Speeches by Secretary of State

On behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I wish to congratulate the Assembly on having Mr. Kittani as President of this session. His expe...

Before speaking on some other matters, I should like to add my tribute and that of my country to the devoted labour that has gone into the completion of this Un...

On behalf of the Japanese delegation I wish to offer sincere congratulations to Ambassador Amerasinghe on his election to the presidency of this thirty-first se...

178. Costa Rica is pleased to join in the many congratulations that have been expressed to Prime Minister Thorn on his well-deserved election as President of ...

1. I hope 1 am not too much mistaken if I say that it has been a matter of conscience in order, as it were, to justify the trip to New York that in previous ye...

1. It has become a tradition for heads of delegations, when speaking for the first time in the general debate, to congratulate the President of the General Asse...

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...

The distinguished speakers who have preceded me to this rostrum have warmly congratulated Ambassador Amerasinghe on his election and paid a fitting tribute to h...

Mr. President, I hope that you will convey to the President of the Assembly that we are extremely honored at his election to the presidency of this thirty-first...

The delegation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Re-public wishes to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election to the important post of President of the thi...

Sir, I hail, salute and congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. You bring to this high posit...

May I at the outset congratulate President Freitas do Amaral of Portugal on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the General ...

First of all, I should like, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, to extend to you, Sir, warmest congratulations on your unanimous election as Pres...

On behalf of the delegation of the Union of Myanmar and on my own behalf, I take pleasure in extending warmest congratulations to the President on his unanimous...

It is with particular pleasure that, through you, Sir, I express to Mr. Amerasinghe, on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus, warm congratulations on his unanimous ...

Every year, during the general debate, we inform each other of the undertakings and hopes of our respective countries; but our overriding duty is to deal with p...

Mr. President, to you and your friendly country, I am pleased to extend my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of this session of the Ge...

It is now two years since the Second World War ended. During that interval the United Nations has been founded and its Charter states that it is necessary “to s...

The agenda of the twelfth session of the General Assembly includes some extremely important items, items which are of crucial significance to mankind, but for w...

Mr. President, allow me to say a few words of farewell and a few words of welcome. My words of farewell are for the outgoing President of this Assembly, Mr. Tho...