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Sri Lanka

LKA
1977
Session 32
HAMEED

 I wish to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election as President of the thirty- second session of the General Assembly. You bring to the office a wealth ...

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Venezuela

VEN
1982
Session 37
ZAMBRANO VELASCO

First of all, Sir, I should like on behalf of the delegation of Venezuela and on my own behalf to congratulate you on your well- deserved election as Preside...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1999
Session 54
Seyoum Mesfin

On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, it is with great satisfaction that I wish to extend to you, Sir, our congratulations on your well-deserved elec...

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Netherlands

NLD
1996
Session 51
H.A.F.M.O. van Mierlo

I join my colleague, Minister Dick Spring of Ireland, who spoke on behalf of the European Union, in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency...

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Giunea-Bissau

GNB
1977
Session 32
Saude Maria

152. Sir, I wish to say how happy I am to associate myself with the preceding speakers in welcoming with great satisfaction and friendship your election to th...

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Greece

GRC
1992
Session 47
Mr. PAPACONSTANTINOU

Allow me, first of all, to extend to you. Sir, the warmest congratulations of the Greek Government on your election to the presidency. Your personal qualities...

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Somalia

SOM
1966
Session 21
Mr. Al-dirazak HUSSEIN

32. Mr. President, it is a great pleasure for me and my delegation to join in the warm congratulations expressed to you on your election as President of th...

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Mali

MLI
1972
Session 27
Mr. Sissoko

Mr. President, may I be permitted first to express to you the warm congratulations of my delegation on your brilliant election to the presidency of the twenty-s...

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Tanzania

TZA
1977
Session 32
Mkapa

23. Mr. President, the Tanzanian delegation is very happy to see you preside over the deliberations of the thirty-second session of the United Nations General...

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Rwanda

RWA
1989
Session 44
BIZIMUNGU

 On behalf of the Rwandese Republic, allow me first to convey our warmest congratulations to Mr. Garba of Nigeria, as well as to the officers of the Bureau, wh...

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Russia

RUS
1998
Session 53
Igor Ivanov

Mankind is increasingly feeling the winds of the twenty-first century. What they bring depends on all of us, on whether or not we succeed in responding collecti...

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Bolivia

BOL
1966
Session 21
Mr. SILES

45. Mr. President, the Bolivian delegation is very pleased that you, whose intellectual and moral qualities are acclaimed in international circles, have bee...

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Barbados

BRB
1980
Session 35
Forde

We meet at a time when the world economic outlook, both immediate and longer term, is depressingly bleak. On the political front, discussions on detente are de...

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Viet Nam

VNM
1991
Session 46
TRAN QUANG CO

Sir, the delegation of Viet Nam wishes to congratulate you upon your election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-sixth sessi...

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Saudi Arabia

SAU
1965
Session 20
Mr. SAKKAF

154. In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate: 155 The appointment of Mr. Fanfani to the high office of the Presidency of the General Assembly ...

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Republic of Chile

CHL
2019
Session 74
Mr. Sebastian Piñera Echenique

Every generation faces its own challenges but no generation has faced a challenge as urgent and formidable as that confronting us in climate change and global w...

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Egypt

EGY
2017
Session 72
Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session and to...

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Cameroon

CMR
1971
Session 26
Mr. KEUTCHA

186. Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of Cameroon, I wish to join the representatives who have preceded me in addressing to you our warmest congratul...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
2019
Session 74
Mr. Ralph Gonsalves

As Robert Nesta Marley, a great poet of our Caribbean civilization, once paraphrased the Book of Psalms in song, “the stone that the builder refuse, will always...

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Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

VEN
1991
Session 46
Carlos Andres Peres

Mr. President, I have come before the representatives of the community of nations in order to express my country's views on the great issues of our times and t...

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