Speeches by President

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Uruguay

URY
2017
Session 72
Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa

As we greet all delegations, we also welcome the holding of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. Uruguay is convinced that today more than ever w...

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Georgia

GEO
2014
Session 69
Irakli Garibashvili

It is a great honour for me to represent my country here at the United Nations. In recent years, the world has witnessed Georgia’s unwavering transformation ...

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Somalia

SOM
1984
Session 39
Barre

On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I should like first to extend our warm and sincere congratulations to Mr. Lusaka for his well-deserved electio...

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Honduras

HND
1990
Session 45
CALLEJAS ROMERO

At the outset, I should like on behalf of the people and the Government of Honduras to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General...

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Zimbabwe

ZWE
1986
Session 41
Mr. MUGABE

I should like to preface my statement by discharging some special and pleasant duties. First, Sir, on my own behalf and on behalf of my entire delegation, I wi...

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Bahamas

BHS
1987
Session 42
MAYNARD

 On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and on my own behalf, I extend warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption ...

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Kyrgyzstan

KGZ
2016
Session 71
Mr. Erlan Abdyldayev

I would first like to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, and to thank Mr. Mogens ...

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Central African Republic

CAF
2017
Session 72
Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera

I should like to add my voice to those that have preceded me at this rostrum in order to extend to you, Mr. President, my warmest congratulations on your electi...

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Eritrea

ERI
1997
Session 52
Haile Weldensae

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. Eritrea joins in the expres...

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Samoa

WSM
2017
Session 72
Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

Samoa warmly welcomes the assumption of Mr. Miroslav Lajčák to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, at a time when our Organiza...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
1997
Session 52
Rashid Abdullah Al-Noaimi

It gives me pleasure to extend to the President and to the members of the General Committee, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, our congr...

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Denmark

DNK
1997
Session 52
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

First of all, I would like to refer to the intervention which will be made tomorrow by the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union. I sh...

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Syria

SYR
2021
Session 76
Faisal Mekdad

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session ...

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Syria

SYR
1997
Session 52
Farouk Al-Shara’

I take pleasure in congratulating the President on his election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly and to congratulate his friend...

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Burundi

BDI
1999
Session 54
Severin Ntahomvukiye

Allow me first of all to associate myself with previous speakers in expressing to you, Sir, and to the members of the Bureau, my delegation's warm congratulatio...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1996
Session 51
Basdeo Panday

It is a great honour for me to extend to Mr. Razali Ismail our warmest congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, on his election as ...

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Jordan

JOR
1973
Session 28
Almufti

117. Mr. President, it is my privilege to add my voice to those of the speakers who preceded me in congratulating you on your election to the high office of t...

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Albania

ALB
1964
Session 19
Mr. Shtylla

47. First of all, Mr. President, allow me to offer you the cordial congratulations of the delegation of the People’s Republic of Albania on your election to the...

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Togo

TGO
1998
Session 53
Joseph Kokou Koffigoh

Allow me first of all, on behalf of the people of Togo and President Eyadema and his Government, to join in the congratulations extended to you, Sir, since the ...

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USA

USA
1998
Session 53
Bill Clinton

Let me begin by thanking the Assembly for its very kind and generous welcome and by noting that, at the opening of this fifty-third session of the General Assem...

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