UN General Assembly
1976

It is with great joy that I have the honor of welcoming Mr. Amerasinghe, through you, Sir, as President of this thirty-first ordinary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. I offer him my most sincere congratulations on his brilliant election, and the delegation which is here with me joins me in paying him this well-deserved tribute. We are certain that this election is not only a token of the recognition by the Members of the United Nations of his experience and competence, which have been demonstrated so often at international meetings, but also a well-deserved tribute to his country, Sri Lanka, which plays a very important role in the search for solutions to the problems confronting the States Members of the United Nations.