Canada

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Canada

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1964
Session 19
Mr. Martin

51. I hope that the distinguished spokesman for Laos will not misunderstand me if I do not follow and comment on some of the important declarations that he has ...

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Canada

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1963
Session 18
Mr. PEARSON 

I wish first of all, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the high office you now hold. As one who has himself occupied that Chair, I know tha...

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Canada

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1962
Session 17
Mr. GREEN

In the first place, Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to join with others in offering you congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the Gene...

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Canada

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1961
Session 16
Mr. Green

 1. Before I commence my statement I should like to say how pleaded Canadians are that Mr. Slim has been chosen unanimously as President of the sixteenth sessi...

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Canada

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1960
Session 15
Mr. DIEFENBAKER

First, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election. I know that the General Assembly will benefit greatly from your wisdom, experience and indepe...

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Canada

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1959
Session 14
Mr. Green

53. In opening my remarks today, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you upon attainment of your present high position and to assure you that Canadians have t...

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Canada

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1958
Session 13
Mr. Smith

100. The prime purpose of the United Nations in its present phase of development is the pursuit of peaceful settlement and peaceful change not by force but by r...

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Canada

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1957
Session 12
Mr. DIEFENBAKER

Mr. President, may I, not in a perfunctory manner, congratulate you on behalf of the Canadian delegation on your election, and offer you our best wishes? Having...

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Canada

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1956
Session 11
Mr. PINARD

In the brief but turbulent history of the United Nations, there was surely never a time when we Stood in more obvious need of the humane and objective viewpoint...

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Canada

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1955
Session 10
Mr. Martin

1. As a participant in this general debate, which is as yet in its initial stages, I should like to convey to Mr. Maza, on behalf of the Canadian delegation, ou...

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Canada

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1954
Session 9
Mr. PEARSON

My first words must be to congratulate the President and ourselves on his election to the presidency. Being a mere male, he will not, I fear, as he himself has ...

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Canada

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1953
Session 8
Mr. Pearson

1. May I, in the first place, offer you, Madam President, my sincere congratulations and those of my delegation on your election as President of the Assembly, a...

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Canada

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1952
Session 7
Mr. MARTIN

I am sure that this Assembly will permit me to say that I am proud, as the acting head of the Canadian delegation, to find myself addressing a fellow Canadian a...

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Canada

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1951
Session 6
Mr. PEARSON

May I begin, as so many others have begun, by expressing the pleasure of my delegation at being once again in this lovely city of Paris, and in this great and h...

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Canada

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1950
Session 5
Mr. PEARSON

During its brief history, the United Nations has existed under a shadow of fear, the fear that the problems arising out of one great war would resolve themselve...

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Canada

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1949
Session 4
Mr. PEARSON

Mr. PEARSON remarked that all speakers in the opening general debate were emphasizing — and rightly so — the vital role of the United Nations in upholding and e...

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Canada

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1948
Session 3
Mr. MACKENZIE KING

Mr. MACKENZIE KING expressed his particular pleasure in having the opportunity to tell the Government and people of France how deeply the Canadian delegation ap...

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Canada

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1947
Session 2
Mr. Saint Laurent

A Canadian statement in the general discussion at the opening of the Assembly should, I think, give an account of our stewardship as a Member of the United Nati...

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Canada

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1946
Session 1
Mr. Saint-Laurent

If were not anxious, like all my colleagues, to take into consideration all the important suggestions made by the President with regard to the conduct of our d...

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