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Costa Rica

CRI
1994
Session 49
Figueres Olsen

Costa Rica hails and congratulates you most warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We also wish to thank the Secretary- Genera...

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Dominican Republic

DOM
1972
Session 27
Mr. Gomez Berges

Mr. President, first of all I wish to convey to you my congratulations on your election in the certainty that your wisdom and your qualities as a statesman and ...

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Tajikistan

TJK
1999
Session 54
Emomali Rakhmonov

First of all, permit me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to your important post as President of the General Assembly. We are convinced that thanks to ...

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Canada

CAN
1998
Session 53
Lloyd Axworthy

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. With your experience and dedication to the goals of this Organiza...

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Sudan

SDN
1997
Session 52
Ali Osman Mohamed Taha

At the outset I would like to express my congratulations to the President on the confidence the General Assembly showed in him by electing him to preside over ...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1972
Session 27
Mr. Tepavac

Mr. President, in congratulating you on your election to the high office of President of our Assembly, I wish first of all to emphasize the confidence which the...

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Ghana

GHA
2015
Session 70
Mr. John Dramani Mahama

Let me congratulate the Secretary-General, the staff of the United Nations and, indeed, all Member States, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of this...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2008
Session 63
Stephenson King

Saint Lucia is pleased to join the other Members of the United Nations family in congratulating His Excellency Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election ...

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Cambodia

KHM
1964
Session 19
Mr. Hoot Sambath

1. Mr. President, allow me first, on behalf of Cambodia, to offer you our very sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to the Presidency of the ninet...

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El Salvador

SLV
1969
Session 24
Mr. GUERRERO

102. Madam President, it is with real satisfaction that I take the floor in the general debate under your Presidency, for you represent a friendly country, Libe...

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Luxembourg

LUX
1960
Session 15
Mr. SCHAUS

On behalf of the Luxembourg delegation I should like first of all to associate myself with the warm congratulations which have been addressed to our President u...

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Uruguay

URY
1989
Session 44
BARRIOS TASSANO

 During the debate at the fortieth session of the General Assembly four years ago, President Sanguinetti announced to the world community from this very rostru...

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Austria

AUT
2001
Session 56
Benita Ferrero-Waldner

I am speaking here while still in shock over the terrible aeroplane crash in Queens, our immediate neighbourhood, especially since the area of Rockaway, where ...

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Philpinnes

PHL
1980
Session 35
ROMULO

My delegation joins our colleagues in congratulating you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. You...

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Fiji

FJI
1998
Session 53
Taufa Vakatale

My country and my delegation wish to take this opportunity to extend to Mr. Didier Opertti our warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the ...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
1990
Session 45
VOKOUMA

 Mr. President, events in Eastern and Central Europe that were gratifying to all of us occurred or were about to occur when the United States and the Soviet Un...

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Libya

LBY
1970
Session 25
Mr. KIKHIA

110. Sir, allow me first to offer on behalf of the delegation of the Libyan Arab Republic and myself, our sincerest congratulations on your election as Presid...

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

KNA
1995
Session 50
Mr. Douglas

As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, it is indeed an honour for me to address this distinguished Assembly. I take pride in conveyin...

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Central African Republic

CAF
1994
Session 49
Mr. Ange-Félix Patasse

The delegation of the new Central African Republic, which is attending a session of the General Assembly for the first time, is pleased to be here and expresse...

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Colombia

COL
1959
Session 14
Mr. Turbay Ayala

19. Mr. TURBAY AYALA (Colombia) (translated from Spanish): Both as the representative of a democratic Government and as spokesman for a Latin American country, ...

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