UN General Assembly
1965

90. Mr. President, I should like, first of all, to congratulate you on your election to the Presidency of the Assembly. The overwhelming support which you have received testifies to the high esteem in which you are held. The Assembly is fortunate in having as its presiding officer a statesman of world stature and a political philosopher of international renown. As a member of the Government of Canada, which has many close and friendly links with Italy, it gives me great pleasure to greet her distinguished representative at this time. 91. I wish also to welcome to our company the delegations of the Gambia, the Maldive Islands and Singapore. It is essential to the welfare and future of this Organization that it should represent the peoples of the world wherever they have attained sovereign independence. The addition of these three new Members marks a further step towards the achievement of its goal.