UN General Assembly
1993

Permit me, first of all, to congratulate Ambassador Insanally on his unanimous election as President of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. I am confident that, under his dynamic and wise leadership, coupled with the support of that able and consummate diplomat, His Excellency Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the deliberations of this Assembly will produce constructive and fruitful results in meeting some of the major challenges our world is facing at this time and in laying a sound foundation for international relations in the foreseeable future. Our appreciation is also extended to His Excellency Stoyan Ganev, the President of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session, for his successful conduct of that session of the Assembly. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the new Member States that have joined us. I expect that their participation at this session will contribute significantly to international peace and cooperation. The world has witnessed phenomenal changes within the last two or three years. With the collapse of Soviet