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Mexico

MEX
2009
Session 64
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano

Since the last session of the General 11 09-52598 Assembly, a number of crises have tested the capabilities of multilateral institutions to face them ...

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Yemen

YEM
1989
Session 44
AL-ER YAN I

Allow me at the outset of my statement to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic and on my own behalf, our warmest congrat...

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Canada

CAN
2020
Session 75
Mr. Justin Trudeau

Mr. President, fellow delegates, my friends. Thank you for the opportunity to address this Assembly. Like many of you, I have spoken in this forum before, but n...

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Tunisia

TUN
2014
Session 69
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki

At the outset, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa, representative of the friendly nation of Uganda, on his election to ...

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Australia

AUS
2001
Session 56
John Dauth

Sir, let me begin, like others, by congratulating you on having been elected President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Let me also very war...

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Cambodia

KHM
2018
Session 73
Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen

My participation in the general debate of the General Assembly at this session is taking place in a context in which the Cambodian nation is enjoying dividends ...

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Slovenia

SVN
2015
Session 70
Mr. Miro Cerar

We are at a historic junction for the United Nations, which will turn 70 next month. This occasion is an opportunity for stocktaking of the Organization’s past ...

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Monaco

MCO
2003
Session 58
Patrick Leclercq

Let me first congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Your election is welcome testimony ...

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Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

PRK
1994
Session 49
Mr. Choi Su Hon

Mr. President, allow me first of all, on behalf of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, to convey to you our congratulations on your election to the presi...

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Canada

CAN
1967
Session 22
Mr. MARTIN

81. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the Presidency of this body. Your election is both a tribute to your own person an...

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Republic of Namibia

NAM
2020
Session 75
Mr. Hage Geingob

Your Excellency, Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Exc...

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Kuwait

KWT
2004
Session 59
Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah

I am pleased to convey my congratulations to the President elected to the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I likewise take this opportunity to expre...

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Cuba

CUB
2015
Session 70
Raúl Castro Ruz

It was 70 years ago that, on behalf on their peoples, the first Member States of the Organization signed the Charter of the United Nations. We pledged ourselves...

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United Kingdom

GBR
1992
Session 47
Mr Hurp

I am privileged to speak this morning on behalf of the European Community and its 12 member States. It is a pleasure to do so under your guidance, Mr. Preside...

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Cote d'Ivoire

CIV
2007
Session 62
Laurent Gbagbo

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on the quality of the intensive work done in such a short period of time at th...

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Italy

ITA
1976
Session 31
Mr. Forlani

In speaking for the first time from this rostrum in my new. capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, I wish, on behalf of the Governmen...

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Viet Nam

VNM
2016
Session 71
Mr. Pham Binh Minh

I congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I am confident that his wisdom, leadership a...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2016
Session 71
Mr. Allen Michael Chastanet

It is with the greatest pleasure, Sir, that I welcome you to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. We in Saint Lucia are particul...

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Liberia

LBR
1965
Session 20
Mr. GRIMES

1. Mr. President, since the delegation of Liberia had the honour, on 22 September, of extending congratulations on your election to your high office, I shall on...

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Mauritania

MRT
1976
Session 31
Mr. Ould Mouknass

Sir, I could not go to the substance of my statement without first expressing to you my sincerest congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-fi...

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