Colombia

1. It is my duty, on behalf of Colombia, to greet the President and all the representatives of the countries present here and to express our satisfaction that, ...

Colombia, and the delegation which represents it, are particularly gratified by your election as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. We fee...

Mr. President, on behalf of Colombia and as Minister for Foreign Affairs I have pleasure in congratulating you on the honour which the world Organization has co...

On taking the floor in this great world forum, I am overwhelmed by respect and awe — respect for the distinguished and able representatives of 100 countries as...

Mr. President, you represent a country whose cultural traditions, desire for peace and political maturity we all admire. The task of conducting the debates of t...

19. Mr. TURBAY AYALA (Colombia) (translated from Spanish): Both as the representative of a democratic Government and as spokesman for a Latin American country, ...

1. I realize that the general debate is losing its first impetus, and that everything that can be said about world peace, as well as about matters of lesser imp...

The twelfth session of the General Assembly is opening in a calmer atmosphere and with more favourable prospects for world peace than those immediately precedin...

I wish first of all to associate myself with the other representatives who have congratulated you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of this Gen...

98. The United Nations Charter establishes the general debate in the Assembly as a means whereby governments can keep in touch with world opinion. Like all the ...

At the outset, may I discharge the pleasant duty of expressing to each and all the representatives of Member States of the United Nations the gratitude of my co...

It is a great pleasure for us to be meeting in this capital of France, the country of generous hospitality, brilliant culture, noble and majestic monuments and ...

The practice of beginning sessions of the Assembly with a general debate should be recognized as affording the Governments represented here an opportunity to st...

Mr. URDANETA-ARBELAEZ declared that when the spokesmen of the smaller nations appeared on the rostrum before the Assembly, from where their voices could be hear...

Hopes for the success of the United Nations were running very high in the closing days of the first session of the General Assembly. Few of us, if any, left thi...

The Colombian delegation does not consider it necessary to reaffirm, in the general debate, its adherence to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations...