UN General Assembly
1966

"His rare qualities as an experienced mediator and champion of peace have inspired in Members of the Organization an indispensable spirit of understanding and, going beyond the letter of the Charter, have strengthened the principle of balance among the communities of today's troubled world. "The departure of U Thant would bring about the collapse of this great institution; its result, I fear, would be that the United Nations would suffer the same fate as the former League of Nations. "All human communities have an interest in the maintenance of the United Nations as a world-wide high court. It is the only authority which, because of its universality, can overcome the present problems of peoples and races wooed by opposing ideologies. "I am still convinced that U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will continue to personify this moral guarantee and the unreserved trust of the international community, a trust shared by my Government and supported by the traditions of the Haitian Nation."