Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Belarus

BLR
1996
Session 51
Uladzimir Syanko

Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. General debates o...

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Madagascar

MDG
1968
Session 23
Mr. RABEMANANJARA

137. The Malagasy delegation would like first of all to extend its warmest congratulations to Mr. Arenales on his election to the Presidency of the twenty-third...

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Paraguay

PRY
1979
Session 34
Nogues

This thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly will have the singular privilege tomorrow of receiving His Holiness John Paul II and hearing his solemn stat...

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India

IND
2003
Session 58
Atal Behari Vajpayee

Mr. President, we congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. We wish you every suc...

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Gambia

GMB
1996
Session 51
Ebrima Ceesay

I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail wholeheartedly on his assumption of the presidency of this session. His close association with the ...

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Panama

PAN
2017
Session 72
Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez

I would like to begin my remarks by extending my condolences and solidarity to the people and the Government of Mexico for the victims of the earthquake that st...

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Russian Federation

RUS
1992
Session 47
Mr. KOZYREV

First, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to this important post. The fact that a representative of Bulgaria has assumed this post a...

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India

IND
1971
Session 26
Mr. Saran SINGH

38. Mr. President, on behalf of the people of India, we offer you our warmest congratulations on your election as President of this session of the General Assem...

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Botswana

BWA
2018
Session 73
Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi

It is indeed an honour and privilege for me to address the General Assembly for the first time in my capacity as the President of the Republic of Botswana, afte...

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France

FRA
1994
Session 49
Mr. Juppé

France is especially pleased, Mr. President, to see the General Assembly meeting under your authority. At the end of a year marked by the passing of an extraord...

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United Arab Republic

EGY
1966
Session 21
Mr. Mahmoud RIAD

84. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure, at the outset of my statement, to extend to you the congratulations of the United Arab Republic and its delega...

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Gabon

GAB
1974
Session 29
Mr. Okumba D'Okwatsegue

Speaking as I am for the first time from this rostrum and representing a country whose policy is profoundly attached to the noble principles of dialog and toler...

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Malta

MLT
2007
Session 62
Lawrence Gonz

I would like, first of all, to extend my congratulations to you, Sir, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- second session. ...

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Hungary

HUN
1962
Session 17
Mr. PETER

According to French publications, instructions to President de Gaulle's night duty officers run as follows: "Do not disturb the President of the Republic except...

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Italy

ITA
2000
Session 55
Lamberto Dini

I wish to congratulate the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Namibia, Theo-Ben Gurirab, on his wise leadership of the fifty-fourth General Assembly and his able pr...

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Portugal

PRT
1974
Session 29
Mr. Soares

95. Mr. President, speaking for the first time in the General Assembly, I feel a double satisfaction not simply because I represent here a new Portugal which h...

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Japan

JPN
1962
Session 17
Mr. OHIRA

On behalf of the Japanese delegation, I wish to express to you, Mr. President, our hearty congratulations on your election as President of the seventeenth sessi...

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Belgium

BEL
1971
Session 26
Mr. HARMEL

169. Mr. President, in welcoming you as President of our Assembly, I merely wish to say one thing. Studying the introductory statement you made on 21 September...

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Brunei Darussalam

BRN
2008
Session 63
Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah

Please accept my expression of sincere appreciation to our outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim, and my warmest congratulations to Mr. Miguel ...

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Congo

COG
1999
Session 54
Rodolphe Adada

I wish to join the many previous speakers who have congratulated the President. I congratulate him most warmly on behalf of the Congolese delegation on his elec...

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