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Estonia

EST
2014
Session 69
Toomas Hendrik Ilves

In the 364 days since I last had the honour to address this Assembly, the world has changed dramatically. We have seen a profound change in the global securi...

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Romania

ROU
2002
Session 57
Mircea Geoana

Allow me to begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your election to preside over the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. My congratulations go likewis...

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Ghana

GHA
1995
Session 50
Mr. Asamoah

We are very pleased that Mr. Freitas do Amaral is presiding over this important occasion, not only because of our confidence in his sterling qualities and ackno...

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Lesotho

LSO
1986
Session 41
Mr, LEKHAKYA

On behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Lesotho and on ay own behalf, I wish to offer you. Sir, our sincere congratulations on your election to the presi...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2005
Session 60
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

I extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations as you assume the high office of the President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We wish you al...

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Singapore

SGP
2003
Session 58
S. Jayakumar

I would like to congratulate Mr. Julian Hunte, the Foreign Minister of Saint Lucia, on his election as the new President of the General Assembly. Singapore is ...

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Sudan

SDN
2021
Session 76
Abdalla Hamdok

Mr. President, Excellencies, Heads of State, Heads of Government Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and gentlemen, May the peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon ...

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Bhutan

BTN
1984
Session 39
Tsering

I have the honour to convey to the President of the General Assembly and to all representatives the warm greetings and good wishes of His Majesty Jigme Singye ...

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Finland

FIN
1969
Session 24
Mr. KARJALAINEN

179. Madam President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of my Government and myself, our sincerest congratulations on your election to th...

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Republic of Guatemala

GTM
2020
Session 75
Mr. Pedro Brolo Vila

It is a great honour for me to speak at the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session for the first time, as Minister for Foreign Affa...

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Togo

TGO
2018
Session 73
Mr. Robert Dussey

At the outset, I extend the warm congratulations of His Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, to the President of the G...

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Iraq

IRQ
2009
Session 64
Jalal Talabani

Permit me to congratulate our brother and friend Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth ses...

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT
2005
Session 60
Ralph E. Gonsalves

The sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the commemoration of my country’s twenty-fifth year of independence. The preamble to the Constitut...

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Chad

TCD
2005
Session 60
Allam-Mi Ahmad

On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf I would like to extend our warm congratulations to President Eliasson on his election to the presidency of the G...

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Singapore

SGP
1985
Session 40
Mr. Dhanabalan

Allow me to congratulate the President on his assumption of this high office. There are few men in this hall who have been associated with the United Nations as...

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Haiti

HTI
2018
Session 73
Mr. Jovenel Moïse

At the outset, allow me to congratulate President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly. Her unanimously recognize...

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Mozambique

MOZ
1984
Session 39
CHISSANO

We are extremely pleased, Sir, to see you, an experienced and well-known African diplomat, a representative of a front-line State, presiding over the affairs o...

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Peru

PER
1998
Session 53
Eduardo Ferrero Costa

Through you, Sir, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election, which was so richly deserved because of his vast experienc...

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Bhutan

BTN
2016
Session 71
Mr. Lyonpo Damcho Dorji

At the outset, I have the honour to convey the warm greetings of His Majesty the King and the people of Bhutan. I congratulate the President on his election as ...

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Bahamas

BHS
1997
Session 52
Janet G. Bostwick

I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. My delegation is s...

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