Speeches by Chairman

1126 speeches found

Albania

ALB
1997
Session 52
Fatos Nano

Let me first join all the distinguished personalities who have spoken before me from this rostrum in congratulating Mr. Udovenko on his election as President o...

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YMD

YMD
1989
Session 44

 The election of Ambassador Garba of Nigeria to the presidency of the forty "fourth session of the General Assembly is a recognition of his great diplomatic sk...

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Somalia

SOM
1976
Session 31
Mr. Kassim

168. In the name of the President, people and Government of the Somali Democratic Republic and on behalf of the Somali delegation to the thirty-first session of...

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Panama

PAN
1979
Session 34
Ozores

Three days after the entry into force of the new treaties on the Panama Canal , a milestone in the history of Latin America, the President of Panama, Mr. Arist...

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Central African Republic

CAF
1976
Session 31
Mr. Franck

I am greatly honored to transmit to the General Assembly the warm congratulations of His Excellency Jean Bedel Bokassa, the President for Life of the Republic, ...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1956
Session 11
Mr. DE MARCHENA

If we review the activities of the United Nations since the days of San Francisco, we realize that never before has mankind been so deeply concerned with the qu...

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Israel

ISR
1998
Session 53
Benjamin Netanyahu

As the Prime Minister of Israel, I represent a State whose creation was envisioned, encouraged and advocated by the League of Nations 80 years ago and by the Un...

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Bulgaria

BGR
1978
Session 33
Mladenov

 1. Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, I congratulate you or. your election to the presidency of the thirty-thi...

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Uruguay

URY
1963
Session 18
Mr. ZORILLA DE SAN MARTIN

The Eastern Republic of Uruguay wishes, through me, to congratulate Mr. Carlos Sosa Rodriguez, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, on h...

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Palestine

PSE
1999
Session 54
Yasser Arafat

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to see you presiding over this new session of the General Assembly after your long struggle to gain freedom, along wit...

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Japan

JPN
2011
Session 66
Yoshihiko Noda

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Al-Nasser on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- sixth session. I express my gr...

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Nepal

NPL
1995
Session 50
Mr. Lohani

I wish first of all, on behalf of the delegation of Nepal and on my own behalf, to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election as Pr...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
1992
Session 47
Mr. YOUNG

I should like to begin by offering to Mr. Ganev my heartfelt congratulations on his assumption of the high office of President of the General Assembly. He tak...

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South Africa

ZAF
1997
Session 52
Alfred Nzo

South Africa welcomes your election, Sir, as the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. We congratulate you having experienced at first...

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Czech Republic

CZE
1995
Session 50
Mr. Zielenic

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Freitas do Amaral on his election to the prestigious office of President of the General Assembly at this fiftieth ses...

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Morocco

MAR
2011
Session 66
Taib Fassi Fihri

It is a great pleasure for me to extend to Mr. Al-Nasser my sincere congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth s...

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South Africa

ZAF
1994
Session 49
Mr. Nelson Rorihlahla Mandela

It surely must be one of the great ironies of our age that this Assembly is being addressed, for the first time in its 49 years’ history, by a South African Hea...

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Nepal

NPL
1994
Session 49
Mr. Acharya

It is a special pleasure for me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, Foreign Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, on his unanimous election to the presidency of...

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Zambia

ZMB
1990
Session 45
MWANANSHIKU

I join the speakers who have preceded me in congratulating you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fift...

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Botswana

BWA
1992
Session 47
Ketumile Masire

I am pleased to extend to you. Sir, and to your country, Bulgaria, the sincere congratulations of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the for...

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