Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

United States

USA
1970
Session 25
Mr. YOST

1. It is my privilege to extend to you once again the warm congratulations of the United States delegation on your election to the Presidency of the twenty-fif...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1974
Session 29
Mr. Facio

Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of Costa Rica I should like to join the many speakers who have congratulated you on your election as President of thi...

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Cameroon

CMR
2016
Session 71
Mr. Paul Biya

Cameroon wishes to congratulate Mr. Thomson on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- first session. His great experience at the...

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Iceland

ISL
1959
Session 14
Mr. Thors

71. It has been only on rare occasions that my delegation has participated in the general debate ever since my country, Iceland, entered the United Nations in 1...

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Viet Nam

VNM
2018
Session 73
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc

I am very honoured to deliver this statement during the general debate of the General Assembly at the beginning of its seventy-third session, whose theme has be...

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Ukraine

UKR
1996
Session 51
Hennadi Udovenko

It is my honour to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. On behalf of the Ukrain...

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Fiji

FJI
2021
Session 76
Frank Bainimarama

President of 76th Session of UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid; Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres; Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen ...

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Armenia

ARM
2011
Session 66
Serzh Sargsyan

I would first like to thank and wish every success to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, and to t...

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Cambodia

KHM
2003
Session 58
Hor Namhong

First of all, I wish to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assem...

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Ukraine

UKR
2001
Session 56
Anatoliy M. Zlenko

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, Mr. Han Seung-soo, on his election to that important a...

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Seychelles

SYC
2001
Session 56
Claude Morel

My delegation would like to congratulate Mr. Han on his dynamic stewardship of the deliberations of the General Assembly at this session. Our felicitations als...

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Mali

MLI
1991
Session 46
DRAME

I should first like to extend to Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia the warmest congratulations of the delegation of Mali on his election to the presidency of ...

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Tanzania

TZA
2001
Session 56
Jakaya Kikwete

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. You...

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Cape Verde

CPV
2018
Session 73
Mr. Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca

I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your election, and wish you great success as you embark on your noble and challenging mission. I also wish...

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Oman

OMN
2010
Session 65
Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Al-Busaidi

It gives me great pleasure to offer you, Sir, and your friendly country, Switzerland, our warmest congratulations on your election to preside over the sixty-...

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Canada

CAN
2014
Session 69
Stephen Harper

It is both an honour and a pleasure for me to once again address the Assembly. (spoke in English) For more than 70 years, Canada has supported the United Na...

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Uruguay

URY
1987
Session 42
IGLESIAS

Year after year we come to the Assembly concerned about the direction of international events, which, with disheartening persistence, weaken our hopes of layin...

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Swaziland

SWZ
1993
Session 48
His Majesty King Mswati III

I am delighted and honoured to have this opportunity once more to address this distinguished gathering. I bring with me from the Kingdom of Swaziland the greeti...

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Oman

OMN
1974
Session 29
Mr. Macki

At the outset, allow me to express the sympathy of the Government of Oman for the Governments and peoples of Honduras and Peru for the natural disasters which h...

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Honduras

HND
1989
Session 44
LOPEZ CONTRERAS

I feel very honoured to be here once again to speak to the General Assembly on behalf of the Government of President Jose Azcona. I should like to begin my sta...

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