Allow me first to say how pleased we are to see Ambassador Freitas do Amaral of Portugal presiding over this session of the General Assembly, a session that coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. His election to the presidency is a tribute that expresses recognition of his pe…
Sir, your election to preside over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly is a timely tribute to your outstanding professional and human qualities. It also reflects the high regard in which your sister country, Côte d’Ivoire, is held due to the sagacity and level-headedness which it has sho…
I should like at the outset to express my deepest condolences to Colombia on the losses caused by the terrible earthquake suffered by that country.
Twenty years ago, in 1974, the international community’s condemnation of the South African Government’s policy of apartheid was marked in this Hall by …
Your unanimous election, Sir, to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly represents a just recognition of your great diplomatic experience, your human qualities and your constant commitment to the promotion of
I should like to congratulate you most warmly on the well-des…
