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Prince SOUVANNA PHOUMA

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53

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1966-09-24

most recent

1971-09-24

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3

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un-general-debate

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1. “Nevertheless, the United Nations has not yet completely applied the sacred principles which the authors of the Charter wished to establish as the very foundations of the organization, since certain nations — and not the least important in terms of the influence they have on international affairs — have not yet been able to make their voices heard in our deliberations. 5. We salute, at last, and with joy, the return to our middle of Indonesia, a great Asian country attached to the principles of Panchashila. We are certain that, by its mission and its active role in the concert of nations, it will make a valuable contribution to the relaxation of international tension and to the cause of peace, especially in South-East Asia. 6.”

   1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)

2. “My delegation would also like to pay a tribute to your eminent predecessor, Mr. Amintore Fanfani, for the distinction and competence with which he conducted our proceedings. We are beholden to him for a session in which notable progress was made in spite of a sometimes stormy and often tense atmosphere. 4. This year our Organization has been enriched by the admission of a new member, Guyana, which I am happy to welcome. The African countries, the Kingdom of Lesotho and Botswana, which have just been admitted, will — I am sure — make an active contribution to the work of the United Nations, the number of whose Members has now reached the record figure of 121.”

   1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)

3. “1. Mr. President, to the unanimous praise which has been addressed to you permit me to add that of Laos and myself. Allow me also to express to you our satisfaction at seeing you preside over the work of this twenty-first session of the General Assembly. 2. In the vast continent of Asia, the Kingdom of Laos, like the Kingdom of Afghanistan, is a country without a coast, entirely dependent on its neighbours for access to the sea. That is why, knowing your qualities as a diplomat, your sense of responsibility and your interest in the problems that beset countries which the accident of geography has rendered land-locked, we rejoice on more than one ground at the honour bestowed on you by this assembly in confiding to you the highest of trusts in an international situation that some have described as grave and difficult. 3.”

   1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)