France

First of all, I should like to pay a tribute to you, Sir, as President of the General Assembly. Your farsighted opening address matches our own concerns and po...

30. It is a great honour for me to address the Assembly. 31. Since the United Nations was founded—and I have not forgotten that France was at San Francisco as ...

Permit me, Sir, on behalf of the French delega¬tion to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Assembly. Your experience of internat...

My first words are addressed to the delegation of Vanuatu on the occasion of the admission of that country to membership in the Organization. France is tied wit...

In electing you Sir, to the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of our General Assembly, the United Nations wished to pay tribute to the great democracy of ...

The sole aim of our General Assembly is to serve peace, and yet session after session here we note the consequences of disaster. To us, as leaders, one year me...

 1. Mr. President, it is a pleasure for me to greet you as the representative of a continent with which we find that we have, through its Latin roots, long-sta...

154. Mr. President, there are many reasons why my delegation welcomes your accession to the office of President of the thirty-second session of the General As...

Mr. President, first of all I should like to express to you my warmest congratulations upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. The great t...

1. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I should first of all like to convey to you my own congratulations and the congratulations of my country. I am...

Sir, my first words will be to offer you my personal congratulations and those of my country on your election to the distinguished office of President of the Ge...

1. Mr. President, in these last days of the general debate I should like to pay a tribute to the authority and distinction with which you are presiding over ou...

The first word I should like to mention as I mount this rostrum for the fifth time is hope, a difficult virtue. I am encouraged to do so, Mr. President, by your...

34. It is toward Asia where all the problems of the world are in ferment, but whose ancient wisdom never shuts out the possibility of dialog, that our thoughts ...

84. Within one month, when we celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of this Organization, we will emphasize its merits, too often ill-appreciated, recall the...

40. The last time, a long time ago, that I had the honour of speaking from this rostrum [445th meeting], it was a distinguished woman, Mrs. Pandit, who gave me ...

59. Once again, a Latin American statesman has been elected President to our Assembly. The Government of the French Republic is glad of his election, as I am ha...

16. Mr. President, the French delegation is highly gratified at your virtually unanimous election to the high office which you will hold during this session of ...

65. Mr. President, at the very beginning of its contribution to the general discussion, the French delegation wishes to express its satisfaction at seeing t...

87. The French delegation does not conceal its satisfaction that the crisis which prevented the General Assembly from meeting normally last year, and which, had...