Speeches by Secretary of State

511 speeches found

Argentina

ARG
1955
Session 10
Mr. Place

107. Before I begin my statement, I should like first of all to express my delegation's pleasure at the election as President of this august Assembly of an emin...

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Luxembourg

LUX
1974
Session 29
Mr. Gaston Thorn

I am very happy to extend my whole-hearted congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assem...

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Canada

CAN
1951
Session 6
Mr. PEARSON

May I begin, as so many others have begun, by expressing the pleasure of my delegation at being once again in this lovely city of Paris, and in this great and h...

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Peru

PER
1976
Session 31
Mr. Puente Radbill

Mr. President, in addressing this central United Nations forum as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru, I am pleased to express my Government's satisfaction at ...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1952
Session 7
Mr. VOLIO MATA

My delegation’s position, reflecting the conviction of the Government and people of Costa Rica, is clear and unambiguous: we shall resolutely support any measur...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1959
Session 14
Mr. Kuznetsov

My visit to the United States of America at the invitation of its President, Mr. Dwight Eisenhower, coincides with the opening of the fourteenth session of the ...

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Spain

ESP
1964
Session 19
Mr. Aznar

1. Mr. Alex Quaison-Sackey, the representative of the Republic of Ghana, has been elected President of the General Assembly by acclamation. He comes to this hig...

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United States

USA
1992
Session 47
Mr. George BUSH

Forty-seven years ago I was a young man of 21, and, like thousands of others of my generation, I had gone off to war to help keep freedom alive. Forty-seven y...

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Zaire

COD
1976
Session 31
Mr. Nguza Karl-I-Bond

I should like to present to the President, on the occasion of his outstanding election to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly of ...

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Canada

CAN
1953
Session 8
Mr. Pearson

1. May I, in the first place, offer you, Madam President, my sincere congratulations and those of my delegation on your election as President of the Assembly, a...

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Egypt

EGY
1988
Session 43
Abdel Meguid

It gives me great pleasure that Mr. Dante Caputo has been elected President of the forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. We are all the m...

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Palestine, State of

PSE
2014
Session 69
Mahmoud Abbas

In this year 2014, proclaimed by the General Assembly as the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Israel has chosen to make it the y...

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Canada

CAN
1975
Session 30
Mr. MacEACHEN

Mr. President, let me express, at the outset of my remarks, the pleasure and confidence that the Government of Canada derives from the fact that you have been e...

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Netherlands

NLD
1987
Session 42
van den BROEK

May I join other delegations in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its forty-second sessio...

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Honduras

HND
1959
Session 14
Mr. Perdomo

150. The great confidence that the General Assembly has placed in Mr. Belaúnde in electing him to his present office and in placing upon his shoulders the respo...

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Ireland

IRL
1972
Session 27
Mr. Hillery

Mr. President, I wish to convey to you the very warm congratulations of the Irish delegation on your election as President of the twenty- seventh session of the...

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Tanzania

TZA
1997
Session 52
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

Please permit me, Sir, at the outset, to offer my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the Presidency of the fifty-second session of the General ...

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Norway

NOR
1989
Session 44
GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND

It is a great pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you upon your election as President of this session of the General Assembly. I feel confident that you w...

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Austria

AUT
1981
Session 36
Mr. PAHR

137. May I first extend to you my country's sincere congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. In view o...

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Malta

MLT
1991
Session 46
de MARCO

I wish to extend to Ambassador Shihabi my congratulations on his election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-sixth session. ...

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