In its resolution 34/64 of 29 November 1979 the General Assembly, aware of the importance at- tached by the countries of origin to the return of cultural property which is of fundamental spiritual and cultural value to them, reaffirming that the restitution to a country of its objets d'art, monument…
The question before us is not whether the Pol Pot regime is guilty of genocide and is in fact a regime of assassins, or whether the regime of Heng Samrin is made up of little angels come down from heaven on a mission to save or redeem the human race.
76. Those who tackle this problem cunningly from…
We should like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for the very useful report he submitted on the question of the return or restitution of works of art and cultural property to their countries of origin.
116. Members of the Assembly will doubtless recall that on 4 October 1973,12 t…
In the preamble of the
314. Generally speaking, the problem of water and sanitation in the world is as varied as it is complex. However the question is put, the difficulties which arise in the elaboration of appropriate techniques to enable man to enjoy good quality water for his basic needs wherev…
More than four years ago all the States Members of the United Nations emphasized the urgent need to establish generally accepted standards in order to govern in a systematic manner economic relations among States, as well as the need for universally ap- plicable norms for the development of internat…
The delegatIOn of the Republic of Zaire is happy at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the work ofthe thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Your election to the presidency is a tribute to your personal qualities, to your competence and to your long political and diplomatic exper…
Sir, I should like at the out- set to offer you our most sincere congratulations upon your election to the presidency of the thirty-fourth se~ sian of the General Assembly. Your wealth of expen- ence, combined with your outstanding qualities as a diplomat and statesman,.guar~teethe suc~essful com- …
One by one we have watched an uninter- rupted parade of speakers precede us, each apparently speaking the same language, which seems to us most encouraging. The topic that has brought us together in plenary meeting has already been considered in a plenary meeting-in the 107th plenary meeting that wa…
In conformity with rule 73 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. my delegation would like to reply to certain allegations. about which the least one could say is that they were untruthful and inaccurate, made yesterday by Mr. Paulo T. lorge, Minister for Fo~eign Affairs of the People's …
Mr. President, allow tne to convey to you warmest congratulations on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf on the occasion of your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly.
113. Your well-deserved election is a recognition by the world communi…
The agenda item now under discussion in our Assembly is one of those which are as old as the United Nations itself.
82. We may remind ourselves that thi: racial policy of
S(j~th Africa was one of the first questions to which the United Nations addressed itsalf at the opening session of the General…
Within a few minutes the General Assembly will have to take a decision on the important draft resolution before it on the question of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
29. Here in this hall we all regard the problem of the Middle East and of Palestine as among the most crucial of ou…
The policy of apartheid and racial discrimination proclaimed and institutionalized by the Government of South Africa is one of the greatest outrages and tragedies of our time. How is it possible for mankind today, which has overcome major diseases and has so proudly reached the moon and other planet…
I should like to present to the President, on the occasion of his outstanding election to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, my delegation's heartiest and most sincere congratulations and my own. His lofty qualities as a seasoned diplomat, his e…
I should like, ftrst of all, to asso- ciate· the delegation of Zaire with the c;ondolences to the delegation of Colombia on the sudden loss sustained by that friendly country. 153. The question of Namibia which we are considering once again today is no more nor less than the question of the responsi…
Before presenting my country' s views on the documents on the agenda, which deal with various aspects of the tragic problems which face the Congo, 1 should like to make some brief remarks on the circumstances in which this debate is being held.
3. In accordance with rule 37 of the provisional rules…
I thank you, Mr. President, and I also thank the Secretary-General for having been good enough to let me speak before him, but I merely want to reply to what might at best be called a lack of courtesy. I believe that the representative of Guinea is as YOWlg' as I am, or nearly so, and he cannot trea…
