Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1999
Session 54
Ralph Maraj

I wish to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its final session of the twentieth century and would like to assure yo...

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China

CHN
1994
Session 49
Mr. Qian Qichen

At the outset, I should like warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. I am convinced ...

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Pakistan

PAK
1996
Session 51
Benazir Bhutto

On behalf of 130 million Pakistanis, please accept, Sir, greetings on assuming the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I come to address the As...

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Uruguay

URY
1996
Session 51
Álvaro Ramos

Perhaps the term “globalization”, which occurs so frequently in so many decisions nowadays, best describes the international system which prevails in the prese...

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Marshall Islands

MHL
1993
Session 48
Mr. KIJINER

On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, I warmly congratulate Ambassador Samuel Insanally on his election as Preside...

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Senegal

SEN
1966
Session 21
Mr. THIAM

180. Mr. President, I should first like to offer you the heartfelt congratulations of my delegation upon your brilliant election to the office of President ...

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Syria

SYR
2003
Session 58
Farouk Al-Shara'

I should like at the outset to congratulate Mr. Hunte on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. I am confident that his...

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Benin

BEN
1988
Session 43
CAPO-CHICHI

The delegation of the People's Republic of Benin welcomes with great satisfaction the election of Mr. Dante Caputo to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

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Albania

ALB
1999
Session 54
Rexhep Meidani

Let me begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly, and to voice my full confidence that the work of this sessi...

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Argentina

ARG
1995
Session 50
Mr. Di Tella

Our presence here at the fiftieth session of the General Assembly holds a very special meaning. On this occasion, we are not gathered here simply to reenact the...

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Rwanda

RWA
1966
Session 21
Mr. BAGARAGAZA

1. Mr. President, it is a pleasant duty for my delegation to add its warmest congratulations to those already extended to you, since the opening of the gen...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
1989
Session 44
AL-NUAIMI

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the U...

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Mozambique

MOZ
1975
Session 30
Mr. CH1SSANO

1. Permit me to take this opportunity, when the People's Republic of Mozambique is for the first time participating in the general debate, to express my apprec...

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Philippines

PHL
1997
Session 52
Domingo L. Siazon, Jr.

I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, our most sincere felicitations on your election to the presidency of the fifty-second session o...

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Netherlands

NLD
1994
Session 49
Mr. Van Mierlo

First of all, I should like to extend congratulations to the President on his election. My colleague Foreign Minister Kinkel, on behalf of the European Union, h...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
1998
Session 53
Allan Cruickshank

On behalf of the delegation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, I extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Didier Opertti on his election as President of the G...

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Greece

GRC
2003
Session 58
George A. Papandreou

Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. You are assuming your duties at a difficult junc...

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Iraq

IRQ
2007
Session 62
Nuri Kamel Al-Maliki

I am honoured to address the General Assembly as the first Prime Minister of a constitutionally permanent Government representing Iraq, its people, and its ...

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Algeria

DZA
1979
Session 34
Benyahia

Mr. President, a well-deserved tribute has unanimously been paid to you and, through you, to your country, by your unanimous election to the presidency of the ...

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Jamaica

JAM
2015
Session 70
Mr. Arnold Nicholson

It is an honour for me to address this historic seventieth session of the General Assembly. I extend to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft my sincere congratulations on his e...

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