UN General Assembly
1954

15. Before concluding, I should like, in my capacity as Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Panama, to thank this Assembly for the warm welcome it gave our President, Colonel Jose Antonio Remon Cantera, when he came here last year to make a statement [450th meeting] on certain matters of importance to our country. At the same time I venture to inform you that the discussions on the draft treaty, which was the principal reason for the President’s visit to the United States and to which he is devoting most of his attention, are continuing in an atmosphere of understanding arid harmony. 16. As the Assembly knows, this draft treaty is intended to amend and supersede some of the less satisfactory articles of the Treaties of 1903 and 1936 concluded between Panama and the United States. These articles relate to the construction, operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, that mighty achievement o? United States engineering skill which, for reasons of geography, is embedded in the very heart of our territory.