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Sikivou

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1971-09-24
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1973-09-24
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  1. “It has been no easy task for a nation as small and as new as Fiji to grapple with the complexities of many of the issues with which we have been confronted- some of which have been exercising this Assembly almost from its inception but we have been sustained by the unfailing encouragement and the understanding attitude which we have encountered from our friends, both old and new, within the world Organization. I should like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their help and forbearance. 187.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  2. “Our acceptance into the world body gave us an immediate opportunity to exercise the independence we had achieved, to attempt to gauge the role we might be able or expected to play and to try to ascertain the directions in which we might move and the contribution we might make. It has also brought us face to face with the reality of our situation and we have had equally to recognize the roles that we cannot or must not play, the directions in which we cannot move and the contributions that we cannot make. It has been a rewarding experience-at times exhilarating, at others sobering. 186.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  3. “My delegation would also wish to join previous speakers in expressing high regard and appreciation for the services loyally and faithfully rendered by our Secretary- General, UThant, to the United Nations and to the countries and peoples all over the world. Amongst the patient, sincere and honest toilers for world peace and international understanding his name must rank very high. 184. Fiji attained its independence almost exactly a year ago today. One of its first acts as a sovereign State was to become a Member of the United Nations. So it is that as with many of the other newer nations in the world our experience of independence and our experience as a Member of the United Nations are of equal duration. 185.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  4. “181. Mr. President, may I, on behalf of my delegation and the Government and people of Fiji congratulate you on your election as President of the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly; and in so doing I should like to assure you, Sir, of the full co-operation of my delegation. Your election is well deserved and my delegation is confident that under your presidency the affairs of this august body will be conducted in the same able, wise, efficient and pleasant manner which has characterized your outstanding career. 182. I should like to express our appreciation for the great contribution made by your immediate predecessor, Ambassador Hambro of Norway, whose qualities as President of the General Assembly last year and as a leader of high repute and integrity are well known to all of us. 183.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)