Speeches from 1999

Mr. President, I congratulate you, the Foreign Minister of Namibia, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. Your expe...

The fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations takes place at a time marking humanity's crossing into the next millennium. It emerges as...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly; it is a sure guarantee of success for the fifty-fourth session. I also wish to t...

On behalf of the delegation of Jamaica I extend to you, Sir, our congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth ...

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, 12 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Namibia, on his assumption of the office o...

Permit me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fourth session. I am fully confident...

Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that under ...

May I, on behalf of my delegation congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. Kenya's pride in see...

It gives me pleasure, Sir, to extend to you on behalf of the State of Kuwait our warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at i...

First of all, I would like on behalf of the delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic to congratulate Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab on his election as President of the General A...

The unanimous election of Mr. Gurirab to the presidency of the General Assembly at this fifty-fourth session is a warm tribute to Namibia and its heroic people,...

It is a great honour for me to address the Assembly at its fifty-fourth session, and its President, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab. You may be assured, Sir, of my highest...

It is my pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that y...

I extend my sincere and warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth 4 session. It is indeed gr...

On the occasion of the fifty- fourth session of the General Assembly, marking our last meeting in this century, I am humbled to address this body on behalf of P...

This is the sixth time that I have had the honour to address the General Assembly, and it is a great pleasure for me to be back here in this body. I would, at t...

It is a special pleasure for me to see Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab guiding the General Assembly this session over the junction of two centuries and millenniums. We wil...

I should like at the outset, Sir, warmly to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly, which marks the opening of the regular ...

I would like at the outset, Sir, to express the warm congratulations of my delegation and of my country on your election to the presidency of the General Assemb...

Allow me first of all to congratulate Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Namibia, for having been elected President of the Ge...