Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Sweden

SWE
1992
Session 47
Mrs. AF UGGLAS

I should like to offer you hearty congratulations on your election to the presidency. Sir. I am confident that this session of the General Assembly is in goo...

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Chad

TCD
1999
Session 54
Mahamat Saleh Annadif

On behalf of the Chad delegation, and on my own behalf, I would like to extend warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of...

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Kenya

KEN
1992
Session 47
Mr. NDOLO AYAH

First of all, let me join the other representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you warmly. Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency ...

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Kuwait

KWT
1964
Session 19
Mr. Al-Sabah

128. Mr. President, may I congratulate you most sincerely, on my own behalf and on behalf of my Government and delegation, on your unanimous election to the pre...

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Austria

AUT
1983
Session 38
Lang

 It is a particular pleasure to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. His outstanding diplomatic skills and gre...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1994
Session 49
Mr. Maraj

I should like to offer congratulations and special greetings to Ambassador Essy on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confid...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2023
Session 78
Gaston Alphonso Browne

Antigua and Barbuda congratulates Mr. Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. ...

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Grenada

GRD
1996
Session 51
Raphael Fletcher

Virtue constitutes the greatest form of human strength. Indeed, the very origin of the word “virtue” connotes manly strength — not merely physical strength, bu...

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Iceland

ISL
1985
Session 40
Mr. Hallgrimsson

Allow me to join my colleagues who have congratulated the President upon his election. I am convinced that his skills and wisdom, based not least on his long ex...

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Iraq

IRQ
1965
Session 20
Mr. AL-BAZZAZ

58. Permit me, Mr. President, to join all my colleagues who have preceded me in conveying to you our heartiest congratulations on your election to the Presidenc...

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Dahomey

BEN
1963
Session 18
Mr. ZINSOU 

Permit me, Mr. President, to associate my delegation with the congratulations that have already been addressed to you upon your election to the presidency at th...

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Albania

ALB
1989
Session 44
MALILE

 On behalf of the delegation of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, I have the pleasure to address to you, Sir, the representative of a friendly Africa...

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Ecuador

ECU
1962
Session 17
Mr. BENITES

Permit me, Mr. President, to express the gratification of my Government and delegation at your having been elected to direct the debates of this Assembly. Your ...

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France

FRA
1951
Session 6
Mr. Robert SCHUMAN

In a speech marked by nobility of thought and of feeling, Mr. Anthony Eden has told us of the disappointment he experienced on first coming into contact with th...

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Kuwait

KWT
1976
Session 31
Mr. Al-Sabah

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to express to Mr. Amerasinghe, on behalf of the Government of the State of Kuwait, heartfelt congratulations on his el...

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Sudan

SDN
1967
Session 22
Mr. FAKHREDDINE

1. Mr. President, I had occasion to extend to you the congratulations of my delegation on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly at its twenty-...

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Pakistan

PAK
1999
Session 54
Sartaj Aziz

Mr.President, it is an honour to address the General Assembly at this session, the last to be held in the twentieth century. May I begin by welcoming the Republ...

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Norway

NOR
1964
Session 19
Mr. Lange

14. The United Nations was founded to maintain international peace and security in the widest sense of that term. Peace-keeping remains the fundamental task of ...

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Iraq

IRQ
1968
Session 23
Mr. AL-SHAIKHLY

1. It gives me great pleasure to join the previous speakers in extending to Mr. Arenales, from this rostrum, our sincere congratulations on his election to the ...

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Costa Rica

CRI
2016
Session 71
Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera

Costa Rica congratulates Mr. Thomson on his election as leader of the General Assembly and welcomes the priorities that he has set for his term of office. The P...

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