UN General Assembly
1968

32. For several sessions now, the United Nations General Assembly has met during a particularly difficult and disturbing international situation. The twenty-third session is no exception to that custom; it too opened in the midst of all sorts of crises, some old, the others more recent. 33. Before entering into a consideration of the international situation that is overshadowed by these crises, I should like to associate the delegation of the Federal Republic of the Cameroon with all those who have from this platform duly congratulated Mr. Arenales on his election to the Presidency of the present session of the General Assembly. My delegation’s congratulations are directed first to him, in his capacity as an outstanding diplomatist, and next to his country, Guatemala, a part of that Latin America that is geographically so remote from Africa, but in other respects so close to it. Under our President’s wise leadership, I am convinced that our work will proceed with an efficiency appropriate to his skill and to the trust that has been placed in him.