Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Timor-Leste

TLS
2003
Session 58
Mari Alkatiri

At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the work of this session of the General Assembly. We are confident that you ...

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Norway

NOR
1984
Session 39
WILLOCH

56. Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I am ...

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Italy

ITA
1967
Session 22
Mr. PICCIONI

94. Mr. President, in offering you the Italian delegation's sincere congratulations on your election to the office of President of the twenty-second session of ...

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CHN

CHN
1963
Session 18

Mr. President, on behalf of my Government and delegation, let me first of all extend to you our sincere congratulations on your election to your high office. Th...

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Maldives

MDV
2010
Session 65
Mohamed Waheed

I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to 10-55122 6 preside over the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. P...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
1997
Session 52
Don Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu

Mr. President, it is a pleasure for me to join preceding speakers in congratulating you on the high distinction bestowed upon you and your country through your...

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Tunisia

TUN
1992
Session 47
Mr. BEN YAHIA

At the outset, I wish to greet this Assembly and to convey to it our esteem as well as Tunisia's appreciation for the United Nations' tireless efforts to real...

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Pakistan

PAK
1985
Session 40
Mr. Yaqub-Khan

Mr. President, may I extend to you the warmest felicitations of the Pakistan delegation on your election as President of this fortieth anniversary session of th...

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Cote d'Ivoire

CIV
1998
Session 53
Amara Essy

Allow me, Mr. President, to offer you my warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to guide the work of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly...

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People’s Republic of Bangladesh

BGD
2019
Session 74
Sheikh Hasina

I would like to congratulate Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. I take this oppo...

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Ghana

GHA
2013
Session 68
John Dramani Mahama

It is with a heavy heart that I address the Assembly today. Just before I left Ghana to attend this general debate, I learned of the terrorist attack that to...

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

KNA
1989
Session 44
HERBERT

 Mr. President, let me on behalf of the delegation of Saint Kitts and Nevis congratulate you on your election to office. My delegation has absolute confidence ...

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Iraq

IRQ
1990
Session 45
KADRAT

 The present statement was scheduled to be made before the General Assembly by the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations on behalf of the Mini...

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France

FRA
1972
Session 27
Mr. Schumann

The first word I should like to mention as I mount this rostrum for the fifth time is hope, a difficult virtue. I am encouraged to do so, Mr. President, by your...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
1999
Session 54
George Odlum

As the curtain falls on the twentieth century, this time-honoured institution, the United Nations, rejoices in the presence of two distinguished Africans at the...

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Panama

PAN
2016
Session 71
Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez

On behalf of the people of Panama, to whom I send a warm embrace from this rostrum, I am pleased to participate in the general debate of the General Assembly in...

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Chile

CHL
1978
Session 33
Cubillos

87. Mr. President, I am pleased by the happy coincidence that in my first statement in this debate in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile the ...

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Ecuador

ECU
1994
Session 49
Mr. Jaime Marchan

I would like to congratulate Mr Amara Essy, Foreign Minister of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of this important Assembly I should also like to exte...

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Lao People's Democratic Re­public

LAO
1982
Session 37
BOUPHA

On behalf of the delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Comrade President, on your unanimous el...

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Malta

MLT
2013
Session 68
Joseph Muscat

I wish to join other delegations at this gathering in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its si...

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