Belgium

It is a generally accepted rule that a speaker in the general debate begins by extending his congratulations to the President on his election. This is a rule wi...

Having paid in its turn its tribute to the President and assured him of its co-operation, the Belgian delegation wishes to make a substantial though brief contr...

37. Although repetitions beget monotony and may end in tedium, I hope you will allow the Belgian delegation to join previous speakers in expressing its gratific...

138. I, too, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the highly deserved confidence which the General Assembly has placed in you. This compliment, whi...

I should like first to associate myself with the well-deserved congratulations which have been addressed to the President on the occasion of his election. 102. ...

80. It is, of corpse, not easy at this stage of the general debate to offer any ideas which are both original and constructive. The general situation in which w...

When we try to understand our times, we soon find ourselves in a bitter quandary. The simplest questions remain unanswered. Are we at peace or at war? Are we li...

The man of goodwill who tries with an honest mind and a simple heart to follow the work of this distinguished Assembly must at times feel sorely perplexed. We o...

Never before have men throughout the world more fervently and unanimously wished for peace. Never have they seen more clearly than now the horror and the vanity...

Mr. van ZEELAND said that, in commenting on the opening meetings of the General Assembly, an American newspaper had recently expressed the belief that the Unite...

Mr. SPAAK said the speakers who had taken part in the beginning of the general debate had repeatedly stressed the atmosphere of great anxiety in which the Assem...

The principal organs of the United Nations have now been functioning for nearly nine months. The Assembly has before it the reports which they have made on thei...