Speeches by Major

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Sao Tome and Principe

STP
1985
Session 40
Mr. Da Costa

To your predecessor, Ambassador Paul Lusaka, a worthy son of Africa, we wish to pay a tribute for the good example he gave us and for the commitment that marked...

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Bulgaria

BGR
2010
Session 65
Nickolay Mladenov

Every year we come together in this great Hall of the United Nations, to 10-55264 32 reaffirm our commitment to multilateralism. Nations big and smal...

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Malta

MLT
1971
Session 26
Mr. ATTARD KINGSWELL

75. Mr. President, allow me to echo the sentiments which have been expressed by all the speakers who have preceded me and to offer you, on behalf of the Malta...

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Netherlands

NLD
1954
Session 9
Mr. LUNS

The Charter has wisely recognized the interdependence of the conditions for peace and security. It has proclaimed the interrelationship between political, econo...

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South Korea

KOR
1996
Session 51
Ro-Myung Gong

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Korea, Sir, I would like to express my sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presiden...

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Sudan

SDN
1983
Session 38
Mubarak

31. Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to extend to you our sincere congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-eighth session of the Gene...

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Congo

COG
1968
Session 23
Mr. MONDJO

101. At the beginning of this statement my delegation has the very pleasant duty of offering hearty congratulations to Mr. Arenales, as several previous speaker...

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Argentina

ARG
1982
Session 37
AGUIRRE LANARI

I should like to begin by congratulating the President on his election to the high office he has been asked to fill at this session of the General Assembly. ...

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Malaysia

MYS
1998
Session 53
Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am confident that wit...

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Gambia

GMB
2001
Session 56
Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila Jagne

On behalf of my delegation, I should like to present our heartfelt condolences to the grieving families following the tragic plane accident yesterday. Let me a...

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Russian Federation

RUS
1994
Session 49
Mr. Boris Yeltsin

At the very outset I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Amara Essy, on your election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its current sessi...

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German Democratic Republic

DDR
1976
Session 31
Mr. Fisher

Mr. President, please accept my congratulations on your election to your responsible office. We see your mandate also as recognition of Sri Lanka's role in the ...

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Ghana

GHA
1991
Session 46
ASAMOAH

 Mr. President, permit me to congratulate you, in the name of the Ghana delegation, on your election to the highest office of the General Assembly and, f...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
1991
Session 46
KOHATE

You have the delicate task, Mr. President, of presiding over the Assembly's work at a particularly sensitive time in the history of international relations. We...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2010
Session 65
Winston Baldwin Spence

Let me at the outset commend you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I pledge my delegation’s s...

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Costa Rica

CRI
1993
Session 48
Mr. NIEHAUS QUESADA

It has been four years since the end of the cold war and the fall of the old ideological order. Four years ago we were told that war and global confrontation ha...

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Bolivia

BOL
1967
Session 22
Mr. GUEVARA AKZE

75. First of all, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on behalf of the delegation of Bolivia on your election to the high office of President of the Gener...

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India

IND
1997
Session 52
Inder Kumar Gujral

Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to see you presiding over the General Assembly. As Ambassador to the former Soviet Union for five years, I ha...

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Ukraine

UKR
1975
Session 30
Mr. SHEVEL

1. Thirty years ago, when the Second World War, the most devastating and bloody war in the history of mankind, came to an end, the United Nations was created. ...

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Canada

CAN
1952
Session 7
Mr. MARTIN

I am sure that this Assembly will permit me to say that I am proud, as the acting head of the Canadian delegation, to find myself addressing a fellow Canadian a...

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