Speeches by President

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Costa Rica

CRI
1992
Session 47
Mr. NIEHAUS QUESADA

Costa Rica took great pleasure in supporting the election of Mr. Stoyan Ganev to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. His elec...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
1982
Session 37
AL-NUAIMI

Allow me at the outset to express on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates our warmest congratulations to Mr, Hollai on his election to the pr...

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Luxembourg

LUX
1986
Session 41
Mr. POOS

I take great pleasure in joining previous speakers and warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-first session of the Gene...

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Bulgaria

BGR
1960
Session 15
Mr. ZHIVKOV

The Presidium of the National Assembly and the Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria have approved the composition of our delegation, bearin...

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Jordan

JOR
1972
Session 27
Mr. Abu Zeid

Mr. President, it is my privilege to join all my colleagues in extending heartiest congratulations to you on your election to the high office of the presidency ...

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Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

COD
1995
Session 50
Mr. Kamanda wa Kamanda

I should like to join the speakers who have preceded me at this rostrum in offering you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, warm and hearty c...

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Bahrain

BHR
1983
Session 38
AL-KHALIFA

122. It gives me great pleasure, in the name of the State or Bahrain, to offer congratulations to Mr. Jorge Illueca on his election as President of the thirty...

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Ecuador

ECU
1960
Session 15
Mr. CHIRIBOGA VILLAGOMEZ

I should first like to extend my congratulations to the President of the United Nations General Assembly at its fifteenth session. Destiny and his own outstandi...

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Singapore

SGP
1997
Session 52
S. Jayakumar

Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly. I also thank our outgoing President, Mr....

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1987
Session 42
ARTHUR ROBINSON

My delegation extends to you, Mr. President, our heartiest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations at ...

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Morocco

MAR
1963
Session 18
Mr. BALAFREJ

Mr. President, may I first of all extend to you the congratulations of the Moroccan delegation and my own congratulations upon your election to the Presidency o...

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Mexico

MEX
1994
Session 49
Mr. Carlos Salinas de Gortari

It is a great pleasure to attend the beginning of this forty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Now that the threat of global war is r...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1955
Session 10
The Reverend Benjamin Nuñez

82. On behalf of the people of Costa Rica, who have recently been obliged to take up I arms in defence of their fine democratic tradition, and of a Government s...

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Qatar

QAT
1978
Session 33
Jamal

138. It is a great pleasure and honour for me to convey to Mr. Lievano, through you, Sir, on behalf of my Foreign Minister—who, for compelling reasons, is unab...

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Hungary

HUN
1966
Session 21
Mr. PETER

61. In this general debate we are confronted once again with the tremendous issue of war and peace. Indeed, the question of war and peace is at stake to an ...

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Jamaica

JAM
1995
Session 50
Mr. Mullings

On behalf of the Government and the people of Jamaica, I congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of t...

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Poland

POL
1957
Session 12
Mr. RAPACKI

It is the hope of the people of Poland, above all else, that the atmosphere of the current session of the General Assembly, the course of the debate, and the re...

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Rwanda

RWA
2000
Session 55
Joseph Mutaboba

May I first, on behalf of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, who could not be here, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, join previous speakers in ex...

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Lebanon

LBN
1998
Session 53
Rafic Hariri

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I would also like to com...

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Peru

PER
1989
Session 44
LARCO COX

 It is profoundly symbolic that Africa is presiding over the General Assembly. On one hand, it heralds the imminent culmination of the lengthy process of decol...

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