Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Mexico

MEX
1975
Session 30
Mr. ECHEVERRIA ALVAREZ

2. May I express to you, Mr. President, my most sincere congratulations on your well-deserved election to preside over our work. Nevertheless I feel that in th...

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Israel

ISR
1961
Session 16
Mrs. Meir

152. As we meet year after year and continue our search for ways and means to assure peace in the world, two truths stand out above everything else: 153. Firs...

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Argentina

ARG
1947
Session 2
Mr. Arce

On behalf of the Argentine delegation, I should like to refer first to the general problem of the maintenance of peace, and later to the concrete question of th...

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Poland

POL
1953
Session 8
Mr. Naszkowski

35. For the eighth time in the history of the United Nations, the General Assembly is meeting in order to discuss and take decisions on many important internati...

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Pakistan

PAK
1968
Session 23
Mr. HUSAIN

70. May I, first of all, offer my congratulations to the President on his unanimous election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. This election...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1948
Session 3
Mr. KARDELJ

Mr. KARDELJ began by pointing out that in the course of the general debate some speakers had, in what he described as a state of panic, expressed their fears wi...

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AUS

AUS
1994
Session 49

I warmly congratulate you, Your Excellency Minister Essy, on your election as President of the General Assembly at this forty-ninth session. Australia is very p...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1951
Session 6
Mr. KARDELJ

Never before in history has mankind longed so fervently as now for genuine international security and real peace; and never, in all probability, have men partic...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1953
Session 8
Mr. David

29. The prolonged period of increasing tension in international relations, deliberately brought about over the last few years by aggressive forces in the world,...

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New Zealand

NZL
1966
Session 21
Mr. CORNER

78. The task of ensuring full expression of the diverse views of 121 Member States, while still bringing our deliberations to a constructive outcome, is no ...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1983
Session 38
WOLDE

49. At the very outset I congratulate Mr. Jorge Illueca on his well deserved election as president of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly and wi...

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France

FRA
2018
Session 73
Mr. Emmanuel Macron

All of us here are heirs to the great hope to save future generations from the scourge of war, to build an international order based on law and respect for one’...

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Geranada

GRD
1982
Session 37
WHITEMAN

The delegation of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada wishes to join all those delegations which have extended their congratulations and best wis...

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Thailand

THA
1977
Session 32
Pachariyangkun

150. Mr. President, allow me at the outset to offer my warmest congratulations to you on your election to the high office of the presidency of the current sess...

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Guatemala

GTM
1966
Session 21
Mr. ARENALES CATALAN

1. Guatemala comes before this august world parliament to explain the position of its new Government, revolutionary in its desire to bring about immediate and r...

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Spain

ESP
1957
Session 12
Mr. DE LEQUERICA

The Spanish delegation extends its very warm congratulations to Sir Leslie Munro on his election. Rarely has a man of greater authority, more imbued with the tr...

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Syria

SYR
1966
Session 21
Mr. TOMEH

1. Mr. President, it is my pleasant duty to extend to you, on behalf of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic, our congratulations on your election to ...

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Albania

ALB
1979
Session 34
Nase

Permit me first, Sir, to extend to you the warmest congratulations of the Albanian delegation on your election to the important post of President of the thirty...

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Mali

MLI
1966
Session 21
Mr. BA

96. The twenty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly opens, to our deep regret, inauspiciously, under the shadow of the most serious episode...

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Kenya

KEN
1977
Session 32
WAIYAKI

55. Mr. President, your election is a great tribute to you personally and to your country, with which Kenya maintains very cordial relations. Yugoslavia has b...

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