UN General Assembly
1965

109. After the disappointing nineteenth session, it is encouraging to note that the twentieth session is opening in a spirit of greater co-operation, optimism and determination, which may indicate, as we hope, that the United Nations has passed the depression of last year and is now on the upgrade again. Nothing could have marked this change in atmosphere better, or could have contributed more to it, than the august presence among us yesterday of His Holiness the Pope. 110. In this spirit I hope, Mr. President, that at your next visit to Rome, you will convey to His Holiness the feelings of deep gratitude that all of us in this Assembly nurture for his truly historic and deeply moving contribution to the cause of peace; and I pray that the Almighty may grant us guidance and wisdom in our labours.