Speeches by Secretary of State

511 speeches found

Spain

ESP
1962
Session 17
Mr. de Lequerica

77. I would ask the Vice-President to convey the greetings of our delegation to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Muhammad Zafrulla Khan. His career an...

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Eritrea

ERI
2014
Session 69
Osman Mohammed Saleh

At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to warmly congratulate you, my brother, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-...

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Bhutan

BTN
1987
Session 42
TSERING

 I have the honour to convey to all representatives the warm greetings and best wishes of my august sovereign. His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, for the succ...

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Djibouti

DJI
1997
Session 52
Roble Olhaye

I wish to extend to the President the warm congratulations of my delegation on his election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. W...

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Jordan

JOR
1978
Session 33
Ibrahim

65. It is with sincere and deep-felt emotion that Jordan shares the sorrow .of the world on the occasion of the death of a great man, His Holiness Pope John Pa...

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Turkey

TUR
1947
Session 2
Mr. Sarper

Aware of the necessity of speedy resumption of work in the committees, I had decided not to speak at this stage of the deliberations of the General Assembly. Bu...

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Panama

PAN
1950
Session 5
Mr. BRIN

As head of the delegation of Panama, I have thought it advisable to give a brief account of my country’s attitude towards the international situation which conf...

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Peru

PER
1950
Session 5
Mr. BELAUNDE

The General Assembly of the United Nations is assuredly meeting a time of crisis. This crisis was foreseen by the smaller countries, which understood how precar...

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Ireland

IRL
2010
Session 65
Michael Martin

Let me begin by warmly congratulating President Joseph Deiss on his election and extending the best wishes of the Irish Government for a successful term in o...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1957
Session 12
Mr. DAVID

Permit me first of all to congratulate the President on his election as President of the United Nations General Assembly. I should also like, on behalf of the C...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1954
Session 9
Mr. DERESSA

The Ethiopian delegation joins with so many others in extending congratulations to the President on his election. We feel that the Assembly is most fortunate in...

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Poland

POL
1950
Session 5
Mr. WIERBLOWSKI

More than five years after its inception, our Organization is presented with a document which can, without exaggeration, be described as disturbing. This docume...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1949
Session 4
Mr. VYSHINSKY

Mr. VYSHINSKY said that the general debate with which the General Assembly had begun its work, in accordance with its tradition, should enable it to evaluate wh...

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Germany

DEU
1981
Session 36
Mr. GENSCHER

53.The English version of his statement was supplied by the delegation. *Mr. President, I should like, first of all, to take this opportunity to convey to you t...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1949
Session 4
Mr. AKLILOU

Mr. AKLILOU wished to comment briefly on the agenda of the fourth session of the General Assembly. 128. General Romulo, President of the General Assembly, had e...

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Liberia

LBR
1975
Session 30
Mr. DENNIS

117. It is for me a source of great pleasure to extend to the President, on behalf of the Liberian delegation, sincere congratulations on his election to the p...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1952
Session 7
Ato AKLILOU

Although it is now a month since the beginning of the General Assembly’s seventh session, I should like, as head of the Ethiopian delegation, to express the par...

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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

BLR
1950
Session 5
Mr. KISELEV

It is now five years since the United Nations Charter, in which it was laid down that the fundamental purpose of the newly-established international organizatio...

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Uruguay

URY
1952
Session 7
Mr. CHARLONE

As I take the floor here, towards the close of the first stage in the general debate which the peoples of the Member States, through their delegations, initiate...

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Nicaragua

NIC
1988
Session 43
BROCKMAN

 I should like to begin by congratulating our Secretary-General, Mr. Javier Peres de Cuellar, for the Nobel Peace Prise which has been awarded to the United Na...

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