Speeches by Secretary of State

This session of the General Assembly is a session of decision. Before us lies opportunity for action which can save the hope of peace, of security, of well-bein...

My task as head of the delegation of the Soviet Union to the General Assembly has been greatly facilitated by two fundamental statements made by Mikhail S. Gor...

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...

50. Sometimes it happens that we reach a turning point in international relations, when the course of our actions is narrowly circumscribed and we are made acut...

Our session opened a few days ago under the provisional presidency of Mr, Gaston Thorn, the Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, whose qualities of ...

1.Mr. President, allow me to extend to you, both on behalf of the Government of Haiti and on behalf of the delegation I have the honour of heading, our warmest ...

65. Mr. President, my feelings, as from this high rostrum I address you, our Secretary-General and the representatives gathered in this august Assembly, are no...

the32. Before proceeding with my statement, I would like to associate myself with the many sincere expressions of congratulation which were extended to our Pres...

21. Comrade President, the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR joins in the congratulations and good wishes already expressed to you on the occasion of your elec...

I should like to give, as succinctly as possible, the views of Uruguay on the United Nations Charter; I shall discuss both the ideas underlying the Charter and ...

Mr. President, before beginning my statement on behalf of the delegation of the Dominican Republic I should like to express in this General Assembly the great s...

05. It is a pleasant custom that, in speaking for the first time at the annual sessions of the General Assembly, one congratulates the newly-elected President...

Rarely, if ever, in the history of the United Nations has a President of the General Assembly been elected unanimously and without the whimsical aberration of a...

1. Mr. President, I should like, personally and on behalf of my delegation, to offer my warmest and heartiest congratulations upon your unanimous election to th...

144. Mr. President, first of all, allow me to extend to you our warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the Gene...

Mr. Bevin recalled that in his speech to the General Assembly at the third session, he had made it clear that the United Kingdom was disappointed with the progr...

Mr. President, I have already, oil this rostrum, had the pleasant occasion to welcome your election and the appointment of our illustrious Secretary-General. Le...

Once again we meet here at the United Nations to discuss the troubled state of the world and the role which our Organization has to play in improving this state...

I should like to begin my statement by extending to the President and to his delegation my congratulations on his election to the Presidency of this session of ...

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...