Speeches by Colombo

As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, I appear before the Assembly for the first time to speak on behalf of my country. I am very happy to address these...

38. I should like, on behalf of Australia,, to extend my congratulations to Mr. Adam Malik, upon his election as President of the General Assembly, Indonesia ...

95. First of all, may I associate myself, on behalf of the Government and people of the Upper Volta, with previous speakers in expressing deepest condolences ...

 First, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. Dante Caputo, upon your election to the presidency of the forty-third session of the General Assembly, Your elev...

May I, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, congratulate Mr. Hollai of Hungary on his election to the high office of the pr...

For Sri Lanka it is a matter of particular pride and pleasure that we have a distinguished representative of an Asian country, Malaysia, presiding over the fif...

 On behalf of the people and the Government of Mauritius I am pleased to convey to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the fo...

49. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure and honor to extend to you, on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, my sincere congratulations on your election t...

At the outset. Sir, I extend to you once again the felicitations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the forty-first session of the Genera...

Before beginning my statement, I should like to express on behalf of my delegation our most sincere congratulations to Mr. Hollai on the occasion of his we...

185. First I should like on my own behalf and on behalf of my delegation to express our deep satisfaction at the election by the General Assembly of Mr. Kittani...

I should like at the outset to offer Ambassador Garba of Nigeria our sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty-fourth session of t...

Mr. President, I should like to fulfil a very pleasant duty, that of extending to you the warm congratulations of my delegation on your unanimous election as P...

As I speak in this world assembly, my first words will be a message of peace, solidarity and success which the President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excelle...

We sincerely regret Mr. Trygve Lie’s decision to resign his office of Secretary-General, which he has filled with so much credit and distinction through a perio...

53. In opening my remarks today, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you upon attainment of your present high position and to assure you that Canadians have t...

It gives me great pleasure to see you. Sir, a distinguished son of South Asia, presiding ever this forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly. T...

First of all I should like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, the last President...

66. May I, at the outset, Sir, express to you the sincere felicitations of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and my own congratulations...

Allow me at the outset of my statement to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic and on my own behalf, our warmest congrat...