Speeches from 2014

194 speeches found

South Africa

ZAF
2014
Session 69
Jacob Zuma

I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country, Uganda, on assuming, on behalf of the continent of Africa, the responsibilities of Presid...

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South Sudan

SSD
2014
Session 69
Salva Kiir

I congratulate you, Mr. President, your country, Uganda, and the African continent on your election to the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-ninth sess...

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Spain

ESP
2014
Session 69
Don Felipe VI

It is a great honour and privilege to address the General Assembly as the King of Spain at the start of my reign. I appear before the Assembly to share with ...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
2014
Session 69
Mahinda Rajapaksa

I congratulate you, Sir, on being elected as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We wish you success and assure you of our full...

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Sudan

SDN
2014
Session 69
Ali Ahmed Karti

At the outset, on behalf of the Republic of the Sudan, I would like to convey to Mr. Sam Kutesa our sincerest congratulations on his election as President of...

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Suriname

SUR
2014
Session 69
Winston Lackin

My statement today is made on behalf of the President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Mr. Desiré Delano Bouterse. We want you, Mr. President, to ...

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Swaziland

SWZ
2014
Session 69
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, Head of State of the Kingdom...

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Sweden

SWE
2014
Session 69
Mr. Grunditz

Let me first warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. My commendati...

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Switzerland

CHE
2014
Session 69
Didier Burkhalter

“A world in which people know how to solve their problems in peace without violence; a world of freedom and mutual respect; a world where all young people ca...

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Syrian Arab Republic

SYR
2014
Session 69
Walid Al-Moualem

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your friendly country, Uganda, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session and to ...

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Tajikistan

TJK
2014
Session 69
Qohir Rasulzoda

It is my great pleasure to endorse the warm congratulations extended to Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election to the responsible post of President of the General As...

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Tanzania, United Republic of

TZA
2014
Session 69
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

I congratulate my brother Sam Kutesa of the Republic of Uganda on his well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session....

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Thailand

THA
2014
Session 69
Tanasak Patimapragorn

I am here to pay my country’s highest tribute to the United Nations for the work it has done to improve the lives of people around the world. Thailand is ful...

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Timor-Leste

TLS
2014
Session 69
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão

In September 2000, before becoming an independent country and while under the administration of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor,...

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Togo

TGO
2014
Session 69
Robert Dussey

I would like to extend to the President, on behalf of the people and Government of Togo, as well as on my own behalf, our warmest congratulations on his elec...

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Tonga

TON
2014
Session 69
King Tupou VI

I would like to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, and to assure you that...

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Trinidad and Tobago

TTO
2014
Session 69
Kamla Persad-Bissessar

I would like to thank and congratulate Mr. John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, who during his time as President laid the foundation and established the conditio...

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Tunisia

TUN
2014
Session 69
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki

At the outset, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa, representative of the friendly nation of Uganda, on his election to ...

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Turkey

TUR
2014
Session 69
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I greet the Assembly respectfully, and I hope that its sixty- ninth session will provide favourable results for all countries, peoples and humankind. I would ...

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Turkmenistan

TKM
2014
Session 69
Rashid Meredov

First, I have the honour to convey words of greeting and wishes of peace and prosperity to the Member States and their people on behalf of the President of T...

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