UN General Assembly
1964

138. Mr. President, may I add my own sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the nineteenth session of the General Assembly to those of the speakers who have preceded me. Your unanimous election to this high office is another welcome manifestation of the universal recognition of Africa’s vital role in world affairs and of the position of respect which African countries have come to occupy in the international community. I am confident that under your capable leadership the deliberations of the nineteenth session of the General Assembly will be particularly successful.