Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Poland

POL
2005
Session 60
Adam Daniel Rotfeld,

Let me begin by congratulating President Jan Eliasson on his election. Allow me to assure him of Poland’s readiness to support him in his efforts during this se...

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Slovakia

SVK
2000
Session 55
Eduard Kukan

At the outset, I would like to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I am confiden...

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Guinea

GIN
1963
Session 18
Mr. BEAVOGUI

Mr. President, you will, I hope, allow me to add my voice to those of the representatives who have spoken before me in order to extend to you the sincere congra...

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Bangladesh

BGD
2016
Session 71
Sheikh Hasina

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Thomson on his election as President of General Assembly at its seventy- first session. I commend the exemplary m...

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Slovakia

SVK
2009
Session 64
Miroslav Lajcak

It is a great privilege and honour for me to address the General Assembly, to which people of the world look with high hopes and expectations to find effecti...

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Iceland

ISL
1986
Session 41
Mr. MAT HIESEN

 I should like to begin by congratulating Mr. Choudhury cm his election to the presidency of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. I assure him of t...

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Marshall Islands

MHL
2016
Session 71
Ms. Hilda C. Heine

I have the honour to convey the warm greetings of “Yokwe” on behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Every year, world ...

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Cyprus

CYP
2011
Session 66
Demetris Christofias

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I express the support of the Cypriot delegation, a...

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Togo

TGO
2002
Session 57
Koffi Panou

The preservation of international peace and security, the fight against terrorism in all its forms, the eradication of poverty throughout the world, the promot...

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Sao Tome and Principe

STP
1980
Session 35
De Amorim

The thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly is being held at a time of growing tension in international relations. This situation is hindering the efforts...

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Colombia

COL
2005
Session 60
Alvaro Uribe Vélez

We congratulate you, Sir, on your election and wish you every possible success in the ongoing reform process. The celebration of the sixtieth anniversary is an ...

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Grenada

GRD
2002
Session 57
Elvin Nimrod

My delegation congratulates Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, and we thank his predecessor, Mr. ...

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United Kingdom

GBR
1946
Session 1
Mr. Noel-Baker

In his great pronouncement here the other day, President Truman used the following words: “The United States will support the United Nations with all the resour...

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Guinea

GIN
2008
Session 63
Ahmed Tidiane Souare

I would like to discharge my first duty by conveying to the 08-52265 38 Assembly, on behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Guinea...

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Benin

BEN
1982
Session 37
ADJIBADE

We have gathered together here, as we do every year at this time, in the supreme body of the United Nations system, the General Assembly, to think about and e...

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United Arab Republic

EGY
1969
Session 24
Mr. RIAD

104. Madam President, your election to this high international post is manifold in its significance. It is a recognition of your role in the defence of the Unit...

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Union of South Africa

ZAF
1960
Session 15
Mr. LOUW

The fifteenth session of the United Nations will in future years be remembered, firstly because of the record attendance of Heads of State and of Prime Minister...

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Japan

JPN
1986
Session 41
Mr. KURANARI

I should like first, on behalf of the Government and people of Japan, to. express my sincere congratulations to Mr Choudhury on his election to the presidency o...

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Kuwait

KWT
2023
Session 78
Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

At the outset, the State of Kuwait would like to convey its deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to our sister State the Kingdom of Morocco on the victims o...

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Peru

PER
2021
Session 76
Pedro Castillo

The seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly is taking place in a global context marked by instability and uncertainty, rather than by the certainties that...

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