madam president and members of the general assembly:
when secretary general hammarskjold’s invitation to address this general assembly reached me in bermuda, i was just beginning a series of conferences with the prime ministers and foreign ministers of great britain and of france. our subject was some of the problems that beset our world.
during the remainder of the bermuda conference, i had constantly in mind that ahead of me lay a great honor. that honor is mine today, as i stand here, privileged to address the general assembly of the united nations.
at the same time that i appreciate the distinction of addressing you, i have a sense of exhilaration as i look upon this assembly. never before in history has so much hope for so many people been gathered together in a single organization. your deliberations and decisions during these somber years have already realized part of those hopes.
but the great tests and the great accomplishments still lie ahead. and in the confident expectation of those accomplishments, i would use the office which, for the time being, i hold, to assure you that the government of the