UN General Assembly
1959

201. The first advantage that accrues to me from this opportunity of addressing the Assembly is that I have the pleasure of congratulating Mr. Belaúnde upon his election to the highest office of the United Nations. Like so many others seated in the benches before us I have had the privilege of listening to his words and observing his actions through the years. It is my firm conviction that they have amply qualified Mm for the leadership of the assembled nations of the world. Wholeheartedly we wish him God-speed. 202. The annual general debate is the proper occasion for a Minister for Foreign Affairs to mention some characteristics of his country's views on certain problems that concern the world, and therefore the .United Nations; in other words, to present its political passport.