Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

Panama

PAN
1979
Session 34
Ozores

Three days after the entry into force of the new treaties on the Panama Canal , a milestone in the history of Latin America, the President of Panama, Mr. Arist...

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Central African Republic

CAF
1976
Session 31
Mr. Franck

I am greatly honored to transmit to the General Assembly the warm congratulations of His Excellency Jean Bedel Bokassa, the President for Life of the Republic, ...

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Ecuador

ECU
2001
Session 56
Heinz Möeller Freile

I congratulate you, Sir, on your well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly. You are a worthy representative of the Republic of Korea, a count...

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Burundi

BDI
1987
Session 42
MBONIMPA

Mr. President, your election to guide the work of this session honours you and gives us cause for rejoicing for, given your qualities as an experienced diploma...

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Kingdom of the Netherlands

NLD
2020
Session 75
Mr. Mark Rutte

Mr President, Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, [PM] For me, the General Assembly in New York is the ultimate UN experience. All the d...

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Timor-Leste

TLS
2012
Session 67
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão

It is a great pleasure for me to address this great General Assembly for the second year in a row. Last September, I tried to convey to the Assembly a message ...

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China

CHN
2011
Session 66
Yang Jiechi

I wish to begin by congratulating Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I am confid...

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Germany Democratic Republic

DEU
1986
Session 41
Mr. FISCHER

In this autumn of 1986, the community of nations is again facing serious problem* and momentous decisions that affect the destiny of our peoples. We are threate...

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

UKR
1985
Session 40
Mr. Kravets

Mr. President, please accept our warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the fortieth anniversary session of the General Assembly of the Unit...

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Mongolia

MNG
1966
Session 21
Mr. DUGERSUREN

20. An important result of the twentieth session of the General Assembly was the adoption of the Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the D...

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Albania

ALB
1959
Session 14
Mr. Shtylla

96. The fourteenth session of the General Assembly is taking place at a time when progress is being made in the efforts to give a new orientation to internation...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1967
Session 22
Mr. NIKEZIC

57. Mr. President, I should like first of all to extend to you my sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly, The Yugosl...

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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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United States

USA
2015
Session 70
Barack Obama

Seventy years after the founding of the United Nations it is worth reflecting on what the members of this body, working together, have helped to achieve. Out of...

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Uruguay

URY
1995
Session 50
Mr. Pérez-Otermin

In this changed world that came out of the Second World War — more global and interdependent — Uruguay wishes to reaffirm its confidence in the vital role playe...

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Namibia

NAM
2000
Session 55
Theo-Ben Gurirab

This is neither the place nor the time for me to repeat what my head of State and I have said in speeches regarding most of the critical national, regional and ...

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Guatemala

GTM
1964
Session 19
Mr. Herrarte

1. Mr. President, it is a great honour for me to offer you, on behalf of the Government of Guatemala and on my own behalf, sincere congratulations on the well-e...

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Singapore

SGP
1999
Session 54
Shunmugam Jayakumar

First let convey my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election. As we enter the new millennium, the United Nations is crossing a significan...

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France

FRA
1997
Session 52
Hubert Védrine

May I first say, Sir, how pleased my country is at your election as President of the fifty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. I should also...

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Oman

OMN
1996
Session 51
Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla

At the outset and on behalf of my delegation, allow me to congratulate Ambassador Razali on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-firs...

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