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ZAF

ZAF
2016
Session 71

I wish to congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I assure him of South Africa’s continued...

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Malaysia

MYS
2011
Session 66
Dato Sri Anifah Aman

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I have no d...

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Paraguay

PRY
1964
Session 19
Mr. Sapena Pastor

97. May I join other speakers in extending to you, Mr. President, our warmest and most sincere congratulations on your election by acclamation to preside over t...

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New Zealand

NZL
1984
Session 39
LANGE

Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election. When Africa's problems are looming so large, it is appropriate that an African should once again preside ov...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
1995
Session 50
Mr. Fofanah

Permit me, first of all, to congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. Indeed, a...

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Suriname

SUR
2004
Session 59
Mrs. Maria LEVENS

On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Suriname, I extend to you my sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to guide the work of t...

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Indonesia

IDN
2003
Session 58
Megawati Soekarnoputri

Allow me to begin by drawing the General Assembly’s attention to the fact that, despite all its deficiencies and weaknesses, it must be admitted that the Unite...

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Laos

LAO
1998
Session 53
Somsavat Lengsavad

First of all, I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Didier Opertti on his well- deserved election to the presidency of the fifty-third sessi...

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Morocco

MAR
1986
Session 41
Mr. FILALI

I should like, first of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, to extend to Ambassador Choudhury our sincere congratulations on his electio...

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Switzerland

CHE
2018
Session 73
Mr. Alain Berset

It is a great privilege for me to stand before the General Assembly today in New York. We are gathered here because of those who believed, following the trage...

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India

IND
2013
Session 68
Manmohan Singh

Let me first of all congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We wish you ever...

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Gambia

GMB
1996
Session 51
Ebrima Ceesay

I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail wholeheartedly on his assumption of the presidency of this session. His close association with the ...

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Comoros

COM
2009
Session 64
Ahmed Abdallah Sambi

I wish to pay tribute to the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General for their dedication to their noble missions. For once, I do not ...

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Comoros

COM
2004
Session 59
Mr. Souef Mohamed EL-AMINE

Mr. President, allow me at the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Comoros and on my own behalf, to congratulate you warmly on your election to preside o...

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Finland

FIN
2001
Session 56
Erkki Tuomioja

The terrorist attacks of 11 September are going to thoroughly change the world, but we do not yet know how. The aftermath of these events has shown that there ...

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Ghana

GHA
1992
Session 47
Mr. CHAMBAS

It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to congratulate you. Sir, in the name of the Ghana delegation, on the honour that the Assembly has conferred on yo...

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Ghana

GHA
1985
Session 40
Mr. Asamoah

It is a great pleasure, Sir, for my delegation to see you preside over the deliberations of the General Assembly at this historic session marking the fortieth a...

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Liechtenstein

LIE
1996
Session 51
Andrea Willi

At the outset I should like to congratulate Ambassador Razali Ismail on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. The Liech...

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Indonesia

IDN
1992
Session 47
SOEHARTO

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you. Sir, my sincere congratulations on your unanimous election as President of the forty-seventh session of the Gener...

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Australia

AUS
1953
Session 8
Mr. Casey

18. May I start by offering the President of the General Assembly the sincere congratulations of the Australian Government on her election. I think she knows of...

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