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Rwanda

RWA
2005
Session 60
Charles Murigande

Allow me to begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, Mr. Jean Ping of Gabon, and all Member States on the succe...

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Armenia

ARM
2002
Session 57
Vartan Oskanian

I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, and to wish you succ...

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Iraq

IRQ
2008
Session 63
Jalal Talabani

Allow me to extend my congratulations to Mr. D’Escoto Brockmann on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I wish ...

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Denmark

DNK
2007
Session 62
Carsten Staur,

At the Millennium Summit in 2000, an unprecedented number of world leaders came together and committed themselves to an ambitious global agenda for the years...

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Singapore

SGP
1992
Session 47
Wong

In 1989, the year in which the Berlin Wall fell and the cold war came to an end, there were 159 Member States represented in this Hall. Today, three years lat...

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Netherlands

NLD
2017
Session 72
Mr. Mark Rutte

Every era and every decade has its problems, great and small. The problems we face now seem overwhelming. These days many people worry about the future, which i...

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Germany

DEU
1980
Session 35
Genscher

Mr. President, first of all I should like to congratulate you most sincerely on your election to the highest office in the United Nations and to commend you on...

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Somalia

SOM
2024
Session 79
Hamza Abdi Barre

Your Excellency, Philemon Yang, President of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguish...

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Israel

ISR
1995
Session 50
Mr. Shimon Peres

I should like to congratulate Mr. Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are glad that a representative of Portugal, a ...

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Singapore

SGP
2022
Session 77
Vivian Balakrishnan

Let me first congratulate Your Excellency, Mr. Csaba Korosi, on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I also commend m...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
2012
Session 67
Winston Dookeran

Her Excellency Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, MP, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on whose behalf I speak, extends her congratulations to ...

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Niger

NER
1961
Session 16
Mr. Djermakoye

As some eminent speakers have already said at this rostrum, our sixteenth , session has opened on a note of meditation. We are mourning Mr. Hammarskjold, the S...

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Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
2004
Session 59
Mr. Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó

Although protocol requires that our statements be brief, it is no matter of routine for Equatorial Guinea to congratulate Mr. Jean Ping, Minister of Foreign Aff...

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Burma

MMR
1952
Session 7
Mr. BARRINGTON

When I was giving thought to the form which this statement should take, I naturally looked over the address which was delivered by the then Chairman of the dele...

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Bhutan

BTN
2023
Session 78
Tandi Dorji

At the outset. I would like to convey the warmest greetings from His Majesty the King and the people of Bhutan to the General Assembly. Allow me to congratulate...

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Lebanon

LBN
2022
Session 77
Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati

I offer my sincere congratulations to the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I also take this opportunity to...

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USA

USA
1984
Session 39
Reagan

First of all, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. Lusaka, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I wish you every success in carrying out the respo...

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Turkey

TUR
2004
Session 59
Mr. Abdullah Gül

I would like to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I pledge the full support of...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1989
Session 44
RICARD0 GARCIA

 It is a great honour and pleasure for me to return to this rostrum for the forty-fourth session of the Assembly and to address it on behalf of my country, the...

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Nepal

NPL
2024
Session 79
K.P. Sharma Oli

Mr. President, Your Excellencies the Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. I stand here as a...

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