On behalf of the sponsors, I should like to introduce draft resolution A/33/L.30, entitled "Military collaboration with South Africa".
131. Apartheid is an odious system of colonial domination and exploitation of man by man, and it would have been easier to fight it peacefully, had its champions no…
On 30 September of this year my delegation spoke before the Security Council and once again made known its position on Narrljbia.22 It was our feeling that the diplomatic outcry which had been so cleverly organized by the five Western Powers was merely a deception, a plot hatched against the Namibia…
The total decolonization of our large and beautiful continent of Africa is a major concern of all the African peoples. It is a supreme and revolutionary duty to tolerate no longer on
13. The racist minority regimes of Rhodesia and South Africa are the major bridge-head of imperialist, colonialist a…
The question of Cyprus, which has been before the Assembly for several years, is one of those issues to which my delegation has always attached prime imIX>rtance, because the sovereignty, territorial integrity, national unity and independence of a smaU defenceless country are jeop- ardized by a coal…
The delegation of the People's Republic of Benin wishes to reaffirm its well·known position on the question of the finaneing of the United Nations peace-keeping forces in the Middle East.
82. It is obvious that in the light of what is occurring in the Middle East UNEF, UNDOF and UNIFIL have never r…
First of all, on behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of Benin, I wish warmly to thank and to extend fraternal greetings to the Chairman of the Com- mittee of the. Whole, our brother Idriss Jazairy of Algeria, who with a high degree of political responsibility conducted the work of that…
[ shall be extremely brief. You have heard the statement made by the representative of Gabon. All that remains to be sai~ is that a serious threat hangs over neighbouring countnes. .
The meeting rose at 8 p.m.
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364. The problem which pits our country against Gabon is a political problem. The representative of Gabon who has just spoken is not at all well-informed and we wish to ask him to be kind enough to read the 4,000 pages of documentation pub…
My delegation apologizes for having to speak again in this Assembly in order to make some clarifications, but this has become absolutely necessary after the confused and con- fusing allegations we heard a few moments ago from the representative of the Government of Gabon.
325. In the course of our …
Allow me first of all to convey to you, Sir, the cordial congratulations of the delegation of the People's Republic of Benin on the occasion of your outstanding election to the presidency of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. My country is glad to seeyou in charge of the work of the A…
My country was an enthusiastic sponsor at the last session of the Assembly of a draft resolution submitted by the Nordic countries on the subject of investments in South Africa. That draft resolution was adopted by the Assembly as resolution 31/6 K of 9 November 1976.
146. This year again my countr…
I am speaking on "behalf of Mauritius, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and my own. r:ountry, Benin, with regard to draft resolution \/32/L.41, which was introduced by these three countries under agenda item 24. Draft resolu- tion A/32/L.41, entitled "Cor~sequences of the admission of Namibia as a member …
I think it is worth while entering a strong plea for the present debate on the question of Palestine to be allowed to emerge from the normal rut of the United Nations, in order to be considered from a new staI1dpoint within an appropriate diplomatic and political context, so that our respective dele…
As its representatives have said on many occasions in the various organs of this Organization and in other international forums, the People's Republic of Benin will never endorse policies of occupation, annexation and territorial expanilion. Similarly, we systematically reject all policies of fait a…
Once again I am moved by the feelings of anxiety and doubt, but also of hope, that I have so often had when it has been my lot to address the representatives in this Assembly from this high rostrum.
36. I feel anxiety when I consider not only the number but above all the importance of the questions…
My delegation supports the inclusion of agenda item 126 in the agenda of this session. My delegation also supports the request of the Egyptian Government that this item be dealt with in plenary meetings a~ a matter of priority.
49. My country, the People's Republic of Benin, will never agree with t…
I simply wish to say with regard to item 93, that my delegation is happy that the General Committee has agreed to recommend the inclusion of this item in the agenda.
My delegation is happy to participate in this debate on the agenda item 24 now taking place in the plenary meetings.
167. My delegation thanks the members of the special Committee, and in particular its Chairman, our brother and friend Mr. Salim of the United Republic of Tanzania. That Committee, w…
The item on the agenda of the meeting this morning, namely the question of the Comorian island of Mayotte, is of particular importance to the delegation of the People's Republic of Benin, because that item is related to the right to an independent and sovereign existence of the four islands which ta…
