Speeches by Secretary of State

Mr. SANTA CRUZ began by saying that the greatest concern of the General Assembly was to see whether the United Nations still enjoyed the faith and confidence of...

May I, first of all, join with previous speakers in offering to Mr. van Kleffens my sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of this high Assem...

Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the Assembly and assure you of the whole-hearted co-operatio...

I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are pleased that the representative of Côte d’Ivoire - a ...

It may, perhaps, throw some light on the situation in which my own and many other countries find themselves to say that a few days before taking part in this de...

97. From this august rostrum, I wish to reaffirm the Uruguayan Government’s support of the principles of the United Nations and its faith in the Organization’s ...

121. Sir Claude COREA (Ceylon); Apart from the tribute paid by this Assembly a few days ago [810th meeting] on the occasion of the passing away of our late Prim...

225. When this entire Assembly elected you to the high office of President, it was as if every country, from the far corners of the earth, had sent a sprig of l...

1. Mr. President, I begin by expressing Canada's congratulations to you on your election to the presidency. As a representative of Ecuador you have played an a...

29. The prolonged period of increasing tension in international relations, deliberately brought about over the last few years by aggressive forces in the world,...

29. Mr. President, let me begin by expressing on behalf of my delegation our great pleasure at the honour that you have done us and Latin America by accepting ...

At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly for this session. We wish you every success and express our con...

I wish first of all, on behalf of my delegation and speaking personally, to convey to Ambassador Samir S. Shihabi my sincere congratulations on his election to...

87. The thirteenth session of the General Assembly is convened under the dismal clouds of increased tensions and crises. One wonders if human ingenuity and huma...

90. I feel convinced that everybody in this Assembly will understand that I, speaking as representative of the Danish delegation, feel impelled to express my si...

34. Madam President, slow me to extend the very warm congratulations of the Maldivian delegation to you on your election as the President of the twenty-fourth s...

I should like at the outset to sincerely congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- seventh session. I shoul...

I desire to take advantage of this opportunity in the general debate to express the views of New Zealand on certain aspects of the United Nations in the light o...

At the outset, I should like to congratulate the President on his election, which testifies to the strong commitment of Africa to the United Nations and to m...

93. This session of the General Assembly has opened at a time when the international situation is characterized by serious conflicts and difficult problems: the...