Session 54 Speeches

181 speeches found

Bolivia

BOL
1999
Session 54
Javier Murillo de la Rocha

The men of the Andes scrutinized the skies to decipher and predict the future. If they were looking at the skies today, they might not manage to understand the ...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH
1999
Session 54
Jadranko Prlic

Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Foreign Minister of Namibia, on his election as President of the fifty-fourth sessio...

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Botswana

BWA
1999
Session 54
Mompati Merafhe

I take great pleasure in congratulating you most warmly, my dear brother, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session...

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Brazil

BRA
1999
Session 54
Luiz Felipe Lampreia

Brazil congratulates you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. Your personal record in defence of democracy a...

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Brunei

BRN
1999
Session 54
Prince Mohamed Bolkiah

I extend my congratulations to Mr. Gurirab on his election and my warmest respects to his predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti. My very best wishes go to them both a...

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Bulgaria

BGR
1999
Session 54
Petar Stoyanov

May I first congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to this responsible position. I am sure that your vast knowledge and experience are a guarantee of...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
1999
Session 54
Youssouf Ouedraogo

Your brilliant election, Mr. President, to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session pays tribute to your personal merits and your eminent qualitie...

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Burundi

BDI
1999
Session 54
Severin Ntahomvukiye

Allow me first of all to associate myself with previous speakers in expressing to you, Sir, and to the members of the Bureau, my delegation's warm congratulatio...

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Cambodia

KHM
1999
Session 54
Samdech Hun Sen

It is an honour for me to address this Assembly. I bring to all greetings and good wishes from His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, and from the peop...

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Cameroon

CMR
1999
Session 54
Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni

We are pleased to note that the annual sessions of the General Assembly are increasingly each year not only a special forum for discussing international affairs...

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Canada

CAN
1999
Session 54
Lloyd Axworthy

Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Canadians are proud to have accompanied you and your people on t...

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Cape Verde

CPV
1999
Session 54
Carlos Veiga

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to convey to you and your country, Namibia, my heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the Gen...

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Chad

TCD
1999
Session 54
Mahamat Saleh Annadif

On behalf of the Chad delegation, and on my own behalf, I would like to extend warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of...

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Chile

CHL
1999
Session 54
Juan Gabriel Valdés

I would like first of all to express to you, Sir, our warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We...

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China

CHN
1999
Session 54
Tang Jiaxuan

Please allow me to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I am confident that with your wis...

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Colombia

COL
1999
Session 54
Andrés Pastrana Arango

Allow me, on my own behalf and on behalf of my country, to express our congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly for th...

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Comoros

COM
1999
Session 54
Souef Mohamed El-Amine

It is an honour and a pleasure for me to take the floor once again before this Assembly. At the outset I would like to congratulate the President on his brillia...

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Congo

COG
1999
Session 54
Rodolphe Adada

I wish to join the many previous speakers who have congratulated the President. I congratulate him most warmly on behalf of the Congolese delegation on his elec...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1999
Session 54
Miguel Ángel Rodr'guez Echeverr'a

Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this General Assembly, a truly global parliament where all mankind is represented and finds ...

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Cote d'Ivoire

CIV
1999
Session 54
Amara Essy

I wish to convey to my friend Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab how proud and happy I am to see a son of Africa leading the General Assembly into the new millennium. I congr...

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