UN General Assembly
1963

Mr. President, I would like first of all to associate myself with the previous speakers who have congratulated you on your election to the high office of President of this session of the General Assembly. 78. The delegation of the Romanian People's Republic shares the view, expressed here in the course of our debates, that the present session of the United Nations General Assembly, through the decisions it will adopt, will make a constructive contribution to the solution of the vital international issues facing mankind. 79. It is the opinion of the Romanian People's Republic, as stated from this rostrum by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the President of the State Council, that: "The promotion among States of the principles of peaceful coexistence and the development of relations of multilateral co-operation among them with a view to maintaining and strengthening peace is the very 'raison d'être' of the United Nations." [873rd meeting, para. 61.] On that occasion, the President of the State Council also expressed the conviction that: