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Sri Lanka

LKA
2008
Session 63
Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka congratulates the President on his election to this high office. We are confident that your guidance will enable the General Assembly to make progr...

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New Zealand

NZL
1971
Session 26
Mr. MULDOON

164. Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure to congratulate the new President of this Assembly. You come to us, Sir, as one of the most distinguished state...

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Netherlands

NLD
2009
Session 64
Jan Peter Balkenende

A few weeks ago, the Empire State Building was lit up in orange, the national colour of the Netherlands. The reason was that, precisely 400 years ago, the Du...

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Pakistan

PAK
2005
Session 60
Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri

Let me congratulate the President of the current session and former President Jean Ping for the success of the historic sixtieth anniversary summit. We admire t...

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Central African Republic

CAF
2016
Session 71
Mr. Faustin Archange Touadéra

At the outset, may I warmly congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. He may rest assure...

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Singapore

SGP
1967
Session 22
Mr. YONG

1. Mr. President, on behalf of my Government and the delegation of the Republic of Singapore, I should like to associate myself with the congratulatory remarks ...

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Nigeria

NGA
1991
Session 46
IBRAHIM BABANGIDA

It is a great honour for me to address this Assembly, both as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as the Chairman of the Organization of African U...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1992
Session 47
Mr. TAVERAS GUZMAN

Permit me to begin. Sir, by taking this opportunity to convey to you the congratulations of the delegation of the Dominican Republic on your election to the ...

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Bhutan

BTN
1992
Session 47
Mr. TSHERING

I have the honour to convey to you and to all the representatives here the warm greetings of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, and his good ...

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Japan

JPN
1986
Session 41
Mr. KURANARI

I should like first, on behalf of the Government and people of Japan, to. express my sincere congratulations to Mr Choudhury on his election to the presidency o...

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Turkmenistan

TKM
2004
Session 59
Mr. Rashid MEREDOV

I should like at the outset to express my sincere gratitude for the honour to speak from this rostrum and to convey, on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan,...

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Jamaica

JAM
2009
Session 64
Kenneth Baugh

I join other speakers in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on assuming the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. We are confident tha...

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Chad

TCD
1999
Session 54
Mahamat Saleh Annadif

On behalf of the Chad delegation, and on my own behalf, I would like to extend warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of...

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Mexico

MEX
1966
Session 21
Mr. CARILLO FLORES

98. Mr. President, I am happy to add Mexico's congratulations to those the President of the General Assembly — whom I have just had the honour to greet — has...

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Fiji

FJI
1980
Session 35
Bole

Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Fiji, my delegation would like to join with other delegations that have already spoken in congratulati...

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Germany

DEU
2005
Session 60
Klaus Scharioth

Please accept my congratulations, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this historic sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I wish you every success. I...

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Togo

TGO
2004
Session 59
Mr. Biossey Kokou TOZOUN

In expressing to you, Sir, our great pride at seeing an eminent representative of the Group of African States preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-nin...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
2024
Session 79
Ralph Gonsalves

Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Despite a quarter century of analysis, advocacy, and prescriptions set forth by the leaders of Small Island Developing Stat...

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Solomon islands

SLB
1999
Session 54
Bartholomew Ulufa’alu

Let me express my sincere congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. Under your leadership, I am c...

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Kuwait

KWT
1976
Session 31
Mr. Al-Sabah

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to express to Mr. Amerasinghe, on behalf of the Government of the State of Kuwait, heartfelt congratulations on his el...

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