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Saudi Arabia

SAU
1975
Session 30
Prince Saud AL-FAISAL

95. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of my delegation, my sincere congratulations upon your election as President of the ...

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Uruguay

URY
2000
Session 55
Didier Opertti

Allow me to begin by thanking the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, for his work as President of the fifty-fourth session of the Ge...

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Lybia

LBY
1998
Session 53
Abuzed Omar Dorda

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his accession to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. His election is a tribute to his ...

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Mexico

MEX
1992
Session 47
Mr. SOLANA MORALES

The Government of Mexico congratulates Mr. Stoyan Ganev on his election as President to guide the work of the General Assembly. It also congratulates Mr. Bou...

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Nepal

NPL
2011
Session 66
Baburam Bhattarai

Let me begin by congratulating the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. Let me also express our si...

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Botswana

BWA
1994
Session 49
Mr. Legwaila

The Government and people of Botswana salute your elevation to the Presidency of the forty-ninth session of the Assembly. Your election by acclamation is a fitt...

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Burma

MMR
1973
Session 28
U Lwin

162. Mr. President, at the outset, I should like to extend in the name of the delegation of Burma our warm congratulations to you on your election as President...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH
1994
Session 49
Mr. Alija Izetbegovic

Allow me, at the outset, to commend Mr. Samuel Insanally for the able manner in which he conducted the work of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly....

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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

LUX
2020
Session 75
Mr. Xavier Bettel

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends, We will remember this year — 2020. What a year! We cannot meet as we usually do in the Hall, which, once a ye...

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Morocco

MAR
2002
Session 57
Mohamed Benaissa

I should like at the outset to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco, our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the ...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
1991
Session 46
DUMBUYA

It is with great pleasure, that on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone, I congratulate Mr. Samir Shihabi on his election to...

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Azerbaijan

AZE
2018
Session 73
Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov

I am pleased to begin my statement by congratulating Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly, as the fo...

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Bangladesh

BGD
2001
Session 56
Reaz Rahman

I wish warmly to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We share the conviction that he will infus...

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Benin

BEN
2005
Session 60
Rogatien Biaou

Allow me first of all to pay tribute to Mr. Jean Ping, who guided the work of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly with great energy. He had the trem...

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Cuba

CUB
2001
Session 56
Felipe Pérez Roque

Before delivering my statement, I would like to express our condolences to the United States, the Dominican Republic and other countries represented here that ...

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Morocco

MAR
1980
Session 35
Boucetta

Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I voice my sincere congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, for the excellent choi...

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Malawi

MWI
1991
Session 46
KATOPOLA

On behalf of the Malawi delegation, I am pleased to congratulate Ambassador Shihabi of Saudi Arabia and the other members of the bureau on their election. We w...

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Poland

POL
1994
Session 49
Mr. Olechowski

Let me express my great pleasure at seeing Mr. Amara Essy presiding over our deliberations. I am confident that, given his experience and skills, this session ...

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Israel

ISR
2017
Session 72
Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu

We are in the midst of a great revolution — a revolution in Israel’s standing among the nations. It is happening because so many countries around the world have...

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Gabon

GAB
1999
Session 54
Jean Ping

I am pleased to convey to the President on behalf of the delegation of Gabon, our warmest congratulations on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the...

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