Speeches by Major

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Latvia

LVA
1994
Session 49
Mr. Guntis Ulmanis

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session and to wish you every success in leadin...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
1988
Session 43
CENAC

 I ask the President to accept our congratulations on his election and elevation to his most illustrious and profoundly important position. We are not unaware ...

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Australia

AUS
2010
Session 65
Kevin Rudd

This great body has been in existence for two thirds of a century — three times longer than its predecessor body, the League of Nations, and longer than prev...

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Lebanon

LBN
1998
Session 53
Rafic Hariri

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I would also like to com...

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Iran

IRN
2008
Session 63
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I am grateful to the Almighty for granting me another opportunity to be present at this world Assembly. In the past three years, I have talked to the Assembl...

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Algeria

DZA
1990
Session 45
GHOZALI

 It gives the Algerian delegation great satisfaction to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session. In electing y...

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Morocco

MAR
1973
Session 28
Benhima

83. Mr. President, I am very pleased to be-able to add the congratulations of the Moroccan delegation to those that have already been addressed to you. The Ass...

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Micronesia, Federated States of

FSM
1994
Session 49
Mr. Moses

I am honoured to address this forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. First, I wish to congratulate Mr. Amara Essy on his election to the presidency, and t...

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Argentina

ARG
1987
Session 42
CAPUTO

 My first words are words of congratulation to you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the Presidency of the General Assembly. The delegation of Argentina is p...

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Burma

MMR
1960
Session 15
U THANT

Since this is my first intervention in the general debate, let me take this opportunity of extending through the Vice-President, the very warm felicitations of ...

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Swaziland

SWZ
1994
Session 49
Prince Dlamini

I bring with me the greetings and good wishes of His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Indlovukazi, the Government and people of the Kingdom of Swaziland...

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Belgium

BEL
1959
Session 14
Mr. Wigny

37. Although repetitions beget monotony and may end in tedium, I hope you will allow the Belgian delegation to join previous speakers in expressing its gratific...

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Tanzania

TZA
1999
Session 54
Benjamin William Mkapa

Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. This is an expressi...

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Finland

FIN
1979
Session 34
Vayrynen

Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election to the office of President of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly . We know you as a greatly r...

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Belgium

BEL
1966
Session 21
Mr. HARMEL

1. Mr. President, your name has been closely linked to many of our Organization's activities and we know how hard you have worked to enable the General Asse...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2022
Session 77
Gaston Alphonso Browne

As high representatives of our world’s nations gather at this seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, our peoples would have been right to expect great...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1956
Session 11
Mr. POPOVIC

I should like to begin by associating myself with those representatives who have already congratulated Prince Wan Waithayakon on his election to the office of P...

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New Zealand

NZL
1969
Session 24
Mr. HOLYOAKE

130. Madam President, it gives me very special pleasure today, on behalf of the New Zealand delegation, to offer you our warmest congratulations on your elect...

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Oman

OMN
1993
Session 48
Mr. Abdullah

On behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, allow me at the outset to convey to your Excellency our sincere congratulations and to express our pleasur...

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China

CHN
1973
Session 28
Kuan-hua Chiao

Since the twenty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, some notable events have successively taken place on the international arena. First, t...

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