Speeches from 1956

Guillermo Ferrero, the famous writer, in the prologue to his masterly study of the role played by Talleyrand at the Congress of Vienna, wrote the following admi...

Many of us here present have lived through anxious hours in this very Assembly Hall during the emergency special sessions of the General Assembly, called at the...

This eleventh session of the United Nations General Assembly is of special importance not only because of the gravity of the issues before it but also because w...

The twentieth century has been called the century of progress. Never before had man advanced so rapidly and so far in the fields of discovery, science, medicine...

The General Assembly gave evidence of its confidence and faith in Prince Wan Waithayakon when it unanimously elected him to the presidency of its eleventh sessi...

The unanimous election of Prince Wan Waithayakon to the office of President of this Assembly is a deserved tribute to the tact and ability he has displayed amon...

As my delegation’s contribution to the general debate, I should like to take this opportunity to give an account of what Hungary has done since the last session...

I join with so many others who have preceded me on this rostrum during the course of the general debate in conveying to Prince Wan Waithayakon the congratulatio...

Before I begin my statement, let me join all the speakers before me in congratulating the President on his unanimous election to the high office of President of...

The joy and pride that my delegation feels at the election of Prince Wan Waithayakon are too sincere for me to fail to extend to him my belated congratulations....

The Iraqi delegation joins all other delegations in extending to the President its sincere congratulations on his election to the highest office in this world O...

Mr. President, I should first like to join the other speakers who have expressed the satisfaction which your well-deserved election to the Presidency of this As...

I should like first on behalf of the Israel delegation to express to Prince Wan Waithayakon our warm felicitations on his election to the high office which he n...

It is my pleasant duty to offer to Prince Wan Waithayakon my heartiest congratulations on his election to the office of President of this Assembly. The Italian ...

At the outset of my speech I would like to be allowed to express to the President the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jord...

I should like first to express once again, on behalf of the Laotian delegation, my heartiest congratulations upon the election of Prince Wan Waithayakon by the ...

Every age has brought about some remarkable change in the fortunes of man — either a spiral advancement in his culture, his arts and his economic progress, or a...

The delegation of the United Kingdom of Libya, which has just arrived at United Nations Headquarters, has the pleasure of conveying to the General Assembly the ...

It is an honour and a privilege for me to represent His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco and the Government of Morocco in the United Nations. I should like once ag...

It gives me great pleasure to have the privilege of addressing this august body. At the very outset, may I avail myself of this opportunity to extend to the Pre...