Canada's position of strongly condemning the Israeli attack on Iraqi nuclear facilities in June 1981 is well known. Furthermore, Canada fully endorses the provisions of the unani- mously adopted Security Council resolution 487 (1981). With respect to the resolution just adopted,
"First, the militar…
The Canadian delegation wishes to associate itself with the tribute paid to Mr. Otunnu for the work he has undertaken on behalfofthe President in seeking a ground for understanding with regard to the global negotiations. We believe that Mr. Otunnu has developed an initiative that is worthy of the es…
Allow me to thank the coordinators of the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries, Ambassador Valle of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States, respectively, for their outstanding leadership, and the Secretariat’s Division for Ocean Affairs and the L…
At the outset, I would like to thank the coordinators of the draft resolutions on sustainable fisheries and the law of the sea (A/63/L.42 and L.43), Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States and Ambassador Henrique Valle of Brazil, for their leadership and the Division for Oceans and the Law of the Sea…
Canada is proud to be a sponsor of the draft resolutions on sustainable fisheries (A/61/L/38) and on oceans and the law of the sea (A/61/L.30). These draft resolutions are a testament to our shared purpose and the need for priority actions. They prove that there is collective will among us to make t…
I believe that for the sake of consistency operative paragraph 4 would have to be deleted. 33. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative of Ghana on a point of order.
My delegation holds that the principal purpose that should be served by the resolution just adopted is to be found in operative paragraphs 1 and 3 of the original draft [A/37/L.29]- that is, ta take note of the report of IAEA and r~ quest the Secretary-General to transmit the records of the thirty-…
I should like to explain my delegation's votes on both draft resolutions.
364. Earlier this week, when my delegation considered draft resolution E submitted to the Assembly in the report of the Special Political Committee (see A/36/632/Add./I, it registered Canada's strong opposition to the extensi…
The Assembly has again debated the question of Palestine and has adopted six more resolutions to add to the long list on this ~llbj~ct. Looking at these resolutions, we are struck by the' sense of tragedy they reflect, of peoples caught in a vi<;ious cir- cle of conflict. That situation, has led the…
It is a pleasure and an honour for me to speak today on behalf of Canada in the de~ate at the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly celebrating the International Year of Disabled Persons.
170. There can be no doubt about Canada's commitment to this International Year. Canada was one of the s…
I should like to make the following observations about the draft resolution.
87. My Government is deeply concerned by the lan- guage in operative paragraph 20 of the draft resolution, which is a clear misrepresentation of article H of th~ agreement between the United Nations and the IME My Governme…
My delegation wishes to explsin its vote on the resolution just adopted. Canada has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on Iraq's nu- clear reactor, which is included under the safeguards sys- tem imposed by IAEA. We reiterate here our firm view that this act of viol~nce, which occurred last June,…
My delegation al£o joined in the consensus today on draft resolution I con- cerning International Youth Year, but we should like to join in the comments just made by the United States dele- gation with respect to the financial implications to which he referred. We are also concerned that the efforts…
The Director General's statement at the 50th meeting focused the attention of the General Assembly in a most lucid way on the wide range of activities described in the Agency's annual report. The Director General and the secretariat of the Agency are to be congratulated .on their continuing commitme…
' My delegation wishes to make some brief comments on the draft resolution A/36/ L.Il/Rev.l, adopted by consensus. At the outset, my del- egation wishes to express its appreciation to those delega- . tions which worked GOnstructively and for long hours to arrive at the accepted formulation of the el…
At the closing meeting of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly, my delegation expressed the hope that Cancun would serve as a catalyst for launching the global negotiations. I Many of the speakers who have preceded me in this debate have spoken of Cancun in the same way. They have made v…
It is. an honour to address the Assembly today and to express Canada's continued and abiding interest and concern regarding the ongoing situation in Kam- puchea and the efforts to resolve what remains one of the most serious threats to stability and economic and social development in Asia.
33. It i…
May I begin by con- gratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption this year of the weighty office that you hold.
2. Foremost in my thoughts, as I again have the great honour of addressing this Assembly, are the enormous hopes that the world's peoples have had of this Organiza- tion. These hope…
The responsibility of the Credentials Committee as outlined in rule 28 of the rules of procedure is to ex- amine the credeiltials of representatives of States applying to participate in the functions of the General Assembly. My delegatilJn believes that this examination should be undertaken strictly…
Canada has strongly and repeatedly condemned in the Assembly the abhorrent practice of apartheid. Most recently, at the 6th plenary meeting, 21 September, the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mr. Mark MacGuigan, expressed his belief that justice for the victims of racism in South Af…
