Speeches from 1958

138. Before using this opportunity to make a statement on behalf of the Government of Afghanistan, I must say that the intervention of the Afghan delegation in ...

1. The General Assembly of the United Nations, whose chief task is to maintain international peace and security, is meeting at a time when that peace and securi...

1. Allow me first to convey to the President my congratulations and those of my delegation and the Government of the Argentine Republic on his election. 2. The ...

1. Mr. CASEY (Australia): Firstly, Sir, let me take this opportunity to offer to you the sincere congratulations of the Australian delegation on your election a...

99. The Austrian delegation believes it to be of significance that the General Assembly has elected as President of its thirteenth session a man who during a l...

138. I, too, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the highly deserved confidence which the General Assembly has placed in you. This compliment, whi...

68. First of all, Mr. President, permit me to add my delegation’s congratulations to the many which you have received in connexion with your election. 69. Speak...

1. I should first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the honour conferred upon you by the peoples represented here in electing you to the high office o...

1. The declaration issued in Moscow on 24 May 1958 by the Warsaw Treaty countries contained a comprehensive analysis of the present international situation and ...

87. The thirteenth session of the General Assembly is convened under the dismal clouds of increased tensions and crises. One wonders if human ingenuity and huma...

20. Many of the representatives who have spoken before me have rightly observed that the present session of the General Assembly should play an important part i...

1. The delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia has pleasure in presenting its warmest greetings to the new President of the General Assembly, Mr. Charles Malik, w...

100. The prime purpose of the United Nations in its present phase of development is the pursuit of peaceful settlement and peaceful change not by force but by r...

24. As one surveys the world scene, one sees momentous events of great importance succeed each other with almost kaleidoscopic rapidity — events which are bound...

137. Before beginning this brief statement, I should like to join previous speakers in congratulating the President on his election to this high office for the ...

118. Mr. President, allow me first of all to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your great personal qualities, as well...

1. I realize that the general debate is losing its first impetus, and that everything that can be said about world peace, as well as about matters of lesser imp...

94. The delegation of Costa Rica takes pleasure in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly during its thir...

1. Mr. President, the delegation of Cuba, in the name of the Cuban people and Government, offers its hearty congratulations on your well-deserved election as Pr...

94. The thirteenth session of the General Assembly is beginning its work in an atmosphere of international tension which gives rise to serious apprehension. If ...