Speeches from 1961

May I first extend to Mr. Mongi Slim my congratulations on his election to the presidency of the sixteenth session of the General Assembly. It is a source of g...

152. As we meet year after year and continue our search for ways and means to assure peace in the world, two truths stand out above everything else: 153. Firs...

In offering our heartfelt congratulations upon your unanimous election, Sir, as President of the General Assembly we voice the feelings of a country which is b...

On behalf of the delegation of Japan, I wish to express to Mr. Slim our warm congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixteen...

May I, Mr. President, add the warmest congratulations of my Government and delegation to the many congratulations extended to you from this rostrum on the occa...

148. Mr. AMMOUN (Lebanon) (translated from French): The Arab Peoples, who are both Asian and African — they represent the geographical and human bridge between...

 It is a 'source of great pleasure, on behalf of the Liberian delegation and myself, to extend heartiest congratulations to Mr. Slim on his election as Preside...

 First of all, I wish to congratulate Mr. Slim most cordially and sincerely, on my own behalf and on that of the Libyan delegation, on his election as Preside...

On behalf of the Malagasy Republic and its Head of State, Mr. Philibert Tsiranana, President of the Republic, I wish to offer our warm congratulations to Mr. S...

On behalf of my delegation and the Government of the Republic of Mali, I would like to congratulate Mr. Slim on his brilliant election to the high office of Pre...

As I take my turn to intervene in this particularly important debate, I would like to offer the President my sincere and fraternal congratulations and to expre...

It is my privilege and honour to bring to the President the salutations and greetings of the people and Government of Nepal, and the best wishes of our beloved...

 Never during the many-years that I have been attending sessions of the General Assembly have I done so with such a heavy heart. Not only are the threats to pe...

 Before beginning my statement may I extend to Mr. Slim the congratulations of the New Zealand delegation on his election to the presidency of the Assembly. We...

As some eminent speakers have already said at this rostrum, our sixteenth , session has opened on a note of meditation. We are mourning Mr. Hammarskjold, the S...

I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Slim once more on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly during its sixteenth session....

81. We associate ourselves with the representatives of the other Member States in sing our deep satisfaction that Mr. Slim was unanimously elected to preside o...

ADDRESS BY MR. MANUEL PRADO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU 1. PRESIDENT PRADO (Peru) (translated from Spanish): My visit to the United States in my capacit...

On this our first opportunity to address the General Assembly, I should like, in the name of the Philippine delegation, to express to Mr. Slim my heartiest con...

Permit me, Mr. President, to offer you my warmest congratulations upon your unanimous election as President of the sixteenth session of the General Assembly of...