Speeches by President

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Ireland

IRL
2022
Session 77
Micheal Martin

This year Ireland marks the centenary of its independence. The Irish Free State was established on 6 December 1922, when we began our journey as an independent ...

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Philippines

PHL
1961
Session 16
Mr. Elizalde

On this our first opportunity to address the General Assembly, I should like, in the name of the Philippine delegation, to express to Mr. Slim my heartiest con...

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Fiji

FJI
1977
Session 32
Vunibobo

148. Mr. President, though the general debate is drawing to a close, it is still appropriate for me to associate myself with previous speakers who have congrat...

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Algeria

DZA
2003
Session 58
Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you most warmly on your election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, whose proceeding...

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Togo

TGO
2008
Session 63
Kofi Esaw

Allow me first of all to congratulate Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. He can c...

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Belgium

BEL
1977
Session 32
SIMONET

39. Mr. President, chance and the rule of alphabetical order have led to a situation in which I am speaking to you today as the Minister for Foreign Affairs o...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1959
Session 14
Mr. Popović

1. Mr. President, I should like, personally and on behalf of my delegation, to offer my warmest and heartiest congratulations upon your unanimous election to th...

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Comoros

COM
1983
Session 38
MADISOILIHI

1. I should like first of all, Sir, to offer you on behalf of my delegation our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-eighth sess...

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Palestine

PSE
2017
Session 72
Mr. Mahmoud Abbas

Twenty- four years have passed since the signing of the Oslo Accords, an interim agreement that set a five-year period for bringing an end to the Israeli occupa...

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Mongolia

MNG
1972
Session 27
Mr. Rinchin

Comrade President, first of all I should like on behalf of the delegation of the Mongolian People's Republic to offer you our warm congratulations on your elect...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2008
Session 63
Winston Baldwin Spencer

I wish at the outset to extend heartiest congratulations and assurances of my cooperation and highest esteem to Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election...

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United Kingdom

GBR
1983
Session 38
Sir Geoffrey HOWE

150. Mr. President, may I begin by joining other speakers in congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General...

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Sudan

SDN
1995
Session 50
Mr. Taha

Allow me at the outset to express to the President my warmest congratulations on his election to guide the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. We are conf...

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Djibouti

DJI
1990
Session 45
FARAH

Allow me at the outset, on my own behalf and that of my delegation, to extend our sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of the G...

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Nicaragua

NIC
1983
Session 38
ORTEGA SAAVEDRA

74. First of all, please allow me to extend our congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Nicaragua is...

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Argentina

ARG
1972
Session 27
Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. President, on behalf of the Argentine Government, I am pleased to offer you our congratulations on the election as President of the General Assembly of an o...

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UAE

ARE
2012
Session 67
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty- seventh session. I am confident ...

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Kuwait

KWT
1996
Session 51
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah

On behalf of the State of Kuwait, it gives me great pleasure to extend to Mr. Razali our sincere congratulations on his election as President of the General As...

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Uganda

UGA
1972
Session 27
Mr. Ibingira

Mr. President, I have already, oil this rostrum, had the pleasant occasion to welcome your election and the appointment of our illustrious Secretary-General. Le...

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Cambodia

KHM
2010
Session 65
Hor Namhong

At the outset, allow me to join the previous speakers in expressing my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Joseph Deiss of Switzerland on his election ...

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