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Article: Assembly pays tribute to Indira Gandhi.
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- August 1, 1984
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Tributes to Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India assassinated on 31 October in New Delhi, were paid at a plenary meeting of the General Assembly that same day.
Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said India had "lost a great and courageous leader and the international community a wise and dedicated citizen of the world". Mrs. Gandhi, he said, had been a highly respected figure at the United Nations, which she had supported staunchly.
Following in the tradition of her father, Pandit Nehru, he said, she represented on the international scene "the spirit of moderation, tolerance and understanding". Her statements as Chairperson of the summit ...