Speeches by president

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Iceland

ISL
1968
Session 23
Mr. KJARTANSSON

129. Mr. President, allow me to take this opportunity to pay a tribute to you and to extend to you my delegation’s congratulations upon your election to this hi...

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Barbados

BRB
1967
Session 22
Mr. BARROW

157. Mr. President, it is a great pleasure and honour for me to associate the Barbados delegation with previous speakers who have congratulated you on your appo...

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Japan

JPN
1964
Session 19
Mr. Shiina

1. On behalf of the delegation of Japan, I wish to express to you, Mr. President, our heartfelt congratulations on your election as President of the nineteenth'...

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Union of South Africa

ZAF
1954
Session 9
Mr. JOOSTE

This is not the first occasion on which I have been on this rostrum since the President’s election, but it is the first suitable occasion on which I can tender ...

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United States of America

USA
2017
Session 72
Mr. Donald Trump

I welcome everyone to New York. It is a profound honour to stand here in my home city as a representative of the American people to address the people of the wo...

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South Africa

ZAF
1999
Session 54
Thabo Mbeki

On behalf of our Government and in my capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations to you, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, ...

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Norway

NOR
1962
Session 17
Mr. LANGE

Mr. President, allow me to join previous speakers in congratulating you upon your election to the high office of President of this session of the General Assemb...

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Bolivia

BOL
1979
Session 34
Saavedra

Mr. President, it is a unique privilege for me to be here at this rostrum from which outstanding personalities, Heads of Government and State from all parts of...

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Namibia

NAM
1998
Session 53
Theo-Ben Gurirab

Before I deliver my statement, let me express on behalf of my country our heartfelt sympathy to the Governments and peoples of the Caribbean that have fallen vi...

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Romania

ROU
1982
Session 37
ANDREI

Sir, it gives me particular pleasure to extend to you the heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for success on your election to the lofty post of Presid...

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Ukraine

UKR
1970
Session 25
Mr. SHEVEL

130. Mr. President, I should like to offer my congratulations to Mr. Hambro on his election to the responsible post of President of the twenty-fifth anniversa...

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Kazakhstan

KAZ
1994
Session 49
Mr. Saudabayev

On behalf of the Kazakhstan delegation, first of all, I should like to congratulate Mr. Amara Essy on his election to the office of President of the forty-ninth...

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France

FRA
2004
Session 59
Mr. Michel Barnier

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. We are pleased that a man of your ability, a Francophone representative of a friendly country...

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Hungary

HUN
1994
Session 49
Mr. László Kovács

Allow me to extend to Mr. Amara Essy my delegation’s warmest congratulations upon his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth sess...

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Norway

NOR
1983
Session 38
Stray

 I should first like to associate myself with all previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the great office of President of this ses...

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South Afrioa

ZAF
1965
Session 20
Mr. MULLER

5. Before embarking on the main text of my statement this afternoon, I have a few brief remarks on the statement just made by the representative of Guinea. I sh...

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Mauritius

MUS
2006
Session 61
Dr. Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM

I would like to express my sincere congratulations, and those of my delegation, to you, Madam President, on your election as President of the General Assembl...

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Cape Verde

CPV
1993
Session 48
Mr. Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro

I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly. Your well-known skills and your vast knowledge of...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1975
Session 30
Mr. CHNOUPEK

42. Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirtieth session of the General Assembly. I should like to r...

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Germany

DEU
2022
Session 77
Olaf Scholz

It is with humility and deep respect that I address the General Assembly today — both as the newly elected Chancellor of Germany and as a proud representative t...

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