at the United Na...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. Allow me also to thank ...

May I take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. ...

Last year, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, we, all together, pledged to improve various conditions facing humankind and to protect our n...

At the outset, I am happy to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- first session. Allow me to wish y...

The migration and refugee crises are at the heart of our debate these days, both here and back home. People around the world are on the move in unprecedented nu...

This year we agreed that the general debate would aim to give a universal push to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. I would like to focus on the part...

May I first of all congratulate Mr. Thompson on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- first session. I wish also to take this...

I am truly honoured to address this important forum as President of the Republic of Macedonia and to share with the Assembly the Republic of Macedonia’s positio...

At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Madagascar that I lead, I congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the Gener...

I am delighted and happy to be addressing the General Assembly today, and I would like to join my fellow leaders in congratulating the President on his election...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I also wi...

I wish to begin by congratulating the President on his assumption of office. The Maldives is proud to welcome a distinguished diplomat from a fellow island Stat...

I would like to begin by extending the hearty congratulations of the delegation of Mali to the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its sev...

Allow me to join my colleagues in expressing my country’s deepest gratitude and appreciation to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his sterling work. This sevent...