Speeches by U Thant

26. Madam President, allow me on my own behalf and on behalf of the Czechoslovakian delegation to congratulate you on your election to the high office of Presid...

May I say at the outset, Mr. President, how happy the Irish delegation was at your election to the Presidency. We wish to express to you our most cordial congra...

5. I should like at the outset to express the satisfaction of the delegation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria at seeing the twentieth session of the Gen...

57. On behalf of the Republic of Honduras, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on being elected to preside over the meetings of this Assembly. My delega...

106. It is clear to my delegation, as it must be to all other delegations, that relationships among nations are becoming more, and not less, complex. If the...

87. The French delegation does not conceal its satisfaction that the crisis which prevented the General Assembly from meeting normally last year, and which, had...

General debates have traditionally been occasions for stock-taking, for reflecting upon the state of the world and of the United Nations, and for giving voice a...

149. Mr. President on behalf of the Italian delegation I am very happy to express our satisfaction at seeing you preside over the twenty-sixth session of the U...

1. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on whose behalf I have the honour to address this Assembly today, feels a particular satisfaction in extending congratul...

27. As the General Assembly convenes in this twenty-first year of the United Nations, we of the United States of America are aware, as indeed every delegation m...

40. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Government and delegation of Lebanon, to congratulate you on your election to the Presidency of ...

79. I am happy to fall in with the admirable tradition of this Assembly and begin by extending to you, Mr. President, my hearty congratulations and those of my ...

56. Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on behalf of my delegation upon your election to your high post of President of the twenty-sixth session. No on...

I am most happy to have the opportunity and privilege of addressing this twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly and to bring members the greetings of the...

It is a great honour for me to take the floor on behalf of my Government at this eighteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly and to reaffirm my co...

114. As I gaze from this rostrum on the panorama of the Assembly, a long-familiar feeling of admiration and an awareness of shared ideals and principles call to...

83. Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me and for my delegation to convey to you the very warm congratulations of the people and Government of the...

1. Mr. President, may I start my statement by congratulating your Excellency on your election to preside over this Assembly. This is a just tribute paid your ...

45. Mr. President, the Bolivian delegation is very pleased that you, whose intellectual and moral qualities are acclaimed in international circles, have bee...

1. On behalf of the delegation of Japan, I wish to express to you, Mr. President, our heartfelt congratulations on your election as President of the nineteenth'...