The delegation of Burundi is honoured to take part in the debate on the draft resolutions on, respectively, “Special emergency assistance” and “The situation in Burundi”.
Burundi has been in the throes of a crisis for more than two years. The crisis erupted after the tragic assassination of Preside…
My delegation is pleased to commend the trio that has presided over the Working Group: namely the
Our statement is based on two points — first, the genesis of the one-sided system within the Security Council, and, secondly, the need to synchronize democratization at the global and national levels. …
I was about to conclude, Sir. I was saying that there are only a few tens of thousands Burundese refugees left in Zaire. As to the dialogue to which the chargé d’affaires of Zaire has invited us, I do concede the necessity for such a dialogue. That is, as it happens, the reason it would have been de…
Were it not for a certain quid pro quo from my brother and friend the representative of Zaire, my delegation would not have asked to make this statement.
I should like first to stress that relations between Burundi and Zaire are in no way clouded. Relations are excellent, and we very much wish to s…
During this slow period of the year, when everyone wants to rush off on well-deserved vacations, the Security Council, under your lucid guidance, Mr. President, is carrying out the responsibility entrusted to it under Article 24 of the United Nations Charter: that of diligently seeing to the mainten…
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to express the sincere thanks of the Government of Burundi for the support given the proposals contained in the resolution that we have just adopted. Our thanks go especially to the members of the Group of African States here in New York who initiat…
It is an honour and a privilege for me to address the Members of this Organization. In doing so, I convey
I should like also to greet and congratulate His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire, on his unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly’s work …
His Excellency Mr. Cyprien Ntaryamira was the second President of Burundi to die within the past six months. One can imagine the total dismay of the people of Burundi when it learned on Wednesday, 6 April 1994, of his tragic death only two months after he took office. The blow was all the greater in…
Mr. President, I thank you for the opportunity you have given me to speak.
At the outset, I should like to thank the General Assembly, which has just adopted the report by its Bureau on including an additional agenda item entitled "The situation in Burundi" in the agenda of its forty-eighth session…
The tragic circumstances that so recently brought sorrow to my country lead me to speak today in this forum, where you have just paid a final tribute to a man who, only three weeks ago and from this very rostrum, conveyed to you a message of peace, unity and democracy from the people of Burundi.
I …
This is a year in which the international commu- nity .has dealt with rare intensity with the tragedy and bloodshed engulfing the southern part of Africa as a whole and Namibia in particular.
122. None of the meetings held this year-here, at New Delhi at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affa…
Faith in the United Nations and in the principles and ideals it personif:ies, the search for dialogue and co- operation, and cons~ant concern for peaceful settlement of disputes :ii'iu:lfIg nations rather than confrontatiCJ(l-these are the reasons why we are gathered here to consider ways of promoti…
Once again we are in the midst of a debate on the barbarous policy of the South African regime, and the United Nations, in the face of South Africa's intransigence and repeated ac,ts of aggression, must discharge its special responsibilities in ensuring the decolonization of Namibia. The Assembly ha…
On 28 November 1975 the General Assembly proclaimed that "the United Nations and the international community have a special responsi- bility towards the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movements" [seeresolution 34// C (XXX)).
141. Faithful to its .commitments, the General Asse…
I feel I must refer to the allusions made by the representative of Morocco to my country. The representa- tive of Morocco has just attacked the African delegations as a whole. I will not answer him for those delegations; they will have an opportunity to do so themselves..
354. I wish to emphasize t…
Mr. President, may I,on behalfof the delegation of Burundi, say how pleased we are to see you presiding over the work of the thirty-fifth session ofthe General Assembly. Your long experience in the Organization, your high sense of responsibility and your determination to fight constantly for the ide…
The General Assembly quite justifiably considers apartheid to be a crime against humanity and a true threat to international peace and security. And it is within this context that the United Nations has already adopted numerous resolutions with regard to the apartheid policy of the racist South Afri…
Many are the speakers who for a number of years have succeeded each other at this rostrum in order to censure and condemn the policy of apartheid of the Government of South Afri~l.
95. The United Nations has already adopted an impressive number of resolutions the application of which would contribu…
Mr. President, since I am speaking for the first time at this rostrum I should like first of all to express to you the warm-congratulations ofthe delegation of Burundi on YOUI election to preside over the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. .
21. Your qualities as a highly competent state…
It has been said that science progresses in a spiral. The establishment of the new international economic order will surely take the same course and follow the same twists and turns. This debate on the role of and mission entrusted to the Committee of the Whole established under resolution 32/174, w…
