Speeches by Major

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Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

LKA
1957
Session 12
Mr. GUNEWARDENE

On a previous occasion I was privileged to offer Sir Leslie Munro the felicitations of my Government on his elevation to the high office of President of this As...

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Nepal

NPL
2020
Session 75
Mr. K. P. Sharma Oli

Mr. President Excellencies the Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished delegates: I extend warm greetings to you all from Nepal, the...

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Austria

AUT
1996
Session 51
Wolfgang Schussel

We are glad to see the General Assembly, the key organ in the reform process of the Organization, meet under a President who combines profound knowledge of the...

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Italy

ITA
1974
Session 29
Mr. Plaja

215. Mr. President, I should like first of all, on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mr. Moro, and of the Italian delegation, to congratulat...

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Republic of the Congo

COG
2020
Session 75
Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso

Mr. President of the General Assembly Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations I would like to extend my warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your ...

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Colombia

COL
1975
Session 30
Mr. LIEVANO

66. We are genuinely pleased to applaud the wisdom shown by the General Assembly in the election of its President. In addition to his outstanding human and i...

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Russian Federation

RUS
2006
Session 61
Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov

Traditionally, the General Assembly session provides an opportunity to conduct a review of the current situation in the world, identify major international i...

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Chile

CHL
2017
Session 72
Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria

I want to begin by sending a fraternal greeting to the people of Mexico, and especially to the relatives and friends of the victims of the terrible earthquake t...

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Belize

BLZ
1995
Session 50
Mr. Barrow

There is, of course, a special resonance to the congratulations we offer the President on his election to this high post at the fiftieth session of the General ...

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Albania

ALB
2002
Session 57
Ilir Meta

Allow me to extend my best wishes to Mr. Kavan on the occasion of his election to the office of President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly,...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1995
Session 50
Mrs. des Iles

It is a great honour for me to extend to you, Sir, warmest congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, on your election as President of...

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Syrian Arab Republic

SYR
1994
Session 49
Mr. Farouk Al-Shara

I should like to congratulate Mr. Essy on his election to the presidency of the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly and to express our appreciation of t...

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Venezuela

VEN
1980
Session 35
Zumbrano Velasco

184. First of all, Sir, I should like to fulfil the pleasant duty of extending to you, on behalf of the delegation of Venezuela and on my own behalf, our since...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1981
Session 36
Mr. VRHOVEC

192. Mr. President, may I congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I recall with s...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
1994
Session 49
Mr. Al-Noaimi

On behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates it gives me pleasure to extend to the President our congratulations on his election to the presidency of...

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Lesotho

LSO
2000
Session 55
Motsoahae Thomas Thabane

On behalf of the Government and people of Lesotho, I extend our most sincere congratulations to the President on his election to preside over the fifty-fifth se...

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Belgium

BEL
1989
Session 44
EYSKENS

First of all, allow me warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I am confident that you will carry out the lofty...

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Venezuela

VEN
1955
Session 10
Mr. Perez Perez

1. The General Assembly is beginning its tenth session at a time when the world is cherishing firm hopes after the decade of fear and anxiety which succeeded th...

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United Arab Emirates

ARE
1986
Session 41
Mr. ABDULLAH

Sir, on behalf of the United Arab Emirates it gives me great pleasure to extend to you my heartfelt congratulations on your election as President of the United...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
2002
Session 57
Vilayat Guliyev

I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty- seventh session, and to expr...

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