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It gives me great pleasure to extend through you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Iraq, our warm congratulations to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Ame...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ambassador María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly and to wish her every...

I would like to join the other delegations here in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly. May I also pay trib...

One year ago, representatives of Member States gathered in this hallowed Hall and sang songs of praise in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of this venerable ...

Mr. President, permit me first to join my colleagues in congratulating you on your election as President of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly of ...

First. I would like to thank all those whose daily work is dedicated to the United Nations and its ideals. All across the globe, people work in the name of the ...

I thank you, sir, for the opportunity to address the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh general debate. Let me start by congratulating Mr. Vuk Jeremić and t...

 Sir, I have the honour of extending to you the congratulations and best wishes of the Government and people of Vanuatu on your assumption of the presidency of...

The delegation of the Niger — which I have the honour to lead and which brings the message of His Excellency Mamadou Tandja, President of the Republic — is m...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates and Friends, Seventy-Five years ago, our predecessors founded this noble institution as the primary interna...

It is a distinct honour for me to address the General Assembly for the first time in my capacity as President of Ecuador. I am here, fully aware of the expectat...

I greet Julian Hunte warmly as President at this session and assure him of Nepal’s full cooperation in his work. His Excellency Jan Kavan, the outgoing Preside...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, as you ably and wisely guide our deliberations at the fifty-ninth session. Allow me also to take this oppor...

89. The delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia is today confronted with a choice. It can either join in the chorus of delegations who express more or less full a...

I convey my greetings to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, whom I congratulate on his election. I wish him success during his tenure as P...

First, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. At the same time, I should like to pay tribute to the work of your predecessor, Her Exc...

225. When this entire Assembly elected you to the high office of President, it was as if every country, from the far corners of the earth, had sent a sprig of l...

Twenty years ago the Bahamas took its seat as the 138th Member in this Assembly of the United Nations, and we proudly assumed the solemn obligations and respons...

I am very honoured and very happy to be here today representing my country and my Government. As an Argentine and a Latin American, I cannot begin my statement ...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, upon your election to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly. I feel particularly privileg...