Speeches by Major

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Niger

NER
1994
Session 49
Mr. Seydou

Your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, Sir, is a source of pride for the whole diplomatic community, for Africa and...

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Chile

CHL
1983
Session 38
SCHWEITZER WALTERS

1. I am indeed gratified to have the opportunity to offer my very cordial greetings to the President of this thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly, th...

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France

FRA
2012
Session 67
François Hollande

This is the first time that I speak from this rostrum at the United Nations. It is a very moving moment for me because I understand what the United Nations rep...

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Comoros

COM
2006
Session 61
Mr. Ahmed Abdallah SAMBI

Allow me, first of all, on behalf of the people of the Comoros, my Government and in my personal capacity, to sincerely congratulate you, Madam President, on...

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Spain

ESP
2018
Session 73
Mr. Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón

I have the honour to address the General Assembly as President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain. I do so with the emotion that this Hall inspires in me...

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United States of America

USA
1954
Session 9
Mr. DULLES

I come to the opening of the ninth session of the General Assembly with a deep sense of the significance of this occasion. This annual gathering of the represen...

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Zambia

ZMB
2011
Session 66
Lucy Mungoma

I wish, first of all, instance to extend my sincere congratulations to the President on his election as President of the sixty-sixth session of the General A...

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Swaziland

SWZ
1974
Session 29
Mr. Hlophe

Mr. President, those who have addressed this Assembly before me have ably expressed their congratulations to you on your unanimous election as President of the ...

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Jamaica

JAM
1986
Session 41
Mr. HARDING

Ambassador Choudhury's election to preside over this Assembly is a fitting tribute to his vast experience and tested diplomatic skills. Indeed, it is also a tri...

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France

FRA
2022
Session 77
Emmanuel Macron

It is an honour for me to speak before the Assembly on behalf of France. At this point in time, I am thinking of those who have fought in my country and everywh...

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Spain

ESP
2014
Session 69
Don Felipe VI

It is a great honour and privilege to address the General Assembly as the King of Spain at the start of my reign. I appear before the Assembly to share with ...

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Croatia

HRV
2021
Session 76
Zoran Milanović

It is a great honour to address this important organ once again. I especially want to congratulate you, Sir, on being elected to preside over the General Assemb...

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Kingdom of Morocco

MAR
2019
Session 74
Mr. M. Saad-Eddine El Othmani

The Kingdom of Morocco serves as a link and a meeting point for cooperation between Africa and the countries of the Islamic world, between Europe and the rest o...

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Canada

CAN
1997
Session 52
Lloyd Axworthy

May I first take this opportunity to congratulate my very good friend, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, on his election as President of the General Assembly at...

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Russia

RUS
2003
Session 58
Vladimir V. Putin

Once again, I am delighted to have this opportunity to address this representative audience. At the outset, however, I should like to wish the fifty-eighth ses...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2012
Session 67
Mr. G. L. Peiris

On behalf of the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I congratulate Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly ...

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India

IND
1967
Session 22
Mr. Swaran SINGH

29. Mr. President, may I begin by saying how pleased we are to see you as the President of the General Assembly. In conveying our greetings and felicitations to...

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Nauru

NRU
2008
Session 63
Marcus Stephen

I offer my congratulations to Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I can assur...

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Romania

ROU
2009
Session 64
Cristian Diaconescu

At the outset, I would like to address to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki my warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its si...

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Belize

BLZ
1990
Session 45
MUSA

 The work of this Organisation over the past year has heightened the reality of the United Nations as a dynamic, credible and strong institution that is respon...

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