Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Mauritania

MRT
1988
Session 43
Ould N’Diayane

It gives me great pleasure to associate myself with previous speakers in offering to Ambassador Caputo my warmest congratulations on his election to the presid...

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YMD

YMD
1980
Session 35

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your election to preside over the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly and assure you ...

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Ireland

IRL
2015
Session 70
Mr. Charles Flanagan

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...

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Netherlands

NLD
1956
Session 11
Mr. LUNS

On behalf of the Netherlands delegation, I should like first of all to offer the President our sincere congratulations upon his election to his high office. It ...

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United Kingdom

GBR
1996
Session 51
Malcolm Rifkind

May I begin by congratulating Ambassador Razali of Malaysia on his assumption of office as our General Assembly’s new President and offer our thanks to his pre...

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Spain

ESP
2011
Session 66
Trinidad Jimenez

I begin by congratulating the President on his election to preside over this principal organ in which we all strive to achieve the purposes of the United Nat...

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Lesotho

LSO
1990
Session 45
LEKHANYA

Permit me to offer you, Sir, sincere congratulations upon your election to the presidency of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly. We have confidenc...

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Iran

IRN
1977
Session 32
KHALATBARY

217. May I begin by congratulating Mr. Lazar Mojsov on this election as the president of this thirty-second session of the General Assembly. It is a source of...

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Benin

BEN
2001
Session 56
Kolawolé A. Idji

I would first of all like to express my outrage at the unacceptable conditions that terrorism has imposed on us at the fifty- sixth session of the General Asse...

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Albania

ALB
2004
Session 59
Mr. Fatos Nano

It is my special pleasure to address the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. This universal forum has enabled the peoples of the ...

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Dominica

DMA
2018
Session 73
Ms. Francine Baron

I congratulate the President of the General Assembly on her election to the presidency, and my delegation wishes her every success in a productive tenure as we ...

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Nepal

NPL
1990
Session 45
RAWA

Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, my delegation's sincere felicitations on your unanimous election as President of the forty-fifth session of the G...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
1973
Session 28
Al-Sowaidi

76. Mr. President, I am happy to extend to you the congratulations of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates on your election to the presidency. Your illus...

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Qatar

QAT
2016
Session 71
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani

At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the duties of the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session...

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Uganda

UGA
2005
Session 60
Sam Kutesa

I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this important session, at which we pledge our ful...

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Eritrea

ERI
2004
Session 59
Mr. Ali Said ABDELLA,

Allow me at the outset to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session. In li...

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Malawi

MWI
1986
Session 41
Mr. MANGWAZP

On behalf of ray delegation, I join all those who have spoken before me in offering ray sincere congratulations to Mr. Choudhury, of Bangladesh, on his electio...

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Bangladesh

BGD
2014
Session 69
Sheikh Hasina

I warmly congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I also congratulate Ambassador John...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
2002
Session 57
Philip Sealy

Please allow me to preface my indication by indicating to this Assembly the regret of my Head of Government and of my Foreign Minister, who could not join us o...

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Kuwait

KWT
2001
Session 56
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

On behalf of the State of Kuwait, it gives me pleasure to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo, and his friendly country, the Republic of Korea, on his election as P...

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