Speeches by Chairman

1126 speeches found

Peru

PER
1989
Session 44
LARCO COX

 It is profoundly symbolic that Africa is presiding over the General Assembly. On one hand, it heralds the imminent culmination of the lengthy process of decol...

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India

IND
1987
Session 42
SINGH

Mr. President, your election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-second session attests to your personal eminence and distinc...

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Malta

MLT
1995
Session 50
Mr. de Marco

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. You bring to the Assembly...

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Swaziland

SWZ
1994
Session 49
Prince Dlamini

I bring with me the greetings and good wishes of His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Indlovukazi, the Government and people of the Kingdom of Swaziland...

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Tanzania

TZA
1999
Session 54
Benjamin William Mkapa

Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. This is an expressi...

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Poland

POL
1997
Session 52
Dariusz Rosati

At the outset I would like to offer my sincere congratulations upon Mr. Udovenko’s election to the honourable post of President of the United Nations General A...

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Uganda

UGA
2000
Session 55
Ralph Ochan

I should like to offer the apologies of my Minister, who was to have made this statement today. He has had to travel to Winnipeg, where the future of some of ou...

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German Democratic Republic

DDR
1989
Session 44
FISCHER

May I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly and warmly wish you success. A few weeks ago the...

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

UKR
1955
Session 10
Mr. Palamarchuk

1. The tenth session of the General Assembly has before it for consideration and decision questions concerning various sectors of international life. We may not...

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Nepal

NPL
1996
Session 51
Prakash Chandra Lohani

On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I should like at the outset to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election to the presidency of t...

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Russian Federation

RUS
2015
Session 70
Vladimir Putin

The seventieth anniversary of the United Nations is a good opportunity both to consider our history and to talk about our collective future. In 1945, the countr...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1994
Session 49
Mr. Maraj

I should like to offer congratulations and special greetings to Ambassador Essy on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confid...

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DDR

DDR
1987
Session 42
FISCHER

It gives me much pleasure. Comrade President, to extend to you hearty congratulations on your election to preside over the United Nations General Assembly at i...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1981
Session 36
Mr. HAMEED

On behalf of the Government and people of Sri Lanka, I extend to you, Mr. President, our congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth ...

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Bulgaria

BGR
1986
Session 41
Mr. MLADENOV

Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate you on your election to the high post of President of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. We are convinced th...

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Iran, Islamic Republic of

IRN
1975
Session 30
Mr. KHALATBARI

150. Mr. President, this session of the Assembly opens amidst signs of a new vitality, in an atmosphere of rising expectations. It is thus fitting that a perso...

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Bahrain

BHR
2018
Session 73
Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa

At the outset, allow me to sincerely congratulate the President and her friendly country, the Republic of Ecuador, on her election to preside over the General A...

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Chad

TCD
1998
Session 53
Mahamat Saleh Annadif

At the outset, I should like, on my own personal behalf and on behalf of the Republic of Chad, to express our great pleasure and congratulations on your brillia...

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El Salvador

SLV
1960
Session 15
Mr. URQUIA

The fifteenth session of the General Assembly has had as special features the presence and active participation in this general debate of Heads of State and Hea...

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Sudan

SDN
2006
Session 61
Mr. Omer Hassan Al-Bashir

On behalf of the General Assembly, I have the honour to welcome to the United Nations His Excellency Mr. Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, President of the Republic of ...

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