Speeches by Colombo

69. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. I am convinced that wit...

148. Mr. AMMOUN (Lebanon) (translated from French): The Arab Peoples, who are both Asian and African — they represent the geographical and human bridge between...

The Assembly is most fortunate in sitting under the Presidency of one of the greatest figures the Commonwealth and the international community has produced. On ...

May I extend congratulations, on behalf of my country and myself, to Ambassador von Wechmar on his election to the presidency of the thirty- fifth session of t...

155. May I begin by expressing to Ambassador Hambro, on behalf of the delegation of Austria, our best wishes on his election as President of this General Asse...

It is indeed a great honour for me and my delegation to felicitate you, Sir, on your election to the esteemed office of President of the General Assembly. We e...

Allow me first of all to extend my congratulations to Mr. Amerasinghe, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka, upon his election to the presidency of the thi...

Mr. President, it is my great pleasure to congratulate you on your election as President of this Assembly session. This has been a great year for you. You have ...

175. I have the pleasure, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan, of extending to Mr. von Wechmar our sincere congratulations on h...

183. Mr. President, in speaking for the first time before this Assembly I am happy first of all to extend, through you, Sir, the warmest congratulations of the...

May I begin my statement by congratulating Mr. Amerasinghe most warmly on his unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General As...

As an Australian, I am particularly glad to congratulate Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand upon his election as President of the General Assembly. We know his abi...

1. May I take this opportunity to convey to the delegation of Ceylon and, through it, to the Government and people of Ceylon, the heartfelt sympathy of the Indo...

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...

I convey to the President the warmest felicitations of Sri Lanka on his election to the high office of President of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assem...

The delegation of Panama takes pleasure in extending its sincere and cordial congratulations to the President on his election to the Presidency of this seventee...

Allow me first of all to address to Mr. von Wechmar, on behalf of the Italian Government and on my own behalf, warmest congratulations on his election to the p...

It is a special pleasure for me to extend to you, Sir, my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General Ass...

We are commemorating this year the tenth anniversary of Bangladesh's admission to the United Nations. I would like to take this opportunity of addressing the G...

The United Nations is, or at least it could be, a great organization. It was so designed, and it must safeguard itself against a tendency, by now clearly observ...