Bangladesh sincerely welcomes the recent exchange of letters of recognition and the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Government of Israel on 13 September 1993. This laudable breakthrough in th…
The international political landscape has gone through a sea of changes since the establishment of the United Nations. The United Nations, as an international organization of Member States of the global
Thematically, the world today is being swept by the egalitarian and humanizing impacts of democr…
I am very happy to have the opportunity to speak on this important agenda item. I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for a very useful report (A/48/536) on it.
The recent dramatic increase in natural and man-made disasters and civil and ethnic strife has mad…
The drug scourge today is a global phenomenon. It is an issue that threatens both our present and future generations. The world-wide consciousness and our collective drive against drug abuse and narcotics trafficking are still far from driving a nail into the heart of the issue. In fact, the general…
Allow me to begin by expressing our
sincere felicitations to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros-Ghali, for his
thought-provoking report "An Agenda for Peace" and also for the report on the
work of the Organization. They represent a timely and essential contribution
to the reform and reorganizati…
At the outset, may I express my profound
grief and sympathy for the brotherly people of Egypt, who have been struck by
a severe earthquake, resulting in such a heavy loss of life and of property.
'* Civilized societies have evolved on the fundamental belief that human
beings are born with equal …
I have just checked with our mission and found that in the IMF yearbook, Direction of Trade Statistics, for 1981 there is no mention of Bangladesh on the page for South Africa. However, I
161. I think the yearbook and the basis for it are un- founded, and I wish to reaffirm that we in Bangladesh do…
Bangladesh has con- sistently supported all measures aimed at the total elimi- nation of nuclear-weapon stockpiling and production. With regard to the resolution just adopted, Bangladesh finds paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 acceptable. But the formula- tions of paragraphs I and 2 are not comprehensive enough…
The question of Palestine is the heart of the Middle East problem. It is an issue whose solution will govern the future peace in the region and also reflect upon the maintenanc.e of peace and security in the world.
64. The question of Palestine has been the subject of an intensive debate for the la…
The delegation of Bangladesh voted in favour of the draft resolution on the question of Western Sahara since we believe in the in- alienable right of all peoples to self-determination and na- tional independence, and that principle is applicable in the case of Western Sahara.
57. We have noted with…
The members of the dele- gation of Bangladesh hring you the warm greetings of the Government and the people of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh delegation also welcomes the admission of Vanuatu an;;! Belize as new Members of the United Na- tions, thus adding to the strength of the United Nations and of th…
From its very inception, Bangladesh has opposed all forms of racial dis- crimination, oppression, colonialism and alien domina- tion. The policy of apartheid pursued by the racist regime of South Africa has been universally condemned. The Government of Bangladesh, in protest against this anach- roni…
Bangladesh has repeatedly stated its position of principle on the question of Namibia, most recently in the Security CounciF and at the 6th meeting of the eighth emergency special session.
138. To that end, Bangladesh does not have any connec- tion with the South African regime. There are no eco- n…
Once again the Assembly is debating the question of Afghanistan. Barely a year has passed since an emergency special session on Afghanistan was held and a resolution was adopted containing a. framework for a speedy and peaceful solution of the crisis [resolution E5-6/2]. We deeply regret that no sol…
Once again the As- sembly is debating the fate of Democratic Kampuchea, a country once endowed with natural bounty, a coun- try priding itself on its rich cultural traditions which formed a part of the Asian heritage. The fact that we are still seized ofthat item is sad testimony to the world commun…
Once again we are debating the situation in Mghanistan, an issue of which the United Nations has been seized over the past two years. Despite the serious efforts of the international community the problem continues to pose a threat to the maintenance of international peace and security.
112. In our…
Bangladesh sup- ported the inscription of this item on our agenda. It has also sponsored draft resolution A/34/L.13/Rev.l, which was so ably introduced yesterday [62nd meeting] by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia. We have done so in our firm conviction that developments in Kampuchea not only…
The members ofmy dele- gation and I deem it a great privilege to have the op- portunity of participating in the deliberations of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. We bring to Members the warm greet- ings of the people of Bangladesh.
84. We are indeed very happ…
On the opening day of the General Assembly, when the representative of Viet Nam made a motion challenging the seating of the representatives of Democratic Kampuchea, the Presi- dent gave a ruling under rule 71 ofthe rules ofprocedure that the matter should be refen'ed to the Credentials Committee fo…
