1974年11月15日阿拉法特在联合国发表演讲，成为第一个在联大全体会议上发表讲话的非政府组织代表。一年后，联大通过决议，给予巴勒斯坦解放组织观察员地位。演讲中阿拉法特名言：“我带着橄榄枝和自由战士的枪来到这里，请不要让橄榄枝从我手中滑落”。2004年11月11日阿拉法特去世，联合国秘书长安南当日凌晨通过其发言人发表声明，对阿拉法特逝世“深表悲痛”，纽约联合国总部也为阿拉法特逝世降半旗致哀。

In the name of the people of Palestine and the leader of its national struggle, the Palestine Liberation organization, 1 take this opportunity to extend to you, Mr. President, my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the twenty-ninth session of he United nations general assembly.

We have, of course, long known you to be sincere and devoted defender of the cause of freedom, justice and peace. We have al a known you also to be in the vanguard of the freedom-fighters in their heroic Algerian war of national liberation. Today Algeria has attained a distinguished position in the world community and has assumed its responsibilities both in the national and in the international fields, thus earning the support and esteem of the entire human family.

I also avail myself of this opportunity to extend my sincerest appreciation to M. Kurt Waldheim the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for the great efforts he has made and is still making to enable us to assume our responsabilities in the smoothest possible way.

In the name of the people of Palestine 1 take this opportunity to congratulate three States that have recently been admitted to membership in the United Nations after obtaining their national independence : Guinea-Bissau, Bangladesh and Grenada. I extend our best wishes to the leadership of those Member States and wish them progress and success-

Mr. president, I thank you for having invited the Palestinian Liberation Organization to participate in this plenary sessions of the United Nations Genera Assembly. 1 am grateful to all those representatives of States of the United Nations who contributed to the decision to introduce the question of Palestine as a separate item of the agenda of this Assembly. That decision made possible the Assembly’s resolution inviting us to address it on the question of Palestine.

This is a very important occasion. The question of Palestine is being reexamined by the United Nations, and we consider that step to be a victory for the world Organization as much as a vi

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