Speeches from 2018

196 speeches found

Liechtenstein

LIE
2018
Session 73
Ms. Aurelia Frick

It is a great joy and personal satisfaction for me to see a woman presiding over the General Assembly. This is the tenth time that I have had the honour to spea...

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Lithuania

LTU
2018
Session 73
Ms. Dalia Grybauskaitė

This November the world will commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The war caused the fall of empires and opened a window for small ...

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Luxembourg

LUX
2018
Session 73
Mr. Xavier Bettel

Yesterday, our Secretary-General provided his view of the international situation and the challenges that we all face (see A/73/PV.6). His view was a mixed one...

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Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

MKD
2018
Session 73
Mr. Giorge Ivanov

This year we celebrate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The League of Nations was supposed to safeguard peace, but it failed. The United Nations...

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Madagascar

MDG
2018
Session 73
Mr. Rivo Rakotovao

If I have the privilege and honour to speak today on behalf of the Malagasy people before the General Assembly, it is because Madagascar has gone through a ...

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Malawi

MWI
2018
Session 73
Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika

The General Assembly is a representation of humankind in its fullness. I therefore congratulate the President of the General Assembly. Her ascendance to this se...

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Malaysia

MYS
2018
Session 73
Mahathir bin Mohamad

I would like to join others in congratulating the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I am confident that with her wisdom and vast e...

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Maldives

MDV
2018
Session 73
Mr. Ali Naseer Mohamed

I wish to convey my delegation’s congratulations to you, Madam President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. Yo...

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Mali

MLI
2018
Session 73
Mr. Ibrahim Keita

At the outset, I wish to convey the most cordial greetings of the Malian people, from Kayes to Kidal and from Sikasso to Taoudenni, passing through Konna in the...

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Malta

MLT
2018
Session 73
Mr. Joseph Muscat

This summer we lost a great man, Kofi Annan. He stood for the need for Member States to be united in our approach if we wish to achieve the goals of the United ...

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Marshall Islands

MHL
2018
Session 73
Ms. Hilda Heine

I have the honour to bring the Assembly warm greetings of yokwe on behalf of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In its best moments, the United Nations has ...

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Mauritania

MRT
2018
Session 73
Mr. Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed

At the outset, it is my pleasure to congratulate Mrs. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-...

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Mauritius

MUS
2018
Session 73
Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth

Let me join other leaders in paying special tribute to the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations. The legacy left by that great son of...

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Mexico

MEX
2018
Session 73
Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto

I congratulate Ambassador María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly. I welcome the fact that, for the first time in hi...

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Micronesia, Federated States of

FSM
2018
Session 73
Mr. Peter Christian

The two speakers whom the Assembly heard this afternoon immediately before me have said it all for me and my country (see A/73/ PV.10). The fact is that I do ...

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Moldova, Republic of

MDA
2018
Session 73
Mr. Pavel Filip

I would like to begin by congratulating Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- t...

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Monaco

MCO
2018
Session 73
Mr. Gilles Tonelli

In February, President Espinosa Garcés presented her strategic vision for the seventy-third session of the General Assembly: “Dialogue and strengthening of mult...

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Mongolia

MNG
2018
Session 73
Mr. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa

At the outset, I wish to express my heartfelt congratulations to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on being elected President of the General Assembly at its se...

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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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Morocco

MAR
2018
Session 73
Mr. M Saad-Eddine El Othmani

At the outset, I have the pleasure of congratulating Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-th...

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