UN General Assembly
1974

Mr. President, may I be permitted to express to you the sincere congratulations of the Government of the Republic of the Ivory Coast on your brilliant election to the prestigious post of President of the General Assembly. We are certain that you. will carry out the burdensome task entrusted to you with total success and that you will place your rich and great experience at the service of the world in general and of Africa in particular -our Africa, which is so much in need of genuine and lasting peace. 60. We would request the delegation of Honduras to transmit to its Government the sincere condolences of the Government of the Ivory Coast on the catastrophe which that country has recently suffered. 61. International relations are characterized today by economic insecurity. The "Yom Kippur war" has revealed a process which goes largely beyond the framework of the conflict and has had serious repercussions upon the internal and external policies of our countries, repercussions which have to be brought under control.