President of the General Assembly

Lyrics:

President of the General Assembly!
You are your fruitful heart of oneness-tree.
Each nation has a special hunger-need.
You long to feed their needs, and succeed.
O courage-flood, O nobility-sea,
O champion-dreamer of One-Nation-Family!

Song in:

Climbing Flames

Songs of Peace

Footnotes:

First performed at a programme of the Peace Meditation Group held at the UN honouring the President of the 35th session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Rudiger von Wechmar (Germany), on 9 January 1981. Performed over the years in tribute to other Presidents of the General Assembly, including H.E. Mr. Imre Hollai, Hungary (37th session); H.E. Mr. Jorge Illueca, Panama (38th session); H.E. Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, Bangladesh (41st session); H.E. Mr. Guido de Marco, Malta (45th session); H.E. Mr. Stoyan Ganev, Bulgaria (47th session); H.E. Amara Essy, Cote d'Ivoire (49th session); H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, Sweden (60th session); and H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Qatar (66th session).

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