The problem of apartheid in South Africa has been a major issue preoccupying the people of Africa and the whole world. This is not only because the very existence of the racist regime of South Africa is a mockery of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations but also because in…
The war between Iran and Iraq has been going on, on and off, for more than two years. The prolongation of the conflict haG caused heavy losses of human lives and property to both countries and has affected the peace and stability in the Gulf area and the Middle East region. The international communi…
At ';his session of the General Assembly, informal con-
19. The global negctiations are a iong-term measure proposed by developing countries to reform the existing irrational international economic relations. This question has a bearing upon North-South economic ~nd political relations as a whole. …
In the present world, the question of disabled peI;sons, who number hundreds of millions, is a social problem we cannot afford to ignore. The fact that the majority of the 450 million to 500 million disabled people in the world live in the developing countries deserves special attention and concern …
.For many years, the core of the Middle East question- the question of Palestine-has been a prominent issue of great international importance. The United Nations has been working actively all these years for a just and rea- 85. Any attempt to drag the settlement of the Palestinian sonable solution t…
Last June the Israeli authorities launched an air raid on Iraqi nuclear installations. Israel's blatant armed ag- gression against a sovereign country constitutes an act which seriously violates the Charter of the United Nations, tramples on the norms of international law and aggravates tension in t…
Nearly two years have elapsed since the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 34/138 on global negotia- tions relating to international economic co-operation for development. Despite efforts made by various parties in the preparatory process, agreement has eluded us on the agenda and proced…
When the Vietnamese representative proposed the inclu- sion of what he called "Question of peace, stability and co-operation in South-East Asia" in the agenda of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly, some repre- sentatives pointed out that he was merely trying to divert attention and to …
A year has passed since the General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation in Kampuchea at its thirty-fifth session. The Secretary-General has submitted a report on the implementation of resolution 35/6 [A/36/583]. Before us is a draft resolution on the situation in Kampuchea tabled by the c…
Allow me', first of all, Mr. President, to con- gratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I should also like to take this opportunity to express warm congi"atUlations to the people of Belize, who have· attained independence after a long period of eff…
First of all, in the. name of the Chinese delegation, I would like to extend warm congratulations to Mr. Kit- tani of Iraq on his assumption of t.lte presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
83. Owing to the unwarranted provocations on the part of the Vietnamese representativ…
The people of South Africa have waged protracted and indomitable struggles against racism for freedom an<;l
liberation. The past year has seen further development of this mass struggle, which has been characterized by fre- quent strikes by workers. students and shopkeepers. In April this year. work…
This is the year of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. First of all, let me, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, pay high tribute to the countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and other regions which ha…
In the Second Committee. when operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution 11 was put to the vote. the Chinese delegation abstained. Had that paragraph been put to a separate vote here. we would again have abstained, although we support the draft resolution as a whole.
The International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade is now finally adopted. This is the result of prolonged prepara- tion, repeated discussions and patient negotiations in which all States participated and made a concerted effort to promote international economic c…
The question of Cyprus is a problem left behind by the prolonged colonial rule of imperialism. After the in- dependence of Cyprus, a good beginning was made for a step-by-step solution of the question of Cyprus through the talks between the Greek and Turkish com- munities on an equal footing. In rec…
Regarding the financing of UNIFIL, the Chinese delegation, on the basis of the consistent posi- tion of my Government on this question, will not par- ticipate in the vote on the draft resolution contained in document A/34/630, nor will we assume any financial obligation thereunder.
The Chinese Government is in favour of and supports the initiative proclaiming the decade 1981-1990 as the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. We have joined in initiating draft resolution A/C.2/35/L.29, which we hope will be adopted by consensus at this session of the General…
The Chinese delegation deems it necessary briefly to reply to the slander and attack on China made by the representative of Viet Nam.
363. The Vietnamese representative's performance to- day can be summed up in one sentence: the thief cries, "Stop, thief!"
364. As is known by all, the armed aggres…
A resolution was adopted at the thirty-first session of the General Assembly in 1976 proclaiming 1979 the International Year of the Child. This resolu- tion has received a wide response all over the world. The Chinese Government attaches great importance to this proposal. Speaking on the Internation…
