Speeches by U Thant

150. Madam President, it is a privilege to convey to you our sincere congratulations upon your election to the highest office of this Assembly. In our forthco...

1. Mr. President, allow me to extend to you my warm and sincere congratulations on your election to the high office of President of our Assembly. The delegation...

188. My delegation was very distressed to learn that Mr. Fanfani, President of the Assembly, had been the victim of an accident. Before beginning my statem...

191. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you personally, and on behalf of the delegation of Saudi Arabia, our warmest congratulations on the ...

27. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic and its Government on your electi...

74. Madam President, please accept our warmest and most sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly. It is a just recognition ...

122. I cannot begin my intervention without referring to the solemn resounding tribute which our Permanent Representative paid yesterday from this rostrum [18...

147. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, distinguished representatives, I am grateful to you for according me the high honour of addressing this great Assembl...

Mr. President, I would like to associate the voice of my delegation with that of previous speakers in extending to you our congratulations on your unanimous ele...

33. Mr. President, on behalf of the Venezuelan Government and its delegation, and on my own behalf, I should like to offer you our warmest and most sincere cong...

40. Mr. President, on behalf of the Greek delegation, I should like to express to you our pleasure at the fact that the General Assembly is meeting under your p...

Mr. President, may I associate myself with the representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you most warmly on your unanimous election to the hig...

17. We were very sorry to learn that Mr. Fanfani, the President of the General Assembly is incapacitated. I would ask you, Mr. Vice-President, to be kind enough...

141. As this debate proceeds, two dark menacing clouds dominate the political horizon: the war in Viet-Nam and the situation in Southern Africa. Against thi...

101. On behalf of the Indonesian delegation, may I be permitted first of all to extend our most sincere congratulations to Ambassador Hambro on his election as ...

199. On behalf of my Government, it is my pleasant duty to tender to you most cordial and sincere congratulations both for the honor done to you and the respo...

At the outset allow me, on behalf of my country’s delegation, to congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of this important se...

104. In addressing the General Assembly today, I am especially happy to tell you how gratified we are to see you presiding over our deliberations this year. In...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Afghan delegation, I should like to extend to you our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the twenty-sevent...

76. President, I should like, first of all, to perform a pleasant duty. The delegation of the Central African Republic would like to add its fraternal congratul...