Speeches by U Thant

29. Mr. President, may I begin by saying how pleased we are to see you as the President of the General Assembly. In conveying our greetings and felicitations to...

55. The delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, which, in accordance with established tradition, is participating in the work of the General Assembly as it does ...

119. Madam President, I offer you the spontaneous felicitations of the Nigerian delegation on your richly deserved elevation to the Presidency of this Assembly....

39. Mr. President, my delegation has had the opportunity on a previous occasion to congratulate you on your election to the high office of the Presidency of ...

52. Mr. President, the sincere feelings which lead heads of delegations to congratulate the incumbent of the lofty office of President of the General Assembly...

Since this is my first public appearance before you, Mr. President, please permit me to congratulate you most warmly and very sincerely on your election to the ...

121. Mr. President, I am especially happy to convey to you the warmest congratulations of Algeria, and of its delegation to the twenty-first session of the...

1. The honour has fallen to me of speaking in the general debate in the place of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, who has been obliged by unf...

33. Mr. President, I take great pleasure in following the fine tradition of congratulating Your Excellency upon your election. Your election is a recognition ...

44. Mr. President, may I once again convey to you the felicitations of the Pakistan delegation on your election to this high office. It is specially gratifying...

41. Madam President, it has been ten years since I last took part in the deliberations of the General Assembly. I consider it a privilege to return to this rost...

137. The Malagasy delegation would like first of all to extend its warmest congratulations to Mr. Arenales on his election to the Presidency of the twenty-third...

Mr. President, joining the speakers who preceded me, I want to take this occasion to express to you the warmest congratulations of the Turkish delegation on you...

163. May I, Mr. President, express the satisfaction felt in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania at the expression of confidence and admiration that the entire me...

Mr. President, in electing you to preside over its twenty-seventh session, the General Assembly has asserted its confidence in you and no choice could have been...

37. .-Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria I should like to congratulate you most warmly on the occasion of your elec...

Mr. President, permit me, first of all, to offer you my warm personal congratulations on your election as President of the Twenty-fifth regular session of the G...

2. Before giving this Assembly my Government’s views on the specific problems which are causing concern to the United Nations, I should first like to join previ...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Argentine Government, I am pleased to offer you our congratulations on the election as President of the General Assembly of an o...

32. Mr. President, your election as President of the twentieth session of the General Assembly deprived us of the pleasure of receiving you in Venezuela during ...