UN General Assembly
1977

﻿118. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. It is a well-deserved tribute to you, as an eminent statesman, and to your country, Yugoslavia, and its leading role in the non-aligned movement. I should also like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to your predecessor, who guided the work of the previous session of the General Assembly with distinction. 119. It is also with pleasure that I welcome the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, whose admission to this world Organization has been a great achievement for the liberation movement in the world as well as a victory for the forces of peace and progress. Likewise, I welcome the sisterly independent Republic of Djibouti and salute its people, who are determined to preserve their freedom and sovereignty.