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Cape Verde

CPV
1997
Session 52
Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga

My delegation is pleased to greet you, Sir, as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. I congratulate you warmly on your election; we ha...

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Ghana

GHA
2014
Session 69
John Dramani Mahama

Change has become an overriding theme in the language of today`s social and political landscape. We speak of the need to change behaviours, attitudes and law...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1985
Session 40
Mr. Hameed

At the outset, let me congratulate Ambassador de Piniés on his well-deserved election as President of this historic fortieth session of the united Nations Gener...

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Comoros

COM
1985
Session 40
Mr. Kafe

Slightly more than a week ago the Zionist entity committed an act of criminal aggression against Tunisia in blindly bombing a Palestinian camp situated close to...

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Somalia

SOM
2021
Session 76
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The COVID-19 health pandemic has truly challenged the world in ways most never envisaged. Across the world, people have lost...

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Algeria

DZA
1982
Session 37
TALEB IBRAHIMI

First of all, I should like to address to you, Sir, the warm congratulations of the Algerian delegation on your accession to the important position of Presid...

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Finland

FIN
2002
Session 57
Erkki Tuomioja

One year after the terrible attacks of 11 September, we commemorate the innocent victims of those crimes. The best way we can honour their memory is by taking ...

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Iraq

IRQ
1974
Session 29
Mr. Taqa

Mr. President, it is indeed a source of gratification to see the international community expressing its confidence in you by electing you to the Presidency of t...

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Paraguay

PRY
2003
Session 58
Nicanor Duarte Frutos

Two hundred years after the first cry of freedom in Latin America, our peoples are propelled by new winds of emancipation. A fresh generation of leaders has ta...

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New Zealand

NZL
1979
Session 34
Corner

As a member of the Commonwealth, New Zealand is pleased to welcome Saint Lucia to the United Nations and to offer its warmest congratulations to the representa...

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Somalia

SOM
1988
Session 43
Mr. HAMUD

I should like at the outset. Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assemb...

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Romania

ROU
1996
Session 51
Teodor Viorel Melescanu

I have the particular pleasure of congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly and of expressing o...

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Ethiopia

ETH
2016
Session 71
Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn

At the outset, let me congratulate the President on his assumption of his high office to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I wish ...

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Tanzania

TZA
2003
Session 58
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

It gives me great pleasure on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of ...

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Myanmar

MMR
1998
Session 53
Ohn Gyaw

At the outset, Sir, let me extend to Mr. Opertti the felicitations of my delegation on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its f...

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Cuba

CUB
1990
Session 45
MALMIERCA PEOLI

Our delegation is very pleased to see Mr. Guido de Marco presiding over the work of this session of the General Assembly, at a time of particular importance fo...

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Gambia

GMB
1980
Session 35
Jabang

I should like first of all to extend to Ambassador von Wechmar my sincerest congratulations on his election to the high office of President of this important r...

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Mauritania

MRT
2005
Session 60
Ahmed Ould Sid’Ahmed

On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Eliasson my wholehearted congratulations on his election to the presidency of the...

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Thailand

THA
2001
Session 56
Pracha Guna-Kasem

It is an honour for me to deliver this statement on behalf of Mr. Surakiart Sathirathai, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand. Allow me to join all previou...

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Greece

GRC
1963
Session 18
Mr. PAPAGOS

Mr. President, allow me first of all to congratulate you once more on behalf of the Greek delegation upon your election to the high office of President of the e...

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