Speeches by Secretary of State

In his now historic address to the General Assembly on 8 December 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower prefaced his proposal for an international pool of atomic...

On 22 May of this year a change of historic significance occurred in my country: our political status was altered to that of a Republic. At the same time the na...

 1. I should like first, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is a source of particular satisfact...

Since the twenty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, some notable events have successively taken place on the international arena. First, t...

31. It is an honour to be able to congratulate Mrs. Pandit on her election to the presidency of the eighth session of the General assembly. The rise of Asia dur...

48. The fact that we have been friends since our days as Ambassadors in Washington does not detract from the sincerity of my tribute to the President elected by...

94. The thirteenth session of the General Assembly is beginning its work in an atmosphere of international tension which gives rise to serious apprehension. If ...

2. Let me begin by congratulating the president on his election to the high post he occupies in this Assembly. I also wish enthusiastically to welcome to member...

65. It is my happy privilege to offer Mrs. Pandit the felicitations of our delegation and our country on this happy occasion when she is presiding over the deli...

The fifteenth session of the United Nations will in future years be remembered, firstly because of the record attendance of Heads of State and of Prime Minister...

1. Madam President, it is with a feeling of deep satisfaction that I express my congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of the twenty-fourth s...

The previous, fifteenth, session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted several sound and valuable resolutions regarding the settlement of internation...

1. The declaration issued in Moscow on 24 May 1958 by the Warsaw Treaty countries contained a comprehensive analysis of the present international situation and ...

94. Sir, I greet the President, Mr. Arenales, in the name of the people and the Government of the People’s Republic of Southern Yemen, and congratulate him on h...

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 ...

73. In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful and the Compassionate, allow me first, on behalf of the delegation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to expres...

132. Mr. President, my delegation had the opportunity earlier during the course of this session to offer its felicitations to you on your unanimous election to ...

61. Once more we are in session, and once again we meet in the Parliament of Man. Judging by all external appearances, this session of our Assembly is regular a...

Permit me to begin with the non-controversial, and I would say outright, the topic of the election of the President. As he pointed out in his statement, his el...

238. Mr. President, my first words will be to express, on behalf of the delegation of Paraguay, the great pleasure with which we learned of the election of the...