Speeches from 1978

286. Not so long ago, the United Nations was subjected to criticisms which were as vehement as they were destructive by some forces. Accused of powerlessness, ...

138. Dominated as it is by hegemonistic rivalries, the international situation during the past year has been characterized by mounting tensions, the rousing an...

 163. I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly for its thirty-third session. My delegation ...

212. The opportunity we have at this time to address this illustrious Assembly of the United Nations—the symbol for all the peoples represented here of hope fo...

203. Almost a month ago, with the solemnity and fervour that have become customary, the United Nations General Assembly opened its thirty-third regular session...

1. Mr. President, speaking for the first time before this Assembly, I have pleasure in associating myself with the , tribute that preceding speakers have paid...

87. Mr. President, I am pleased by the happy coincidence that in my first statement in this debate in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile the ...

223. I would like to begin my speech by congratulating Mr Indalecio Lievano on his election as President of the current session of the General Assembly. I woul...

145. Mr. President, it is especially gratifying to my country to greet and to congratulate you upon your election as President of the General Assembly of the U...

 1. Permit me first, Mr. President, to extend to you the most sincere congratulations of my delegation upon your unanimous election to the presidency of ...

 1. What is most emphatically required of us in the light of the urgency and immensity of certain of the items on the agenda of the thirty-third session of th...

 75. As I address this Assembly of the Organization in which mankind has placed its highest hopes for the 12 See Official Records of the General...

 194. While this United Nations General Assembly session is being held a number of conflicts have attracted the attention of the peoples of the world. 195. An ...

 2. It gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, warm congratulations on your unanimous election as President of the thirty-third session of the Genera...

50. I congratulate you, Sir, as an outstanding political personality of Colombia, on your election to the lofty office of this session of President of the Unit...

 1. It is with dismay that the delegation of the German Democratic Republic to the United Nations has received word of the demise of His Holiness Pope John ...

90. During the past year the struggle of the non-aligned peoples and countries, the third-world States and the nations that love independence and justice has m...

250. May I first of all congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations...

 54. Mr. President, permit me first to express to you the congratulations of our delegation since the General Assembly has with discern...

142. As the representative of a country which is traditionally united with yours by the most cordial and brotherly ties, I have particular pleasure to congratu...