Speeches by U Thant

90. As I have the honour to mount this rostrum today for the fifteenth year in succession in order to address this, the world's most representative gatheri...

4. Before I begin this speech I should like first of all on behalf of my delegation to express our sorrow and condolences on the occasion of the death of Ambas...

Mr. President, it is my honour and privilege to convey to you and, through you, to the Secretary-General, and to all the distinguished guests, the greetings and...

179. Mr. President, in the name of Nigeria I offer you the heartiest congratulations on your richly deserved election as President of the twenty-first sessi...

59. Several distinguished speakers have already been to this rostrum to tell the Assembly of the problems confronting their countries and also to state thei...

109. Permit me, at the outset, to offer to you, Mr. President, my delegation's sincere felicitations on your unanimous election as President of this histori...

1. Mr. President, allow me, first of all, to reiterate on behalf of the Ethiopian delegation my warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to the Pr...

153. My delegation heartily welcomes the election of. Mr. Muhammad Zafrulla Khan to preside over this august Assembly. We are confident that his outstanding per...

Every year, during the general debate, we inform each other of the undertakings and hopes of our respective countries; but our overriding duty is to deal with p...

102. Mr. President, I should like to take this opportunity to convey to you, and, through you, to the distinguished representatives, the greetings and good ...

62. Mr. President, allow me first of all to offer you my delegation's sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seven...

152. The opening of each yearly session of the General Assembly is a source of inspiration for the human spirit. It is proof that there is continued hope of...

127. It is a great pleasure for me to come to the rostrum at this seventeenth session of the General Assembly, presided over by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, who ...

48. May I first offer you, Sir, the fiM support and cooperation of the Canadian delegation in the performance of the great responsibility you have accepted as...

63. Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the Icelandic delegation, to express my sincere felicitations to you upon your unanimous election as President of the ...

When we met in this hall a year ago to open the seventeenth session of the General Assembly, it was in a climate of fear created by the growing number of nuclea...

34. Almost exactly a year ago today my Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, from this rostrum acknowledged the congratulations of the sixteenth session of the Gen...

1. I should like to associate myself with my colleagues who have preceded me to this rostrum and extend to you, Mr. President, the sincere congratulations of my...

1. Twelve months ago, the twentieth session of the General Assembly was convened on a note of great hope and optimism. The frustration and recriminations wh...

96. Madam President, the fact that it is you who guide our work in this temple devoted to freedom, on the eve of its twenty-fifth anniversary, is more than a po...