Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Vanuatu

VUT
2023
Session 78
Odo Tevi

I have the great honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Vanuatu. At the outset. I would like to si...

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Indonesia

IDN
2001
Session 56
Hassan Wirayuda

On behalf of the Indonesian delegation, I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at the fifty-sixth se...

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Belgium

BEL
1996
Session 51
Erik Derycke

The opening of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly, under the presidency of Ambassador Razili, takes place at the very moment a large number of Sta...

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Burundi

BDI
2023
Session 78
Evariste Ndayishimiye

We first give thanks to God the Almighty for having guided our steps and allowed us to find ourselves in this beautiful cosmopolitan city of New York. Allow me ...

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Brazil

BRA
2013
Session 68
Dilma Rousseff

I would first like to briefly express my pleasure at seeing the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, a country that is part of the Caribbean and is very de...

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Mongolia

MNG
2007
Session 62
Nyamaa Enkhbold

We are at the middle of the road, halfway towards the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Eight years are left is that much? Are ...

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Somoa

WSM
2016
Session 71
Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

The General Assembly at its seventy-first session holds special significance for Samoa and the Pacific region. At the helm of the General Assembly for the first...

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Brazil

BRA
1975
Session 30
Mr. AZEREDO DA SILVEIRA

Mr. President, may my first words express the satisfaction with which the delegation of Brazil received the news of your election to the presidency of the thir...

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Samoa

WSM
2021
Session 76
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. Samoa extends its congratulations and best wishes to His Excellency Abdulla Shahid on your assumpt...

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Comoros

COM
1980
Session 35
Mroudjae

Mr. President, it is for me a pleasurable task to congratulate you warmly on your election to the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembl...

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Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

LKA
1957
Session 12
Mr. GUNEWARDENE

On a previous occasion I was privileged to offer Sir Leslie Munro the felicitations of my Government on his elevation to the high office of President of this As...

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Ecuador

ECU
2022
Session 77
Guillermo Lasso Mendoza

Earlier this year, a young Colombian named Mateo was going about his daily student activities in Eastern Europe. Like many Latin American migrants, Mateo was fo...

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Belize

BLZ
2009
Session 64
Wilfred Elrington

Please permit me to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, on behalf of the Prime Minister, Government and people of Belize, on having assumed the presidency...

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Brazil

BRA
2022
Session 77
Jair Bolsonaro

I would like to greet the Secretary-General, whom I have the renewed pleasure of addressing in our common language. I begin by congratulating you, Ambassador Cs...

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Austria

AUT
1996
Session 51
Wolfgang Schussel

We are glad to see the General Assembly, the key organ in the reform process of the Organization, meet under a President who combines profound knowledge of the...

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Romania

ROU
1995
Session 50
Mr. Melescanu

Allow me first, on behalf of the Romanian delegation, to congratulate Ambassador Freitas do Amaral of Portugal most sincerely, and all the members of the Bureau...

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Norway

NOR
1988
Session 43
GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND

On behalf of Norway I add my congratulations to those of the speakers who have preceded me, Sir, on your election as President of the forty-third session of th...

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Jamaica

JAM
2017
Session 72
Ms. Kamina Johnson Smith

I am delighted to extend the warm congratulations of Jamaica to the President for assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at the seventy-second session ...

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Tanzania

TZA
1981
Session 36
Mr. SALIM

72. Let me at the outset sincerely congratulate Mr. Kittani on his election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the Assembly. His election is a fit...

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Poland

POL
1999
Session 54
Bronislav Geremek

Please accept my congratulations, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. We are indeed glad to have a distingui...

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