Speeches by president

9387 speeches found

Somalia

SOM
1962
Session 17
Mr. Issa

168. In the first place, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you upon your election to the Presidency of the seventeenth session of the General Assembly of ...

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Venezuela

VEN
1968
Session 23
Mr. IRIBARREN BORGES

136. On this occasion, the fifth time I have had the honour of addressing the General Assembly on behalf of Venezuela, I am gratified to be doing so under the P...

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Brunei

BRN
1987
Session 42
Prince Mohamed BOLKIATI

It is a pleasure for me to congratulate you. Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-second session. I note and appre...

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Greece

GRC
1969
Session 24
Mr. TSISTOPOULOS

39. Madam President, I should like first of all, on behalf of the delegation of Greece and personally, to offer you our warm congratulations on your election as...

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Brazil

BRA
1988
Session 43
de ABREU SODRE

 Mr. President, a tradition dating back to the early days of this Organization confers upon me the privilege of being the first speaker, at the opening of our ...

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USSR

RUS
1989
Session 44
SHEVARDNADZE

My task as head of the delegation of the Soviet Union to the General Assembly has been greatly facilitated by two fundamental statements made by Mikhail S. Gor...

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Mozambique

MOZ
2016
Session 71
Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi

It is a great honour for me to address, on behalf of the people of Mozambique, the General Assembly, the world’s highest forum for political and diplomatic disc...

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Lithuania

LTU
2004
Session 59
Mr. Valdas Adamkus

Allow me to express my sincere thanks to the President of the General Assembly at its previous session, Julian Hunte, whose able and skilful leadership we enjoy...

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Brazil

BRA
2018
Session 73
Mr. Michael Temer

It is an honour for Brazil and it gives us great pleasure to officially open this general debate. I am pleased to greet the President of the General Assembly, M...

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Bolivia

BOL
1976
Session 31
Mr. Adriazola Valda

It is a true honor for me to speak on behalf of Bolivia from this, the most lofty platform of the international community. The United Nations General Assembly i...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1988
Session 43
Mr. HAMEED

Let me at the outset, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, extend to Mr. Caputo of Argentina, our sincere congratulations on his election to the presidenc...

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Libya

LBY
1956
Session 11
Mr. FEKINI

The delegation of the United Kingdom of Libya, which has just arrived at United Nations Headquarters, has the pleasure of conveying to the General Assembly the ...

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Eritrea

ERI
2009
Session 64
Osman Mohammed Saleh

Let me begin by congratulating our sisterly country the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and you personally, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the...

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Chad

TCD
2007
Session 62
Ahmad Allam-Mi

Please accept our warm congratulations, Sir, on your well- deserved election to the presidency of our Assembly. We are convinced that you possess all the nece...

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Nicaragua

NIC
1974
Session 29
Mr. Montiel Argiello

I wish to begin my statement with congratulations, on behalf of Nicaragua and of my delegation, and on my own behalf, to Mr. Bouteflika on his election to the p...

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Morocco

MAR
1964
Session 19
Mr. Benhima

89. Great hopes were placed in this session of the General Assembly. Its twentieth anniversary was to be the proof, as it were, of a capacity for survival, of w...

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Gambia

GMB
2023
Session 78
Mohammed Jallow

I bring the General Assembly warm greetings and a goodwill message of peace, progress and stability from President Adama Barrow and the Government and the peopl...

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Angola

AGO
2024
Session 79
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

-Your Excellency Philémon Yang President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, -His Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of ...

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Macedonia

MKD
2011
Session 66
Nikola Gruevski

It is my special honour and privilege to address this important forum and to share with the Assembly the positions of the Republic of Macedonia regarding cur...

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Israel

ISR
1982
Session 37
SHAMIR

May I join the representatives who have preceded me in this debate in offering to the President their congratulations on his unanimous election to the high o...

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