UN General Assembly
1963

Allow me, Mr. President, to join all those who have spoken before me from this rostrum in extending to you my sincere congratulations on your brilliant election, which enables us to look forward to fruitful debates during the present session of the General Assembly. I pray the Almighty that the atmosphere of "détente" in which this session has opened will allow us to find solutions in order to terminate the atrocities of colonialism in its death-throes and the ideological disputes of which some countries are still the victims, to induce the rich countries to give more help to the poorer countries whose objective is the raising of their peoples' level of living, and to strengthen peace in the world. The events of great historic significance which have recently, since the last session, taken place enable us to discern, on the horizon, clear gleams of hope.