Speeches by Major

6355 speeches found

Ceylon

LKA
1965
Session 20
Mr. PONNAMBALAM

1. History records and demonstrates that, whilst rulers and governments may have been concerned and preoccupied with the extension of national boundaries and ha...

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Mauritania

MRT
1977
Session 32
OULD MOUKNASS

1. We are gathered together once again to examine, in the light of the events which have occurred since the thirty-first session of the General Assembly, the ...

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Tunisia

TUN
1971
Session 26
Mr. MASMOUDI

157. According to certain "realists", in order to succeed a statesman must have heart without weakness; he must be as hard as rock, as cold as a calculating mac...

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Kenya

KEN
1984
Session 39
Mwangale

Permit me, Sir, to join other representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you most warmly on your election to the high office of President of t...

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Italy

ITA
1969
Session 24
Mr. MORO

1. Madam President, allow me first of all to express to you the satisfaction of the Italian delegation at seeing you preside over this Assembly. In you we welco...

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Mali

MLI
1962
Session 17
Mr. BOCOUM

Mr. President, I should like first of all to extend to you, on behalf of the Government of the Republic df Mali, my warm congratulations on your brilliant elect...

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Guatemala

GTM
1983
Session 38
ANDRADE-DIAZ-DURAN

134. Allow me first, Sir, to express to you on behalf of the Guatemalan delegation, which I have the honour to lead, our warmest congratulations on your electi...

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Cyprus

CYP
1969
Session 24
Mr. KYPRIANOU

156. All the speakers who have preceded me to this rostrum have extended to the President of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly their congratulat...

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Kenya

KEN
1975
Session 30
Mr. WAIYAKI

1. Mr. President, let me join other representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you warmly on your election to this high and onerous office. In...

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Panama

PAN
1989
Session 44
Francisco Rodriguez

 Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of Panama I should like to convey to you our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved election, which has pu...

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Pakistan

PAK
1968
Session 23
Mr. HUSAIN

70. May I, first of all, offer my congratulations to the President on his unanimous election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. This election...

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Netherlands

NLD
1976
Session 31
Mr. Van der Stoel

Mr. President, it is a privilege for me, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to congratulate you most warmly on your election as Pres...

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Ecuador

ECU
1961
Session 16
Mr. Vela Hervas

Mr. President, on behalf of the Ecuadorian delegation, I should like first of all to congratulate you on your appointment. 187. It is a very great privilege fo...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1948
Session 3
Mr. KARDELJ

Mr. KARDELJ began by pointing out that in the course of the general debate some speakers had, in what he described as a state of panic, expressed their fears wi...

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Romania

ROU
1975
Session 30
Mr. MACOVESCU

1. Your presence, Sir, as President for this year, which marks the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, constitutes a symbol of conte...

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Cape Verde

CPV
1981
Session 36
SM da LUZ

First of all permit me to express to the President, on behalf of the Government of Cape. Verde, our heartfelt congratulations on his election to preside over th...

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Afghanistan

AFG
1980
Session 35
Dost

 Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, to congratulate Mr. von Wechmar on his election to the high of...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1974
Session 29
Mr. Amerasinghe

Rarely, if ever, in the history of the United Nations has a President of the General Assembly been elected unanimously and without the whimsical aberration of a...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1959
Session 14
Mr. Kuznetsov

My visit to the United States of America at the invitation of its President, Mr. Dwight Eisenhower, coincides with the opening of the fourteenth session of the ...

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Ethiopia

ETH
1984
Session 39
Wolde

On behalf of the Ethiopian delegation and on my own behalf, Sir, I should like to congratulate you on your unanimous election as President of the thirty-ninth ...

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