Speeches by U Thant

43. Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of Japan, may I express to you our warm congratulations on your election as President of the twentieth session of...

78. May I take this opportunity to convey to you, Sir, the congratulations of the Government and people of Tanzania on your unanimous election to the Presiden...

105. Mr. President, first may I congratulate you on your election to the responsible post of President of the twenty-first session of the United Nations Genera...

189. Mr. President, in the name of brother-hood, for which the Dominican Republic is striving, and on behalf of the Government of my country, which is honored...

1. Mr. President, your unanimous election to the office of President of the General Assembly offers great promise that at this session, which is being held at a...

83. I would like to join the distinguished representatives who have preceded me at this rostrum in extending to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Governm...

122. Mr. President, may I first of all, on behalf of the Central African delegation, sincerely congratulate you on your election. I congratulate myself also, be...

I feel especially gratified to be expressing my heartiest congratulations to the President on his election to the highest office in the General Assembly. In app...

1. Once again this year the delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia comes here to take part in the work of the General Assembly in a mood of despondency and low s...

153. As I am addressing the Assembly for the first time, I should like first of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Guinea, to associate myse...

114. Mr. President, in the absence of Miss Brooks, I should like to pay my tribute to her; her election was an inspiring and most auspicious event. Her long, in...

Mr. President you have the good fortune to preside over the discussions of an Assembly which, we all believe, is working in an atmosphere of "détente" and heigh...

1. Mr. President, it is my pleasure to begin my statement by extending to you, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Libya, and on my own behalf, our si...

48. In the final phase of this debate, in which some sixty- six speakers have preceded me, it is now possible to make a preliminary appraisal of what has been ...

154. : It is not only in order to keep up a tradition that I shall start my statement by presenting to you, Mr. President, the congratulations of my delegatio...

83. Mr. President, in the name of the people and Government of the Sudan, I greet you and congratulate you most sincerely on your election to your high office. ...

116. It is my pleasure to greet you in your new capacity as President of the General Assembly. Those of us who know you, your sterling qualities and ample talen...

20. Mr. President, the delegation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic congratulates you on your election to the high post of President of the General Ass...

79. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I wish, first of all, to express to you our sincerest congratulations on your unanimous election as President of ...

135. I wish to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election. His personal qualities and the noble tradition of service to the fundamental values o...