Before making my com- ments on the agenda item under consideration, I should like to extend a warm welcome to the delegation of Anti- gua and Barbuda. Its membership in the Organization is yet further proof of the validity and success of the United Nations concept of peaceful decolonization. Austria…
At the outset I should like to present to Mr. Eklund our sincere thanks for his clear and comprehensive introduction of the report of IAEA for the calendar year 1980. We are particularly grateful for his most interesting assessment of the international energy situation and for the valuable informati…
For more than two years, the modalities for the launching of global negotiations have been the subject of extensive and arduous consulta- tion and debate. Although these efforts have contributed to a better understanding of the issues involved, final agreement has eluded us.
68. Mv delegation has a…
It is indeed most appro- priate that the General Assembly should devote its first
121. The founding of the non-aligned movement did not only respond to the deeply felt need of the many newly independent States to strengthen their independence and to re-establish and fortify their mutual contacts an…
May I first extend to you my country's sincere congratulations on your election as Pres- ident of the thirty..sixth session of the General Assembly. In view of the difficult tasks we face in the coming months, we are particularly happy to see the General As- sembly guided by such an experienced dipl…
Austria has unequivo- cally rejected the policies of apartheid of the South Af- rican Government and has most recently, at the 75th meeting, during the general debate on this agenda item, maintained that such an institutionalized policy of racial discrimination can never be the basis of a viable dem…
In the year under review, the situation resulting from the policy of apartheid in South Africa and in southern Africa as a whole has re- mained as serious as ever. Tension inside and outside of that country has continued to increase and the perils im- plicit in a prolongation of that state of affair…
In the course of the general debate Austria had the opportunity to reaffirm its position of principle with regard to Namibia's inde- pendence and the endeavours of the United Nations to achieve it. On this basis Austria found it possible to support the majority of the draft resolutions which have ju…
In the debate on the question of Namibia at the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly, the international community expressed the hope that the year 1980 would be of decisive importance for the progress of the Namibian people to independence and self-determination, based on the United Nations…
Mr. President, it iswith particular pleasure that I congratulate you on your election as Presi- dent of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. We
gr~et you as the repre~ntative of a country which isa good neighbour and close fnend ofours. Your great experience and deep knowledge, combine…
First of all, I should like to express to Mr. Eklund our sincere apprecia- tion for his lucid-and comprehensive introduction of the report of lAEA for the year 1979,1 We are par- ticularly grateful for his most interesting assessment of the international energy situation and for the valuable informa…
My explanation of vote refers to draft resolution I, which has just been adopted.
31. During the debate in the Third Committee, on the draft contained originally in document A/C.3/34/L.IS, my delegation made a number of proposals which we deemed to be constructive. We assumed that our pro- posed ch…
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution IV on the question of Western Sahara. In deference to your wise decision, Mr. President, I shall not repeat what I said in explana- tion of our affirmative vote in the Fourth Committee. My words were basically an appeal to all the parties to the conf…
At yesterday's meeting of the Special Political Committee the delegation of the United Arab Emirates introduced a draft resolution which certainly merited our urgent attention and thorough study. The rules of procedure, however, pro- vide in a very wise manner that delegations ought to be given the …
We have all heard Mr. Ekiund's comprehensive introduction of the report of IAEA for the calendar year 1978 as well as his most in- formative updating of this report with regard to this year's major developments in the field of nuclear energy and the relevant activities of the Agency. As in the past,…
Five years after the adop- tion of the Declaration and Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order [resolutions 3201 (8- VI) and 3202 (8- VI)) and at the end of the Second United Nations Development Decade, we find ourselves at a crucial stage in North- South relat…
Mr. President. it is a particular pleasure for me to see you p~esiding over this General Assembly. I wish to congratulate you most sincerely on your election.
164. You are the representative ofa country and of a continent to which Austria feels particularly close. In
t~e course ofalmost 10 years a…
Mr. President, there will be a more appropriate occasion for me to congratu- late you on your assumption of your high office. For the time being, may Ijust briefly summarize Austria's posi- tion on the issue that was before us. There can be no doubt about Austria's position on the abominable rec- or…
On addressing the General Assembly on the same issue last year," I ex-
100. Although minor corrections and improvements have been effected, the basic concept of the inhuman systemof apartheid, on which the precarious supremacy of a minority is based, remains unchanged. .
101. We are all aware of t…
Ii. ;3 now over three years since the Generai Assembly considered the question of Cyprus. During this period, intensive efforts have been undertaken by the Secretary-Gen- eral and his Special Representative, Mr. Hugo Gobbi, to bring the positions of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities …
