Speeches by Chairman

1126 speeches found

Poland

POL
1960
Session 15
Mr. GOMULKA

May I be Allowed, Mr. President, to present to you my congratulations and to all Members of the General Assembly my sincere wishes for fruitful debates. 26. The...

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

UKR
1960
Session 15
Mr. PODGORNY

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a founding Member of the United Nations, has always believed that this international Organization should be the centr...

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Albania

ALB
1971
Session 26
Mr. NASE

110. This session of the General Assembly is meeting at a time when new dangers and threats to international peace and security have been added to those that ...

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USSR

RUS
1984
Session 39
GROMYKO

Mr. Lusaka, I congratulate you on your election to the office of President of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Our congratulations also go to ...

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Grenada

GRD
1978
Session 33
Eric M. Gairy

173. Sir Eric M. GAIRY (Grenada): "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands, "Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. "Know...

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Brazil

BRA
1963
Session 18
Mr. ARAUJO CASTRO 

I should like first of all to express. Sir, my personal satisfaction and that of the Brazilian delegation at your election as President of the eighteenth regula...

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Czechoslovakia

CSK
1952
Session 7
Mrs. SEKANINOVA-CAKRTOVA

The seventh session of the General Assembly is meeting in an international situation which confronts the United Nations with particularly important and responsi...

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South Africa

ZAF
1961
Session 16
Mr. Louw

Before addressing the Assembly and in exercising my right of reply, I wish to refer to a statement made by the Foreign Minister of Ghana when he participated i...

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Union of Sovier Socialist Republics

RUS
1955
Session 10
Mr. Molotov

102. Following its custom, the General Assembly is beginning its work with an appraisal of the international situation and a review of the tasks which stand bef...

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Albania

ALB
1968
Session 23
Mr. BUDO

30. Allow me first to convey to the President the congratulations of the delegation of the People’s Republic of Albania on the occasion of his election to the P...

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Nigeria

NGA
1963
Session 18
Mr. WACHUKU

Mr. President, I want, before saying anything further, to congratulate you, together with the Vice-President and all other officers of this General Assembly, on...

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Cuba

CUB
1973
Session 28
Roa

177. Mr. President, I am extremely happy to congratulate you on your election to preside over the twenty-eighth regular session of the General Assembly of the...

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Nigeria

NGA
1961
Session 16
Mr. Wachuku

I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Slim once more on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly during its sixteenth session....

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Cuba

CUB
1967
Session 22
Mr. ROA

46. Mr. President, the Cuban delegation is extremely delighted to congratulate you on your election as President of the twenty-second session of the United Nati...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1952
Session 7
Mr. VYSHINSKY

As the seventh session of the General Assembly takes up its work, important and complex questions of vital concern to millions of human beings, of whole peoples...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1957
Session 12
Mr. GROMYKO

Let me first of all congratulate Sir Leslie Munro on his election to the office of President of this session of the General Assembly. 18. Each session of the Ge...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1953
Session 8
Mr. Vyshinsky

1. It is the established practice of the General Assembly to begin the work of each session with a general debate in which it takes stock of the previous year’s...

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Cuba

CUB
1979
Session 34
Castro

I have not come to speak about Cuba, I have not come to denounce in this Assembly the attacks to which our small but worthy country has been subjected for 20 y...

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Indonesia

IDN
1960
Session 15
Mr. SUKARNO

Today, in addressing this session of the United Nations General Assembly, I feel oppressed by a great sense of responsibility. I feel a humility in speaking to ...

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

RUS
1961
Session 16
Mr. Gromyko

I take this opportunity, Mr. President, to congratulate you, on behalf of the Soviet delegation, on your election to this high office. 30. Sixteen years have pa...

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