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Turkey

TUR
1985
Session 40
Mr. Halefoglu

I have the pleasure of congratulating you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fortieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that under yo...

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Australia

AUS
1980
Session 35
Peacock

Mr. President, on behalf of the Australian delegation, I should like to add my very warm congratulations to those already expressed on your election as Preside...

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Tuvalu

TUV
2008
Session 63
Apisai Ielemia

Standing before the Assembly for the first time, I am greatly honoured by this opportunity to speak on behalf of the people and Government of Tuvalu. Next ...

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Panama

PAN
2015
Session 70
Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez

This is the second year that I have come to the General Assembly as President of Panama, representing a peaceful, healthy and noble people, to whom I send my gr...

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Hungary

HUN
1990
Session 45
JEZSEMSZKY

May I first of all extend to Mr. Guido de Marco of Malta my congratulations on his election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I should...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1979
Session 34
Donaldson

On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and on my own behalf, I take great pleasure in extending to you, Sir, our sincer...

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Afghanistan

AFG
2018
Session 73
Mr. Abdullah Abdullah

Allow me to start by extending my congratulations to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and wishing much success to the presidency of the General Assembly at it...

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Samoa

WSM
2008
Session 63
Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi

The United Nations embodies multilateralism. It is living testimony of the intergovernmental process at work. Samoa’s membership of the United Nations is gro...

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Hungary

HUN
2018
Session 73
Mr. Péter Szijjártó

History usually defines certain periods by the major developments and phenomena that occur during that period. If you pose the question as to which developmen...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
1967
Session 22
Mr. ROBINSON

40. I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for the opportunity afforded me to make the position of my country clear on the major issues now being agitated in this...

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Tajikistan

TJK
2013
Session 68
Oqil Oqilov

At the outset, I would like to join with those expressing their cordial congratulations to Mr. John Ashe on his election to serve as President of the General...

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Burma

MMR
1988
Session 43
Mr. GYI

 I deem it a privilege and an honour to extend to the President the warm felicitations of the delegation of Burma on his election as the President of the forty...

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Mali

MLI
2004
Session 59
Mr. Moctar OUANE

Allow me at the outset warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session and to assure you and t...

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Zambia

ZMB
1977
Session 32
Mwale

 1. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-second session of th...

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Australia

AUS
1986
Session 41
Mr. HAYDEN

My country, Australia, is delighted to see you, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, presiding over the forty-first session of the General Assembly. Coming from...

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Israel

ISR
1963
Session 18
Mrs. MEIR

Mr. President, allow me to offer our congratulations to you upon your election. We are very fortunate in having chosen a colleague of such notable experience in...

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Lithuania

LTU
1996
Session 51
Povilas Gylys

On behalf of the Lithuanian Government, allow me to warmly congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his election as President of the General Assembly at this session....

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Egypt

EGY
1993
Session 48
Mr. MOUSSA

It gives me pleasure to convey to you, Sir, and to your friendly country my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-eighth sessi...

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Belize

BLZ
1993
Session 48
Mr. Barrow

The delegation of Belize takes immense pride, Sir, in your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. This is the first tim...

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Monaco

MCO
2013
Session 68
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II

Twenty years ago I took the floor for the first time before the General Assembly. A few months before that, on 28 May 1993, Monaco had become the one hundred...

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