On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to this high and important post. Your unanimous election as President of the fifty-fourth session of General Assembly shows the esteem in whi…
On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Didier Opertti on his election to this high and important post. His unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session shows the esteem in whi…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to congratulate the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his report entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation”, contained in document A/52/299 of 27 August 1997 and its adde…
I am privileged today to be able to congratulate the President, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, on his election to preside over the Assembly at a period critical to the life of the Organization and its role in future relations between our countries and peoples. I should like …
My delegation could not participate in the voting for reasons related to Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations, as we have not paid our arrears to the budget of the Organization. Had we been able to vote, we would have supported the resolution, just as we have supported previous resolution…
First of all, Sir, I offer you my delegation’s heartiest congratulations on the occasion of your election to the presidency of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. Your rich experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy is, for my delegation, a guarantee for the success of our work.…
Odd as it might seem, this is the first occasion on which our delegation has come to the podium to speak during the current session of the General Assembly. Thus, it gives us great pleasure to join in the congratulatory remarks previously addressed to you, Sir, on your unanimous election to preside …
The Charter of the United Nations begins with
the oft-quoted words, "We the peoples of the United Nations". However, while
deeply concerned with the peoples, their lives and their aspirations, the
Charter in Article 2 explicitly states:
"Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize t…
I join in
the congratulations extended to you. Sir, on your election as President of the
General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. Your election symbolizes the
great changes taking place throughout the world, and is a tribute to your
country and to your people, as well as to you yourself.
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First of all, Sir, I should like to extend to you our warmest congratu- lations on your election to the very important post of President of the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly. \Vhen the chairman of our delega- tion arrives he will elaborate on our congratulations to you.
175. The de…
Mr. President, I wish to take this opportunity fIrSt to congratulate you on your election to your high office and to thank you for welcoming my delegation. and in doing so I should also like to thank your predecessor, Mr. Riidiger von Wechmar, for the ex- cellent manner in which he has carried out h…
