UN General Assembly
1974

264. May I also pay tribute to and congratulate his distinguished predecessor in office, Mr. Leopoldo Benites of Ecuador, for the efficient and successful manner in which he directed the work of the twenty eighth session of the General Assembly as well as the historic sixth special session. 265. On behalf of my Government, I would also wish to pay tribute to our able and distinguished Secretary General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, whom we had the pleasure of welcoming in the Gambia earlier this year, for his unswerving dedication to the principles and purposes of the Charter and his constant and untiring efforts for peace and justice throughout the world.