UN General Assembly
1978

188. I wish also to salute the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kurt Waldheim. I recall the interested and devoted manner in which Mr. Waldheim followed the Portuguese decolonization process, and the constant efforts he has made in the same spirit towards peace which reveal the dedication, the competence and the human qualities he has always shown in the exercise of his high functions. 189. I should like also to extend our fraternal greetings to Solomon Islands upon its admission this year to the United Nations, bringing the number of United Nations Members to 150, almost three times as many countries as belonged to this Organization at the time of its founding. Thus the United Nations takes a considerable further step towards accomplishing one of its most noble aims, universality. Since I have referred to universality I believe it appropriate 21 Mr. Correa Gago spoke in Portuguese. The English version of his statement was supplied by the delegation.