Speeches by Corner

525 speeches found

Netherlands

NLD
2017
Session 72
Mr. Mark Rutte

Every era and every decade has its problems, great and small. The problems we face now seem overwhelming. These days many people worry about the future, which i...

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Bhutan

BTN
2023
Session 78
Tandi Dorji

At the outset. I would like to convey the warmest greetings from His Majesty the King and the people of Bhutan to the General Assembly. Allow me to congratulate...

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Afghanistan

AFG
2019
Session 74
Mr. Hamdullah Mohib

It is an honour for me to and stand at this prestigious rostrum today to represent my fellow countrywomen and men and address distinguished colleagues and partn...

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Albania

ALB
2021
Session 76
Edi Rama

It is a special honour to deliver this speech as the representative of a country that for the first time in its history is joining the Security Council, as a no...

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Sierra Leone

SLE
1990
Session 45
KOROMA

It is a privilege for me to be participating once again in the work of the General Assembly, and it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, the congratu...

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Saudi Arabia

SAU
1972
Session 27
Mr. Sakkaf

In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. 30. Mr. President, it is my privilege, on behalf of my Government and delegation, to tender to you our congr...

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China

CHN
2004
Session 59
Mr. LI Zhaoxing

I offer my warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am confident that under your pr...

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Iceland

ISL
2021
Session 76
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson

Mr. President, excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen, As we gather to discuss the state of global affairs, today’s challenges may seem overwhelming and almost imp...

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Mongolia

MNG
2006
Session 61
Mr. Miyegombo ENKHBOLD

Considerable progress has been made in implementing the specific set of actions to ensure peace, development and human rights that was agreed upon by more th...

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USA

USA
2009
Session 64
Barack Obama

It is my honour to address the Assembly for the first time as the forty-fourth President of the United States. I come before you humbled by the responsibilit...

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Japan

JPN
2021
Session 76
Yoshihide Suga

Mr. President, Let me start by expressing my deepest sympathies to those who have passed away due to COVID-19.1 would also like to convey my deepest respect for...

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Colombia

COL
1994
Session 49
Mr. Ernesto Samper Pizano

It is a great honour for me, as President of Colombia, to speak in the General Assembly, which, as the Organization reaches the fiftieth anniversary of its esta...

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Finland

FIN
2024
Session 79
Alexander Stubb

Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The UN was founded 79 years ago. At the time, we were standing at a crossroads. The...

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Montenegro

MNE
2018
Session 73
Mr. Duško Marković

It is my pleasure to address the General Assembly on behalf of Montenegro, one of the youngest members of the United Nations, which, since the restoration of i...

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Korea, Republic of

KOR
2018
Session 73
Mr. Moon Jae-in

I would like to express my deepest condolences on the passing away of Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The world will forever re...

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Palau

PLW
2018
Session 73
Mr. Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr

Let me begin by congratulating Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her recent assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-third sessi...

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Greece

GRC
1956
Session 11
Mr. KARAMANLIS

The twentieth century has been called the century of progress. Never before had man advanced so rapidly and so far in the fields of discovery, science, medicine...

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Dominica

DMA
2007
Session 62
Charles Savarin,

Let me at the outset congratulate Mr. Kerim on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and assure him of the cooperatio...

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Greece

GRC
1969
Session 24
Mr. TSISTOPOULOS

39. Madam President, I should like first of all, on behalf of the delegation of Greece and personally, to offer you our warm congratulations on your election as...

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Saint Lucia

LCA
2011
Session 66
Donatus Keith St. Aimee

Not since the prelude to the two world wars have there been so much uncertainty and anxiety within the international system. The sands are indeed shifting, a...

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