Not long ago we r.~d occasion to state before the' Security Council the views of my delegation concerning the events taking place in Namibia.. 9 At that time, we stressed the solidarity of the people and GoVelTh'"11ent of Cuba with
~e heroic struggle of the people of Namibia for self- determination…
For 30 years now the international community has been trying to resolve what has come to be called the "question of Palestine". Without using euphemisms, what is involved here is nothing less than the tragic situation of a people that has been brutally stripped of its land, its homes, its property a…
For more than 25 years now the subject of apartheid has been on the agenda of the General Assembly.
20. Apartheid, which keeps the African population of South Africa confined in bantustans, genuine ghettoes occupying only 13 per cent of the total area of the country, is a legitimate offspring of th…
I have the honour to announce that my Government has
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decided to postpone its candidature for the Economic and Social Council and accordingly withdraws its candidature in favour of Barbados.
6. I should like to express our sincerest thanks and deepest app…
For several years the General Assembly has been c(,l~apelled to consider the dramatic situation obtaining in Cyprus, a small country, a founder of the movement of non-aligned countries, and the fatherland of Archbishop Makarios, which continues to be occupied by foreign armed forces despite the tena…
Four years have elapsed since the General Assembly adopted at its sixth special session resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) containing the Declaration and Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New Internationcl Economic Order in view of the increasing disparities between the developing a…
It would seem unnecessary to take up the Assembly's time at this stage of the general debate to reply to the ridiculous claims of the representative of the Siad Barre
r~gime regarding the internationalist aid given by Cuba to the fraternal Ethiopian people, the victim of invasion and attack by Soma…
While this United Nations General Assembly session is being held a number of conflicts have attracted the attention of the peoples.of the world.
195. An African poet once said that there is something ominous about silence. Today we cannot, and do not wish to, remain silent about the situation confr…
It is my honour and privilege, on behalf of the Latin American group, to nominate for two of the vice-presidencies of this thirty-third session of the General Assembly the following States: the Republic of El Salvador, and Trinidad and Tobago. .
Mr. President, the members of the Latin American group of States have entrusted me with the high honour of extending to you, on behalf of our region, our warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to the important post of President of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its thirty·…
With each year that passes, the need to resolve the question of Palestine in a just and lasting manner attracts increasing attention from the States Members of the United Nations. The gradual growth of support by the international community for the heroic people of Palestine in their struggle to ach…
With regard to the Fourth Committee's report that has just been adopted, the Cuban delegation wishes to make the following comment.
Ill. Chapter XII on Guam does not state that draft resolution A/C.4/32/L.IO, which was adopted without objection as orally revised, was the subject of reservations exp…
More than 10 years have passed since the conclusion of the June 1967 war, yet Israel continues to occupy the territories of its Arab neighbours. More than three decades have passed since the Arab people of Palestine were deprived of their inalienable national rights, and this situation has not impro…
On behalf of the sponsors, I have the honour to introduce to the Assembly draft resolution A/32/L.28, relating to the programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid, and draft resolution A/32/L.31, which deals with t~e World Conference for Action against Apartheid.
9. There is no doub…
I do not wish to tax the patience of the represen- tatives, but I should like to state for the record where hypocrisy lies and who is distorting the truth, even showing a complete lack of respect for the General Assembly.
165. I referred to the ties and the collaboration which exist between the Chi…
Not a day goes by without our reading news in the press about new and brutal repressive action taken by the South . African regime. It would appear that Vorster's racist clique wishes us to have a dally.reminder of its existence and of the affront to the dignity of man inherent in apartheid. On one …
I should like my fIrst words to be words of tribute to the man who symbolized the independence, the unity· and the non-alignment of Cyprus, His Beatitude Archbishop Makarios. He left to the Cypriot people his personal example of devotion to the struggle for the preservation of those principles that …
I regret to have to take more of the time of the Assembly but I feel compelled to make some remarks concerning the latter l'art of the statement ofthe represen- tative of the United States, Congressman Wolff.
113. First of all, I shall say that my country neither encourages nor promotes the hijacki…
When, several years ago, the General Assembly considered for the fIfst time t1L~ question of so-called aerial hijacking, my Government explained why it was not in agreement with the attempts to solve the question through multilateral arrangements.2
11. Similarly, my Government rejected all attempts…
My delegation will vote in favour of draft resolution A/32/L.12 on the question of the Comorian island of Mayotte, thus expressing our solidarity with the Govern- ment and people of the Comoros in their legitimate aspiration to preserve the territorial integrity and national unity of their country. …
