Speeches by U Thant

1. Mr. President, the Argentine delegation has the honour to congratulate you on your brilliant election to the presidency of this Assembly. We regard it as a r...

I should like to begin my statement by expressing the deep and heartfelt pleasure of Panama at your election to preside over the debates of this eighteenth sess...

37. I offer you, Madam President, the profound and sincere felicitations of the Liberian delegation and myself on your election to the eminent position of Presi...

49. It gives me great pleasure, Mr. President, to extend to you sincere congratulations of the Liberian delegation and myself on your election as President of ...

82. It was with deep regret that we learned of the surgical operation undergone by the President of the General Assembly, and we seize this opportunity to wish ...

It is a great pleasure and a distinguished honour, on behalf of the delegation of Liberia and myself, to extend sincere congratulations to the President, Mr. Mu...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic and in my own name, our congratulations and ...

1. Madam President, first of all I should like to extend to you my heartiest congratulations for the unanimity of choice which singled you to preside over the ...

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 the name of my President, H.E. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and my delegation from Kenya, am very happy to bid welcome to Foreign Minister Adam Malik of Indonesia as...

31. On behalf of the Japanese delegation, 1 wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the twenty- sixth sessio...

As I take the floor it gives me particular pleasure to express to you, Mr. President, both on my own behalf and on that of my delegation, our sincerest congratu...

86. It is with deep regret that we have this morning learned of the death of Ambassador Morales, Permanent Representative of Honduras. I should like to extend t...

109. May I begin my speech, Mr. President, by conveying to you on behalf of the delegation of the Dominican Republic our heartiest congratulations on your ...

1. At this session of the General Assembly many good indications can be seen on the surface. In spite of this, deep below the surface, the crisis of this Organi...

30. I should like to convey to you, Madam President, the congratulations of the delegation of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria on your election to the most imp...

We are gratified to see that you, Sir, have been appointed President of the twenty-seventh regular session of the General Assembly. You represent a noble countr...

1. Mr. President, I should like, first of all, on behalf of the delegation of Gabon, to express our warmest congratulations to you upon your election to the...

136. Madam President, at this twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, I venture on behalf of the delegation of Honduras to convey t...

25. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, on behalf of my Prime Minister and the Government and people of Sierra Leone and as head o...