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Panya

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS PANYA

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1958-09-24
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1969-09-24
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  1. “Far from being able to look forward to a long period of prosperity — the vaunted golden age which technology seems to hold out before us — we await fearfully the onset of catastrophe. 42. For some months now it has seemed as if there and been some unwritten and unacknowledged law proscribing that each storm that arises and then subsides shall be followed by a new turbulence. Hardly had the noise of gunfire died down in Lebanon than there arose the sound of the bombardment in the Formosa Strait. How then can this lurking fear be removed from the hearts of men? 43.”

    1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)

  2. “During the past ten months the world has been amazed by the immense progress made in human knowledge. Why then are there millions of human beings whose standards of living can hardly be regarded as worthy of their dignity as men and women and who can see no hope of an end to their misery? Why has our amazement at the brilliant and spectacular achievements of science been succeeded by feelings of fear rather than joy? Why do we feel horror and foreboding before the wonderful feats of the artificial satellites? For a year the great fear in the world, far from growing lighter, has lain each day more heavily on our thoughts and our deeds. 41. We boast that we shall soon be able to leave this earth, yet we can do nothing to ease international tension.”

    1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)

  3. “May I also take this opportunity to express our sympathy to His Excellency Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Sudan, and hope that his turn will come very soon. 39. If my colleagues were to cast their minds back to the speech which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos made here a year ago in similar circumstances [698th meeting], they might suppose that we Laotians were lacking in imagination. But the real issue facing our Organization has not changed. According to the United Nations Charter our task is "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". Unfortunately the founders of our Organization were over-optimistic and this year our task is once again to save all generations now and in the future. Today it is in Formosa that peace is threatened; yesterday it was in the Middle East. 40.”

    1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)

  4. “37. Mr. PANYA (Laos) (translated from French): Mr. President, may I add the modest congratulations of Laos to those already offered to you by previous speakers upon your election to the presidency of the thirteenth session of the United Rations General Assembly. Modest as it is, this tribute is a recognition not only of your outstanding qualities of statesmanship but also of your good sportsmanship. We all remember that last year by withdrawing in favour of Sir Leslie Munro you preserved the unanimity of this Assembly which is so necessary to the harmony of our work. Conscious as we all are of your brilliance and efficiency, we have not even a momentary doubt of your success in your delicate mission. 38.”

    1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)