Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Portugal

PRT
1989
Session 44
MINHEIRO

 Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. On behalf of my country and of myself personally, I am Pleased to ex...

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Honduras

HND
1968
Session 23
Mr. CARITAS CASTiLLO

163. Before beginning my statement this afternoon, I wish, on behalf of my country, to register a strong protest against the discriminatory way in which the sec...

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Fiji

FJI
2000
Session 55
Laisenia Qarase

I bring you greetings from the people of the Fiji Islands. On their behalf, I also convey our warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, along with the pledge ...

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Syria

SYR
2017
Session 72
Mr. Walid Al-Moualem

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session and wish him ever...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1985
Session 40
Mr. Vega Imbert

This session of the General Assembly is of a very special nature because of its great historical significance. The international community has expressed the hop...

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Madagascar

MDG
2013
Session 68
Andry Nirina Rajoelina

It is often said that things always come in threes. Indeed, this is the third time that I have had the privilege to address the Assembly as President of the...

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Sao Tome and Principe

STP
2016
Session 71
Mr. Patrice Emery Trovoada

Allow me, at this seventy-first session of the General Assembly, to congratulate, on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, President Peter...

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Somalia

SOM
1969
Session 24
Mr. EGAL

39. I should like to begin my intervention by presenting my most sincere congratulations to the President on her election to the high office of President of thi...

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USA

USA
1978
Session 33
Vance

103. Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election to this important office. 104. We all learned this morning with shock and sadness of the sudden death o...

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Guinea-Bissau

GNB
2007
Session 62
João Bernardo Vieira

First of all, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly. His great att...

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Burundi

BDI
1996
Session 51
Luc Rukingama

The Burundi delegation, which I have the honour of leading at the current session of this General Assembly, would like to begin by taking this opportunity to p...

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Botswana

BWA
1990
Session 45
CHIEPE

Allow me, Sir, at the outset to extend to you most sincerely the congratulations of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the forty-fifth session...

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Belgium

BEL
1984
Session 39
TINDEMANS

Mr. President, I would like to begin by conveying to you the congratulations of the Government of Belgium on your election to the presidency of the thirty-nint...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
2015
Session 70
Mr. Denis Moses

It is a signal honour for me to address this body and to extend to the President on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago c...

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Egypt

EGY
1982
Session 37
Ghali

It gave me great pleasure to see Mr. Imre Hollai elected President of the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly. On behalf of my Govern¬ment and my ...

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Liberia

LBR
1984
Session 39
Eastman

Sir, I hail, salute and congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. You bring to this high posit...

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Morocco

MAR
1959
Session 14
Mr. Benhima

51. For several years past and until its last session the General Assembly has begun its work in an international atmosphere of distrust, alarm and threats. The...

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Belarus

BLR
2022
Session 77
Vladimir Makei

For more than six months, the world has been living in the shadow of the conflict in Ukraine. It is adversely affecting a great many people on the planet. The c...

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Cyprus

CYP
1999
Session 54
Glafcos Clerides

I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I have no doub...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1983
Session 38
Bird

1. Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. My delegation f...

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