Speeches by Mr. Smith

178. Mr. President, permit me to extend our warm congratulations to you on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. Your elevati...

100. The prime purpose of the United Nations in its present phase of development is the pursuit of peaceful settlement and peaceful change not by force but by r...

20. Many of the representatives who have spoken before me have rightly observed that the present session of the General Assembly should play an important part i...

1. History records and demonstrates that, whilst rulers and governments may have been concerned and preoccupied with the extension of national boundaries and ha...

70. May I, first of all, offer my congratulations to the President on his unanimous election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. This election...

Mr. President, it is a privilege for me, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to congratulate you most warmly on your election as Pres...

236. Allow me first of all to convey to you, Sir, the cordial congratulations of the delegation of the People's Republic of Benin on the occasion of your outst...

We meet under your genial auspices, Sir, under a President of unique distinction and experience to whom it is my pleasant duty to offer my delegation's sincere ...

1. At this twenty-first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, we are in the midst of a world of rising tension and turbulence. Nevertheless...

104. I should, first of all, like to convey to you my delegation's congratulations on your election to the high office of the Presidency of the General Assembly...

): It is gratifying for us all to be able to applaud the unanimous election of Mr. Amerasinghe as President of the General Assembly. His wide experience, his we...

149. Speaking last year on my first appearance before this world Assembly [1345th meeting], I must have appeared to seasoned internationalists as striking ...