Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Portugal

PRT
2006
Session 61
Mr. Jose Socrates

I would like to begin, like previous speakers, by extending my warmest congratulations to Ms. Haya Rasheed Al- Khalifa, the first woman in nearly 40 years to ...

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DDR

DDR
1982
Session 37
Fischer

26. Comrade President, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you very cordially on your election to your high and responsible office. I am p...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
2007
Session 62
Elmar Mammadyarov

I would like to add my voice to those of previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on the occasion of your election to the noble post of President of the...

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Namibia

NAM
2006
Session 61
Mr. Hifikepunye POHAMBA

I should like at the outset to congratulate Ms. Al-Khalifa on her well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty first session...

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Colombia

COL
1987
Session 42
LONDORO PAREDES

Mr. President, on behalf of my country, Colombia, one of the oldest and most robust democracies on earth, I wish to congratulate you on the honour conferred on...

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Spain

ESP
1973
Session 28
Lopez Rodo

78. Mr. President, it is for me a very great honour to speak for the first time from this rostrum, and it is especially gratifying to do so under your presiden...

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Argentina

ARG
1962
Session 17
Mr. Santos Muñoz

44. The Argentine delegation to the seventeenth session of the United Nations General Assembly is happy to congratulate you most sincerely, Mr. President, on yo...

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Ireland

IRL
1990
Session 45
COLLINS

I should like at the outset to extend my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the Assembly, and to your country...

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Singapore

SGP
1979
Session 34
Rajaratnam

I should like to begin by expressing the gratitude of my delegation to the outgoing President of the General Assembly, Mr. Indalecio Lie'vano of Colombia. 75. ...

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Bangladesh

BGD
1992
Session 47
Mr. RAHMAN

The General Assembly stands poised at a vital watershed. It is a time of opportunity and challenge, of promise and uncertainty, of hopes and unfulfilled expec...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1988
Session 43
CHNOUPEK

I should like to congratulate Mr. Dante Caputo on his election to the high office of President of the forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembl...

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Tunisia

TUN
1981
Session 36
Mr. CAID ESSEBSI

Sir, your assumption of the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly is, for Tunisia, a source of satisfaction as well as proof of esteem ...

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Morocco

MAR
2014
Session 69
Abdelilah Benkirane

His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Sovereign of the Kingdom of Morocco, asked me to convey to the Assembly his greetings. He also asked me to deliver the followin...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
2011
Session 66
Leonel Fernandez Reyna

We extend our warmest congratulations to the Ambassador from Qatar, Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, on his recent election as President of the General Assem...

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Portugal

PRT
1995
Session 50
Mr. Durão Barroso

It will doubtless be understood if, before beginning my statement, I express, as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, the particular satisfaction which I fe...

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Cape Verde

CPV
1984
Session 39
da Luz

It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the delegation of Cape Verde, I extend to Mr. Lusaka our warm congratulations on his election to the presidency of...

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Cameroon

CMR
2008
Session 63
Paul Biya

I should like at the outset to welcome the fact that Nicaragua, represented by Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, is presiding over the General Assembly at its s...

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Tanzania, United Republic of

TZA
1975
Session 30
Mr. SEPETU

Mr. President, permit me to begin by conveying to you the sincere congratulations of my delegation on your assumption of the post of President of the thirtieth ...

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Haiti

HTI
2011
Session 66
Michael Joseph Martelly

First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I ...

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Canada

CAN
2006
Session 61
Stephen Harper

It is a great honour for me, as Prime Minister of Canada, to 21 06-52988 speak to the Assembly today about the important issues confronting us as Memb...

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