Speeches by Thorn

115. Madam President, it is a source of satisfaction to me that the unanimous choice for the exalted office of President has fallen upon you, whose smiling auth...

I should like to extend to the President the warm and sincere congratulations of the delegation of Benin on his election to the presidency of the thirty-first s...

In speaking for the first time from this rostrum in my new. capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, I wish, on behalf of the Governmen...

I should like on behalf of my delegation to convey to Ambassador Amerasinghe our most sincere congratulations on his election as President of the thirty-first r...

It is for me an honor and a great pleasure to extend to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, on behalf of the delegation of Senegal on my personal behalf, our warm...

127. The election of Mr. Thorn as President of this Assembly pleases us and makes us confident in advance that under his presidency this session will bring abo...

It gives me particular pleasure to convey to the President, Mr. Amerasinghe; through you, Madam President, the greetings and cordial congratulations of the Gove...

The election of Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe to preside over this session of the General Assembly has been a source of satisfaction to the delegation of Cos...

Mr. President, may I first of all take this opportunity to convey to you and, through you, to all delegations assembled here, greetings from His Excellency Alha...

behalf of Chad on the occasion of your brilliant election to the presidency of the thirty-first regular session of the United Nations General Assembly. Those wh...

Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to the high office of the presidency of t...

1. The Government of Luxembourg has established a record and added luster to the long line of Presidents of the General Assembly by providing the first Prime M...

1. Mr. President, my first words are naturally addressed to you, Sir, in extending heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of this thirty...

As our Organization enters the last quarter of this century, in its thirty-first year of activity, it will at least benefit from the enlightened and experienced...

Mr. President, it is with real pleasure that I add the voice of the Rwandan delegation to the chorus of praise addressed to you since the beginning of the thirt...

As William Shakespeare said in Act I, scene 2, of Julius Caesar: "Men at some time are masters of their fate: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But i...

Mr. President, I take great pleasure in joining distinguished speakers who have preceded me "in. congratulating you on your election to the high office of the p...

3. Madam President, I take great pleasure in offering you the warm congratulations of my delegation on your unanimous election to the presidency of the twenty-f...

In electing you Sir, to the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of our General Assembly, the United Nations wished to pay tribute to the great democracy of ...

It is with some emotion that I find myself today once again in this venerable Hall where in the 1950s and 1960s I had so often the honor of being the spokesman ...