Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

United Kingdom

GBR
1993
Session 48
Mr. HURD

Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election, and on the dignified and effective way in which you are already presiding over this Assembl...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1981
Session 36
Mr. TAVARES ESPAILLAT

2. It is my privilege to convey the warmest congratulations of the Government r d delegation of the Dominican Republic, and my own personal congratulations, t...

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Pakistan

PAK
1975
Session 30
Mr. AHMED

42. It gives me great pleasure to extend to the President of the Assembly the warm felicitations of my delegation on his election to the high office of the pre...

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Turkey

TUR
1963
Session 18
Mr. ERKIN

As I take the floor it gives me particular pleasure to express to you, Mr. President, both on my own behalf and on that of my delegation, our sincerest congratu...

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Angola

AGO
2015
Session 70
Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente

At the outset, on behalf of the President of Angola, Mr. José Eduardo dos Santos, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his electi...

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Suriname

SUR
1988
Session 43
SHANKAR

Mandated by a free and determined people through the most adequate mechanism to designate by whom they wish to be governed, namely, free and fair general elect...

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Angola

AGO
2013
Session 68
Manuel Domingos Vicente

On behalf of the President of the Republic of Angola, His Excellency Mr. José Eduardo dos Santos, whom I have the honour to represent before the Assembly, al...

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Kenya

KEN
1995
Session 50
Mr. Musyoka

Let me, at the outset, congratulate His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his unanimous election as President of the fiftieth session of the General Ass...

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Belgium

BEL
1974
Session 29
Mr. Van Eslande

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Bouteflika on the occasion of his election as President of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His election to this h...

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

KNA
2016
Session 71
Mr. Timothy Harris

On behalf of the Government and the people of our proud Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your election to...

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Mauritius

MUS
1984
Session 39
Jugnauth

Mr. President, I thank you for the opportunity given to me to address the Assembly. I bring to you and to the eminent personalities gathered here the warm gree...

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Algeria

DZA
2015
Session 70
Mr. Ramtane Lamamra

On behalf of Algeria, I would like to warmly congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth sessi...

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Dominica

DMA
1979
Session 34
Seraphin

Mr. President, the Commonwealth of Dominica wishes to congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly and t...

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Afghanistan

AFG
1968
Session 23
Mr. PAZHWAK

43. This Assembly is not a philosophical forum where we ask why baffling events occur or what reality is, but an institution made up of human beings who ought t...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
1988
Session 43
Mr. NDONG

 The forty-third session of the General Assembly is beginning its work at a time when the international community is anxiously stating and claiming, more than ...

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Italy

ITA
1974
Session 29
Mr. Plaja

215. Mr. President, I should like first of all, on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mr. Moro, and of the Italian delegation, to congratulat...

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Norway

NOR
2011
Session 66
Espen Barth Eide

Since we last met here, major changes have swept through the world. We have been witnessing the Arab Spring. People are standing up against authoritarian rul...

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Nigeria

NGA
2008
Session 63
Ojo Maduekwe

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. You may remain assured of the full suppo...

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Vanuatu

VUT
1998
Session 53
Donald Kalpokas

On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Didier Opertti on his election to ...

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Lybian Arab Republic

LBY
1972
Session 27
Mr. Kikhia

Mr. President, allow me first to extend to you my heartiest congratulations on behalf of the delegation of the Libyan Arab Republic on your accession to your hi...

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