Speeches by president

9387 speeches found

Czechoslovakia

CSK
1990
Session 45
DIENSTBIER

Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on your election. Your professional skills and your kindness, which I had the opportunity to know during my recent ...

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Montenegro

MNE
2006
Session 61
Mr. Milo Djukanovic

Allow me first to welcome your election, Madam, to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- 19 06-52879 first session, confident that it wil...

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Lithuania

LTU
2003
Session 58
Antanas Valionis

I would like first of all to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Jan Kavan for his work as President of the General Assembly at its previous session. We apprec...

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Honduras

HND
1993
Session 48
Mr. CARIAS ZAPATA

First of all, I take great pleasure in expressing to the President of the General Assembly the sincerest congratulations of the people and the Government of Hon...

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Comoros

COM
1988
Session 43
Mr. KAFE

Allow me first to offer to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Dante Caputo of Argentina, on behalf of the delegation of the Islamic Federal Republic of...

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Greece

GRC
1984
Session 39
HARALAMBOPOULOS

Let me first of all extend to Mr. Lusaka our warmest congratulations on his election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. At a time when in...

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Senegal

SEN
1983
Session 38
NIASSE

197. In electing Mr. Jorge Illueca President of the thirty-eighth session, the General Assembly has paid a tribute to his country, Panama, and to him as a ski...

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Democratic Republic of Germany

DDR
1979
Session 34
Fischer

Mr. President, please accept my congratulations on your election to your high office. We are especially pleased that you, being a representative of a country w...

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Canada

CAN
2002
Session 57
William Graham

I would like, through you, Sir, to congratulate Jan Kavan on his election as President of the General Assembly and to assure him of our delegation's cooperatio...

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Niger

NER
1962
Session 17
Mr. Kaka

248. Allow me, Mr. President, to join, together with all my delegation, in the many congratulations that have been offered to you on the occasion of your splend...

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Tuvalu

TUV
2007
Session 62
Tavau Teii

Today has a very special meaning for us: twenty-nine years ago, under the blessings of this body, Tuvalu was granted its independence. I am honoured, therefo...

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Brazil

BRA
1965
Session 20
Mr. LEITAO DA CUNHA

2. On behalf of my delegation and the people of my country, may I extend to you, Mr. President, my congratulations upon the distinction bestowed upon you. In ou...

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Kyrgyzstan

KGZ
2008
Session 63
Nur Uulu Dosbol

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly and wish the work of the sixty-third ...

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Iraq

IRQ
1999
Session 54
Mohammed Said Al-Sahaf

First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I am fully confiden...

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Upper Volta

BFA
1969
Session 24
Mr. ZOROME

36. As the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly of our Organization opens, I should like with your permission, Madam President, to begin by saying a f...

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Hellenic Republic

GRC
2019
Session 74
Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Allow me first to congratulate Ambassador Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. It is a great pleas...

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Ukraine

UKR
2013
Session 68
Viktor Yanukovych

First of all, on behalf of Ukraine, I sincerely congratulate Mr. John William Ashe on his election to serve as President of the General Assembly at its sixty...

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Botswana

BWA
1996
Session 51
Mompati S. Merafhe

I am delighted to extend to the President and his country, Malaysia, the sincere congratulations of the Government and the people of Botswana on his assumption...

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Macedonia

MKD
2016
Session 71
Mr. Gjorge Ivanov

I am truly honoured to address this important forum as President of the Republic of Macedonia and to share with the Assembly the Republic of Macedonia’s positio...

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Turkmenistan

TKM
2016
Session 71
Mr. Rashid Meredov

First of all, I have the honour to convey to the peoples of the nations represented here greetings and best wishes for their peace and prosperity from His Excel...

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