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The world has changed enormously since the establishment of the United Nations 70 years ago. It has become a real world body with 193 Member States. The United ...

The United Nations is marking its seventieth anniversary this year, making this session of the General Assembly a historic one. I hope that this year will also ...

Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his assumption of the presidency of the seventieth session of the General Assembly. It is a great honour ...

I am speaking on behalf of a great nation, which is mourning the loss of thousands of Muslim pilgrims and hundreds of its own citizens. Old, young, men and wome...

The seventieth session of the General Assembly is being held amidst the grave challenges the world is facing on more than one level, especially in fighting terr...

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly this afternoon on behalf of Ireland on the sixtieth anniversary of my country’s joining the United N...

I bring greetings from Jerusalem, the city in which the Jewish people’s hopes and prayers for peace for all of humanity have echoed throughout the ages. Thirty-...

It is with gratitude and pride that I come here today to express the voice of the Italian people, a generous and responsible people, who every day have shown th...

It is an honour for me to address this historic seventieth session of the General Assembly. I extend to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft my sincere congratulations on his e...

The United Nations, which this year commemorates the seventieth anniversary of its founding, brings together people who do not easily despair even in the face o...

It is an honour to stand before the General Assembly. I am here representing Jordan as a God-fearing and God-loving human being. I am here as a father who wants...

In this seventieth anniversary year, it is fitting that we reflect on the profound hopes of the founders of the United Nations. This universal Organization has ...

It is a pleasure for me to be addressing the General Assembly at its seventieth session. Let me begin by congratulating the President on his election at this hi...

It is an honour and a privilege to address this historic seventieth session of the General Assembly on behalf of the President, the Government and the people of...

I would like to congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the General Assembly at this historic seventieth session. I hope that his able...

I would first like to congratulate the United Nations on the seventieth anniversary of its founding, and Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, former Speaker of the Danish Parl...

At the outset, on behalf of the Government and the people of Kuwait, I extend our sincere congratulations to the President of the General Assembly and his count...

I would first like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session and wish h...

At the outset, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the seventieth session o...

As we celebrate 70 years of the United Nations and 70 years since the end of the Second World War, it is time for us all to take stock. What has been achieved? ...