UN General Assembly
1992

Allow me, first of all, on behalf of the Angolan Government and on my own behalf, to congratulate you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session and to wish you success in carrying out your mandate. I am sure that your experience and competence will guarantee the success of our work. The Angolan delegation wishes from the outset to assure you of our complete cooperation. To the outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Samir Shihabi, I should like to express my appreciation for the valuable work done during his mandate. To Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, I express my Government's profound appreciation of his goodwill and selfless efforts, demonstrated in the constant search for just and lasting solutions aimed at preserving peace and international security. My Government supports and will contribute in a positive way to the realization of the valuable concepts formulated in his report "An Agenda for Peace", whose sub-heading includes the words "Preventive diplomacy" (A/47/277). On behalf of the Government and people of Angola, I wish to welcome the