Speeches from 1952

I consider it a great honour and privilege to share with you the opportunities and responsibilities of the United Nations on this momentous occasion. This world...

The Argentine delegation is attending the present session of the Assembly fully conscious of the gravity of the present world situation and of the resultant pro...

Before speaking on some other matters, I should like to add my tribute and that of my country to the devoted labour that has gone into the completion of this Un...

When we try to understand our times, we soon find ourselves in a bitter quandary. The simplest questions remain unanswered. Are we at peace or at war? Are we li...

I must begin by expressing the emotion and anxiety I feel as I address this Assembly, which is opening another session in full4 awareness of the fact that it is...

Before expressing my country’s views in the general debate, I wish, on behalf of the Government of Brazil, to pay sincere tribute to Mr. Trygve Lie, who yesterd...

When I was giving thought to the form which this statement should take, I naturally looked over the address which was delivered by the then Chairman of the dele...

The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR considers it necessary to express its views on the results of the work of the United Nations during the past year. As rep...

I am sure that this Assembly will permit me to say that I am proud, as the acting head of the Canadian delegation, to find myself addressing a fellow Canadian a...

Several countries, among them some that by the terms of the Charter have had special responsibilities laid upon them and special privileges accorded them, where...

The annual session of the General Assembly affords an occasion for representatives of Member States to reaffirm their faith in the spirit and principles of the ...

At the outset, may I discharge the pleasant duty of expressing to each and all the representatives of Member States of the United Nations the gratitude of my co...

My delegation’s position, reflecting the conviction of the Government and people of Costa Rica, is clear and unambiguous: we shall resolutely support any measur...

In addressing you for the first time from this lofty rostrum, may I first of all emphasize the profound interest of all men of good will in the work of the Gene...

The seventh session of the General Assembly is meeting in an international situation which confronts the United Nations with particularly important and responsi...

In response to the unanimous sentiments of the people of the Dominican Republic, my Government comes for the seventh time to this General Assembly in order to g...

The annual session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, convened in keeping with Article 20 of the Charter, satisfies the democratic aspirations of al...

When, toward the end of the Second World War, the representatives of some fifty different peoples gathered in San Francisco to establish the foundations of last...

Although it is now a month since the beginning of the General Assembly’s seventh session, I should like, as head of the Ethiopian delegation, to express the par...

The purpose of the general debate with which our annual gathering opens is to make known, on the one hand, each country’s contribution to the common task and,, ...