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Belgium

BEL
1976
Session 31
Mr. Van Elslande

Mr. President, I hope that you will convey to the President of the Assembly that we are extremely honored at his election to the presidency of this thirty-first...

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Belgium

BEL
1994
Session 49
Mr. Willy Claes

It is with great pleasure that I join the previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this Assembly. The great African c...

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USA

USA
1990
Session 45
GEORGE BUSH

 It is really a great privilege to greet you today as we begin what marks a new and historic session of the General Assembly. My congratulations to the Honoura...

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Honduras

HND
2014
Session 69
Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado

I am Juan Orlando Hernández. I was born in a humble village called Rio Grande, in the department of Lempira, a region with very high rates of inequality and ...

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Malaysia

MYS
1969
Session 24
Mr. RAHMAN

1. It is my privilege to be here for the first time and to come to this rostrum with the signal honour of offering my felicitations to you, Madam, on your elect...

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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

BLR
1985
Session 40
Mr. Gurinovich

Sir, please accept our congratulations on the occasion of your election to the responsible post of President of the fortieth session of the United Nations Gener...

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Indonesia

IDN
1967
Session 22
Mr. MALIK

72. Mr. President, please allow me, first of all, to congratulate you on your election to the important position of President of the General Assembly at this Se...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1968
Session 23
Mr.NIKEZIĆ

118. Mr. President, first allow me to congratulate you on behalf of the Yugoslav delegation, on your election to the highest office of our Assembly and to say t...

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Peru

PER
1985
Session 40
Mr. Alan Garcia Perez

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly and representative of Spain, a country in which the Latin American community asserts its roots, acknowledgi...

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Liberia

LBR
1983
Session 38
Sammuel K. Doe

We live in a world of constant transformation, where even the ideals that motivate mankind have been rapidly changing. Yet those visions of national identity, ...

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Jordan

JOR
2000
Session 55
Abdul Ilah El-Khatib

At the outset, I would like to extend my congratulations to His Excellency on his election as President of the current session of the General Assembly, wishing ...

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Solomon Islands

SLB
2007
Session 62
Patteson Oti

Mr. President, I am privileged to stand before you today in the place of my Prime Minister, Mr. Manasseh Sogavare, to renew the firm commitment of the Govern...

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Sweden

SWE
1993
Session 48
Mrs. UGGLAS

Let me express the Swedish Government’s satisfaction at the election of Ambassador Insanally of Guyana as President of this session of the General Assembly. I s...

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Mali

MLI
1961
Session 16
Mr. Bocoum

On behalf of my delegation and the Government of the Republic of Mali, I would like to congratulate Mr. Slim on his brilliant election to the high office of Pre...

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Gabon

GAB
2004
Session 59
El Haj Omar Bongo Ondimba

At the outset I would like to express to Member States my deepest gratitude — that of the Government and people of Gabon — for the great honour and the confiden...

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Gabon

GAB
1992
Session 47
Mrs. BONGO

May I first. Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on behalf of the Government and people of Gabon, convey to Ambassador Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria our warm congr...

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Liberia

LBR
1984
Session 39
Eastman

Sir, I hail, salute and congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. You bring to this high posit...

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Romania

ROU
2006
Session 61
Mr. Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly. The Romanian delegation looks forward to a pres...

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Iran, Islamic Republic of

IRN
1995
Session 50
Mr. Velayati

May I at the outset congratulate President Freitas do Amaral of Portugal on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the General ...

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Cameroon

CMR
1991
Session 46
BOOH-BOOH

Cameroon associates itself warmly with the congratulations that have been expressed to you, Sir, on the occasion of your outstanding selection to the presidenc...

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