Session 54 Speeches

181 speeches found

Afghanistan

AFG
1999Session 54
Abdullah Abdullah

Allow me to join the speakers preceding me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as the President of the General Assembly at this session, the last of the ...

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Albania

ALB
1999Session 54
Rexhep Meidani

Let me begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly, and to voice my full confidence that the work of this sessi...

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Algeria

DZA
1999Session 54
Abdelaziz Bouteflika

So it is Africa, through two of its most devoted and eminent sons, that has the particular honour of leading the United Nations into the new millennium. I refer...

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Andorra

AND
1999Session 54
Marc Forné Molné

We are coming to the end of 1999, a date that many see as the end of an epoch, given the proximity of the new millennium. The imminence of its arrival invites u...

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Angola

AGO
1999Session 54
Jaio Bernardo de Miranda

Allow me, to begin, Sir, by congratulating you on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Angola, and on my own behalf, on your election as president of the...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1999Session 54
Patrick Albert Lewis

Antigua and Barbuda offers hearty congratulations on the election of the president of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. His efforts towards brin...

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Argentina

ARG
1999Session 54
Carlos Saúl Menem

We are pleased that an important figure in Namibia's attainment of independence has the responsibility of conducting this session of the General Assembly. I als...

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Armenia

ARM
1999Session 54
Vartan Oskanian

May I begin by congratulating the President on his election. I am confident that the skills and vast experience he has acquired throughout his distinguished dip...

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Australia

AUS
1999Session 54
Alexander Downer

May I begin by adding my congratulations to those of my colleagues on your election, Sir, as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. You ...

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Austria

AUT
1999Session 54
Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Mr. President, first let me congratulate you on your election to your high office and assure you of the full cooperation and support of the Austrian delegation....

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Azerbaijan

AZE
1999Session 54
Tofik Zulfugarov

Allow me first of all to sincerely congratulate Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth ses...

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Bahamas

BHS
1999Session 54
Janet Bostwick

The Bahamas shares the confidence that the international community has placed in you, Sir, as the envoy of Namibia and of the continent of Africa to preside ove...

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Bahrain

BHR
1999Session 54
Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa

Mr. President, I have the pleasure of congratulating you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. Confident that your...

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Bangladesh

BGD
1999Session 54
Sheikh Hasina

This year is very special to Bangladesh at the United Nations. It is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bangladesh’s admission to this “Parliament of Man”. I bring...

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Barbados

BRB
1999Session 54
Billie Miller

It is my pleasure to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly. The Barbados delegation s...

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Belarus

BLR
1999Session 54
Ural Latypov

Please, Sir, accept my most sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session, as well as my wishes for every succes...

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Belgium

BEL
1999Session 54
Louis Michel

I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly and to thank you for having accepted the weighty task...

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Belize

BLZ
1999Session 54
Said Musa

We are fortunate that the great skills and integrity displayed by His Excellency Mr. Theo- Ben Gurirab, both as freedom fighter and as Foreign Minister of Namib...

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Benin

BEN
1999Session 54
Kolawolé Idji

In taking the floor on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Benin, I would like first of all to express my heartiest congratulations to the entire Bureau...

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Bhutan

BTN
1999Session 54
Jigmi Yoser Thinley

Allow me to congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. My delegation is confid...

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