UN General Assembly
1968

3. I should like to take this opportunity to welcome Swaziland, a new arrival to the community of nations. 4. Finally, I should like to congratulate the Secretary-General, U Thant, for the courage he has demonstrated whenever the faintest gleam of hope has enabled him to intervene to preserve the principles of the Charter. In so doing, he has rendered great service to the United Nations cause, and he fully deserves our grateful recognition. 5. Summer storms, with their turbulence and convulsions, are always laden with unforeseen events of unknown scope. What does this autumn season hold in store for us, this season in which we come as we do each year to compare views and to lay our case before the free tribunal of nations?