Austria has alwaysheld the opinion that the Government of South Africa and the people who support that Government and its policiesmust be brought to understand that the system of apartheid is not and can never be the basisfor a viablesociety, that the system in itself is self-destructive. Austria ha…
In the Fifth Committee my delegation voted against draft resolution 11 A for reasons which were fully explained in that Committee." We are grateful to the delegation of Mexico for submitting to the Assembly the two amendments, which we feel greatly improved the original text. However, my delegation …
On behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, I would like to extend our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss of Switzerland on his election as President of the General Assembly for its sixty-fifth session. Mr. Deiss’s election is a recognition of Switzerland’s i…
The situation resulting from the policy of apartheid in South Africa has grown more serious than ever. Tension inside and outside that troubled nation has considerably increased and th~ perils implicit in a prolongation of that state of affairs have reached an alarming stage. .'
41. Inside South Af…
Austria takes a sincere and continuing interest in the development and the future of Cyprus and its conunWlities. We have demonstrated this interest by out participation in the United Nations peace· k-eeping operations on the island.
168. My country's ~ttitude to the question of Cyprus is hased upo…
At the outset, allow me to express to the Director General of IAEA t Mr. Eklundt my delegation's 'sincere appreciation of his comprehensive introduction of the Agency's report for the calendar year 1977 and his most interesting and detailed description of this year's major developments in the field …
The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 30 years ago by the General Assembly constituted a milestone in a development which began at the turn of our centuI)', a development which received new momentum from the painful experience of the Second World War and the years preceding it.
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It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Foreign Minister of Colombia on his election as President of the General Assembly. He is the representative of a country with which Austria feels linked by manifold close relations of friendship and co-operation. His experience of many years in foreign …
The closely-knit political, military and econonti~ system of the wcrld of today has made our planet very small, and perturbations arising anywhere on the globe cannot fail to have repercussions even in remote places. Some of them, through their nature and the efforts of the international community, …
As the Assembly proceeds in the autumn of 1977 with its continuing debate on the question of Cyprus it t is undeniable that an
82. My delegation has always tried, in the General Assembly and in other bodies of the United Nations in which it has been called upon to express its views on this matter, …
As my delegation has already stressed in its statement in the general debate on this item {42nd meeting], we attach the greatest impor- tance to' an early and peaceful transition to freedom and independence for a united Namibia. We strongly believe that, at this crucial stage in our common endeavour…
It is with a sense of satisfac- tion that I am speaking now on the resolution which the
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General Assembly has just adopted by consensus. Indeed, that resolution constitutes an important step on the road towards preventing acts of violence directed against the passengers and the crew of ci…
On behalf of the members and delegations of the group of Western European and other States, may I express our deeply felt sorrow over the sad event that has afflicted the Republic of Yemen and its population, the tragic and untimely death of Ibrahim Mohamed AI-Hamdi, the President of Yemen.
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May I through you, Mr. Presi- dent, congratulate the President of this Assembly on his election. Our pleasure at seeing him in the chair is also
77. At this stage I should also like to express to his predecessor in the chair. Ambassador Amerasinghe, my country's thanks and recognition for the tact …
The progress of decolonization continues to be one of the most significant, most positive, most historic developments of the second half of the twentieth century. In the brief space of a mere 20 years, 1 billion people have undergone the transition from being subjects of foreign empires to being cit…
As the Assembly proceeds this year with its debate on the question of Cyprus, it is incontestable that an atmosphere of concern, not to say gloom, prevails, and indeed there is much reason for concern. The grave situation in the island has remained virtually unchanged since this agenda item was disc…
The Assembly has adopted this morning several important draft resolutions on agenda item 52, concerning the policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa. Since Austria has always rejected, and we continue to reject categorically, this kind of policy, the Austrian delegation has voted in f…
The Austrian delegation has voted in favour of draft resolution A/31/L.5. Firmly opposed to any form of racial discrimination, my delega- tion regards the establishment of bantustans as a means of consolidating the policies of apartheid and therefore wishes to associate itself with the sponsors of t…
Mr. President, in electing you President of this General Assembly our Organization could hardly have made a better choice: you. represent an exceptional combination of experience and knowledge of the machinery of the United Nations with an outstanding ability for negotiation and conciliation. In you…
At the outset, allow me to express my delegation's sincere appreciation to the Director-General of IAEA, Mr. Sigvard Eklund, of his introduction of the Agency's report for the calendar year 1975 and his most interesting and comprehensive statement concerning all recent major developments in the fiel…
