Speeches by president

9387 speeches found

Lebanon

LBN
2005
Session 60
Emile Lahoud

Mr. President, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly and to thank your predecesso...

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Chile

CHL
2001
Session 56
Ricardo Lagos

Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election, which is a mark of recognition of the Republic of Korea and of your distinguished personal record i...

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Albania

ALB
1959
Session 14
Mr. Shtylla

96. The fourteenth session of the General Assembly is taking place at a time when progress is being made in the efforts to give a new orientation to internation...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
1993
Session 48
Mr. ALIYEV

Allow me first to congratulate Mr. Samuel Insanally on his election to his responsible post, and to wish him every success in his work. Allow me also to express...

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Italy

ITA
1979
Session 34
Malfatti

May I convey to the President my warmest congratulations on your election, which is proof of the esteem and appreciation with which the United Republic of Tanz...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
1978
Session 33
Ondo Obiang Alogo

142. I am addressing this General Assembly of the United Nations at its thirty-third session on behalf of the President of the Central Committee of the Single ...

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Egypt

EGY
2022
Session 77
Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim

At the outset, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session and wish you every success...

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South Korea

KOR
2000
Session 55
Lee Joung-binn

It gives me great delight and honour to address the General Assembly's first session of the new millennium. I would like to begin by conveying my sincere congra...

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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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Ukraine

UKR
1999
Session 54
Borys Tarasyuk

Allow me first of all, Sir, to extend my most sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly and...

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Georgia

GEO
2013
Session 68
Mikheil Saakashvili

It is a great honour to once again represent my beloved nation at this rostrum. During the past decade, when I have had the privilege to address the Hall, Ge...

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Fiji

FJI
1995
Session 50
Mr. Bole

Allow me first of all to express very warm greetings and congratulations to the President from the Government and people of Fiji on his election to preside over...

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Colombia

COL
1963
Session 18
Mr. ZEA

Colombia, and the delegation which represents it, are particularly gratified by your election as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. We fee...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
2023
Session 78
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona

As we enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, humankind faces inherited challenges and new obstacles that require action. We must regard those cala...

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Afghanistan

AFG
2017
Session 72
Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

As I stand here before the General Assembly today, I am reminded that the wise men and women of 1945 displayed a unique capacity to learn from and act on the le...

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Venezuela

VEN
1949
Session 4
Mr. STOLK

Mr. STOLK recalled that 24 October would mark the fourth anniversary of the date of deposit of the ratifications necessary for the entry into force of the Unite...

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Albania

ALB
1962
Session 17
Mr. SHTYLLA

On taking the floor for the first time at this session, I should like first to extend my delegation's congratulations to the President of the General Assembly o...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
2016
Session 71
Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré

Mr. President, I would like to join all those who have preceded me at this rostrum in offering you my sincere and warm congratulations on your election to lead ...

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Guatemala

GTM
1964
Session 19
Mr. Herrarte

1. Mr. President, it is a great honour for me to offer you, on behalf of the Government of Guatemala and on my own behalf, sincere congratulations on the well-e...

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Malaysia

MYS
2022
Session 77
Ismail Sabri Yaakob

First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Csaba Korosi on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I am confident ...

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