Speeches by Mr. SPAAK

18 speeches found

Belgium

BEL
1948Session 3
Mr. SPAAK

Mr. SPAAK said the speakers who had taken part in the beginning of the general debate had repeatedly stressed the atmosphere of great anxiety in which the Assem...

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

UKR
1948Session 3
Mr. MANUILSKY

Mr. MANUILSKY stated that the proposal submitted by the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in his speech at the 143rd plenary meeting of ...

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Canada

CAN
1953Session 8
Mr. Pearson

1. May I, in the first place, offer you, Madam President, my sincere congratulations and those of my delegation on your election as President of the Assembly, a...

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Turkey

TUR
1946Session 1
Mr. Baydur

More than a year has elapsed since the United Nations came into being in America. Since its inception, the Organization has become somewhat larger and stronger....

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Brazil

BRA
1955Session 10
Mr. de Freitas Valle

1. May I be allowed to come to this rostrum to present my respectful compliments to my friend, the President of the General Assembly, a distinguished statesman ...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1948Session 3
Mr. KARDELJ

Mr. KARDELJ began by pointing out that in the course of the general debate some speakers had, in what he described as a state of panic, expressed their fears wi...

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Netherlands

NLD
1962Session 17
Mr. Schurmann

142. A short time ago [1138th meeting] the General Assembly rightly honoured the impressive speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium with enthusia...

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Netherlands

NLD
1955Session 10
Mr. Luns

155. Many representatives have already addressed this Assembly in the course of the general debate. This simplifies my task here, because in respect of a number...

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Belgium

BEL
1989Session 44
EYSKENS

First of all, allow me warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I am confident that you will carry out the lofty...

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Indonesia

IDN
1962Session 17
Mr. Wirjopranoto

160. It is an auspicious omen, we trust, that the very first two substantive matters, this session has had to deal with were both important steps towards the co...

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Belgium

BEL
1975Session 30
Mr. VAN ELSLANDE

91. Mr. President, Europe and in particular the member States of the European Economic Community feel deeply honored by your election to the presidency of the ...

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Argentina

ARG
1962Session 17
Mr. Santos Muñoz

44. The Argentine delegation to the seventeenth session of the United Nations General Assembly is happy to congratulate you most sincerely, Mr. President, on yo...

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SYR

SYR
1963Session 18

Mr. President, allow me to associate myself with all those who have congratulated you on your election as President of the eighteenth session of the General Ass...

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Union of South Africa

ZAF
1958Session 13
Mr. Louw

44. On behalf of my delegation, Sir, may I convey to you our sincere congratulations upon your election to the high post of President of this Assembly. Your lon...

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Colombia

COL
1947Session 2
Mr. Lopez

Hopes for the success of the United Nations were running very high in the closing days of the first session of the General Assembly. Few of us, if any, left thi...

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Belgium

BEL
1962Session 17
Mr. SPAAK

It is a generally accepted rule that a speaker in the general debate begins by extending his congratulations to the President on his election. This is a rule wi...

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Pakistan

PAK
1962Session 17
Mr. ALI

Mr. President, for Pakistan it is a matter of special satisfaction and pride that this august Assembly of the nations of the world has honoured one of its disti...

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India

IND
1954Session 9
Mr. MENON

It is a very great pleasure for me to follow, and join with, the distinguished representatives of fifty-nine other countries who have conveyed to the President ...

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