Speeches from 1959

69. I speak for a small country, Afghanistan, which enjoys friendly relations with all countries. Our peaceful policy is derived from our deep conviction that p...

96. The fourteenth session of the General Assembly is taking place at a time when progress is being made in the efforts to give a new orientation to internation...

101. Mr. President, may I offer you first of all my most heartfelt congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly. Your personality needs...

1. Had our friend and colleague, Mr. Belaúnde, been in the Chair this morning instead of being unfortunately temporarily indisposed, I would have expressed to h...

1. Mr. KREISKY (Austria): Mr. President, I should like to avail myself of this opportunity to offer you the sincere congratulations of the Austrian delegation o...

37. Although repetitions beget monotony and may end in tedium, I hope you will allow the Belgian delegation to join previous speakers in expressing its gratific...

175. I have great pleasure, Mr. President, in offering you my warmest congratulations on the well-earned tribute paid to you in your election to the Presidency ...

1. The pride which I feel in speaking at this moment in the name of Brazil is enhanced, Mr. President, by my gratification at being the first to express to you ...

155. The fourteenth session of the General Assembly is' historic if only for the reason that during it the Head of the Soviet Government has addressed the Assem...

140. First of all, let me take this opportunity of extending the very warm felicitations of my delegation to Mr. Belaúnde on his election as President of the fo...

16. Before turning to the substance of my statement, may I offer the Byelorussian delegation’s profound condolences to the delegation of Ceylon, and through it ...

108. The Cambodian delegation takes particular pleasure in associating itself with the delegations which have previously extended congratulation to you, Sir, on...

53. In opening my remarks today, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you upon attainment of your present high position and to assure you that Canadians have t...

121. Sir Claude COREA (Ceylon); Apart from the tribute paid by this Assembly a few days ago [810th meeting] on the occasion of the passing away of our late Prim...

116. I have great pleasure in paying a tribute on this occasion, on behalf of Chile, to the President of the general Assembly, Mr. Belaúnde, who is unfortunatel...

50. Since the Second World War, 700 million people in Asia and in Africa have risen from colonial or dependent status to independent nationhood. The world has g...

19. Mr. TURBAY AYALA (Colombia) (translated from Spanish): Both as the representative of a democratic Government and as spokesman for a Latin American country, ...

225. When this entire Assembly elected you to the high office of President, it was as if every country, from the far corners of the earth, had sent a sprig of l...

1. It is not simply as a formal gesture that I open my statement by expressing to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Cuba, my sincere...

62. The period of time that has elapsed since the last session of the United Nations General Assembly has been marked by a further strengthening of the forces o...