UN General Assembly
1966

With his thorough grounding in United Nations and international affairs; with the reliance placed on him by the membership of this Organization, especially the great Powers; with his instinctive tact and sensitivity to the requirements and characteristics of individual nations; with his devotion to duty, his firm idealism and his strength and ability to carry out plans; and above all, with his deep understanding of United Nations and world problems, we are convinced that the right man for the right job at the right time is U Thant, and that he should remain as Secretary-General of the United Nations at this period of the world's — and the United Nations — existence.