Speeches by Mr. Amerasinghe

It is with great joy that I have the honor of welcoming Mr. Amerasinghe, through you, Sir, as President of this thirty-first ordinary session of the General Ass...

171. Once again we are afforded an opportunity to express the views of our Government before this Assembly of the United Nations. 172. This is an appropriate ...

Mr. President, at the beginning of my statement on behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of the Congo, I would like to bow my head respectfully befo...

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...

I am pleased to greet and to congratulate Mr. Amerasinghe on his election and to wish him every success in the deliberations over which he will preside. I shoul...

36.Mr. President, it is deeply gratifying to the Government and people of Ceylon that you should be occupying the Chair at the twenty-second session of the Gene...

The distinguished speakers who have preceded me to this rostrum have warmly congratulated Ambassador Amerasinghe on his election and paid a fitting tribute to h...

141. Mr. President, my first words will be words of welcome and of farewell. Welcome to you, Mr. President, whom I am honoured to congratulate on your electio...

Mr. President, allow me to say a few words of farewell and a few words of welcome. My words of farewell are for the outgoing President of this Assembly, Mr. Tho...

Mr. President, on behalf of my country and on my own behalf I am extremely pleased to express the sincere congratulations of my delegation to Mr. Amerasinghe on...

 1. Mr. President, it is an honour to extend to you on behalf of the delegation of Senegal and on my own behalf, our warmest congratulations and best wishes, ...

Mr. Amerasinghe's election comes at a time when the international community has begun to accept the idea that the struggle of man for his rights is nothing more...

100. Those of us who have had the privilege and pleasure of knowing and working with you, Sir, for many years when you represented your country in the United N...

With the Assembly's permission, my delegation would like to discharge what to us is an especially important duty. I hope it will not embarrass Mr. Amerasingihe ...

It gives me great pleasure to extend through you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Iraq, our warm congratulations to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Ame...

1. We are gathered together once again to examine, in the light of the events which have occurred since the thirty-first session of the General Assembly, the ...

Allow me first to express the congratulations of our delegation on the keen perception with which the General Assembly has chosen Mr. Amerasinghe to preside ove...

1. Mr. President, let me join other representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you warmly on your election to this high and onerous office. In...

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...

55. Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to extend to you on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Iraq our warm congratulations on your election as Presi...