As my delegation is speaking for the first time, allow me to extend our warmest congratulations to Mr. Udovenko on his election to preside over the General Assembly. Our congratulations also go to his predecessor, Ambassador Razali Ismail of Malaysia, for the skill with which he guided our work duri…
First of all let me say, Mr. President, how pleased the delegation of Cameroon is to see you presiding over the Security Council at a time when Angola, which has long- standing historical ties to Portugal, has entered a decisive stage in the process of peace, unity and national reconciliation. We ar…
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General, and through him the entire Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, for the quality of the reports that provide the basis for the debate on agenda item 24 of the General Assembly, entitled “Law of the sea”.
A reading of the aforementioned repor…
It is my honour, in my capacity as the Chairman of the African Group, to comment on the progress of cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which has over the years been very useful in the promotion of development in Africa.
Over the past 35 years, Africa…
I am speaking on behalf of the African Group to introduce draft resolution A/51/L.24 on “Assistance to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Liberia”. As we are all aware, Liberia has been one of the hardest hit African countries for several years now. It has suffered a fratricidal civil war whic…
It is with deep emotion and sadness that the African Group, on whose behalf I speak, has learned of the death on 9 November 1996 in Washington of Mr. Paul Lusaka, who, during his tenure as Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Zambia to the United Nations, assumed the very important functions o…
On behalf of the African Group, I wish, like the speakers before me, to express our deep condolences to the Government and people of India for the loss of human life in the cyclone that recently struck the country.
I am speaking in reference to agenda item 25, entitled “Cooperation between the Unit…
In accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/160 of 22 December 1995, our delegations met from 16 to 20 September 1996 within the framework of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agen…
My heart is full of sorrow and sadness as I address the General Assembly today. Cameroon has just suffered one of the most lethal air disasters in its history. An airplane of the national Cameroon Airlines crashed on landing at Douala on 3 December, resulting in many casualties.
Item 24 of the agen…
As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, we must emphasize that one of the longest-standing challenges facing the Organization is the situation that arose in the Middle East almost half a century ago. Since then, the international community has been constantly striving to es…
I should like to thank you most sincerely, Mr. Acting President, for giving my delegation the opportunity to state the views of my country, Cameroon, on the draft resolution submitted under agenda item 154, entitled “Participation of volunteers, “White Helmets”, in activities of the United Nations i…
My delegation is speaking on agenda item 37, which deals with the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic. The two previous speakers have demonstrated very eloquently the raison d’être for the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and especially its importance in strengthen…
The proposed restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic and social and related fields, item 23 of our agenda, will rank among the decisions testifying to the wise desire of the Member States to adapt the Organization to the world’s geopolitical and social and economic con…
I should like to express the views of Cameroon on agenda item 47, entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”, just as the speakers preceding me have expressed the views of their respective countries on this item.
Thi…
The delegation of Cameroon congratulates Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. We wish him well as he guides the work of this historic session, which coincides with the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Organizat…
In his report (A/48/935) entitled “An agenda for development”, prepared at the request of this Assembly, the Secretary-General set forth his concept of development as a fundamental right of the human person and one of the component elements of a comprehensive whole — peace, the economy, environmenta…
Speaking on behalf of the Republic of Cameroon at this important International Conference on Families, I am pleased and proud to note that the Conference affords us an opportunity to restore the human person to a central, rightful place in the development process.
That said, I should like to begin …
Over and above the usual civilities, Sir, the very sincere and warm congratulations of the Cameroon delegation on your election to preside over the current session of the General Assembly are addressed to you both as an able diplomat and as a worthy representative of Côte d’Ivoire, a country that is…
Rwanda and, once again, Burundi have suffered a blow by the passing away of their Heads of State under tragic and painful circumstances. On this sad occasion, I would like, on behalf of the African Group and on my own behalf, to pay tribute to these distinguished victims and to express our most hear…
The elimination of apartheid and the creation of a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa has, for too long, in our view, been a subject of concern for the entire international community.
At a time, therefore, when both here and in the Middle East, events have taken a dramatic and irreversi…
