More than five years have passed since the tragic events of July 1974 with their grave consequences for the Republic of Cyprus.
41. The wish of the Cypriot people remains unful- filled-the wish to live and to work in a united and non- aligned country, free from external interference and without mil…
The delegation of the German Democratic Republic has taken note with great attention of the report of the Director General of IAEA. It reflects the Agency's important role and responsibility as the com- petent organization within the United Nations system for promoting and ensuring the peaceful use …
My delegation does not in- tend to conceal the fact that the consideration by the General Assembly of such an agenda item as the one be- ing discussed at the present time does give rise to certain doubts. My delegation believes that the discussion of this subject entails the risk of having an unfavo…
3 Mr. President, please accept my congratulations on your election to your high office. We are especially pleased that you, being a representative of a country with which we have friendly ties, are in the chair at the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I wish you and Secretary-General Ku…
Permit me, at the outset, to convey through you our most cordial congratulations to the representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on today's an- niversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. That event, which is of historic significance for the en- tire world, ushered in a ne…
Allow me. Sir, on behalfof the delegation of th.e German Democratic Republic. to e.xtend to you our sl.ncere congratul~tions on YOUl'elec- tlOn to the .responsible post of President of the thirty- fourth session of the General Assembly. The Minister fo.r Foreign Affairs of the Gennan Democratic Repu…
The delegation of the German Democratic Republic wel- comes the debate at this session of the General Assembly, since the Cyprus issue remains unsettled. New deliberations within the framework of the United Nations are required, because the relevant decisions taken by the United Nations on the quest…
The delegation of the German Democratic Republic would like to explain its vote on draft resolution XIV, "Protection of human rights in Chile", as contained in the report of the Third Committee [A/33/509].
278. Recent reports that a large number of corpses have been discovered in an abandoned limes…
The delegation of the German Democratic Republic would like to explain its vote on draft resolution XIV, "Protection of human rights in Chile", as contained in the report of the Third Committee [A/33/509J.
277. At the Third Committee's meeting on 12 December 1978 when voting on that draft resolutio…
R~solution 32/123 of the General Assembly and resolution 3 (XXXIII) of the Commission on Human Rights,2 concerning the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights {resolution 217A (Ill)], were welcomed with great interest in the German Demo…
Six months ago, in this hall, the meetings of the ninth special session of the General Assembly took place. It adopted a Programme of Action
80. At the special session the General Assembly once again confirmed that the exercise of the right of the people of Namibia to self-determination can be achi…
In explaining its vote after the vote, the delegation of the German Democratic Republic would like to reaffirm its full agreement with the draft resolution. We attach great importance to the intensification of that co-operation. Positive response to the demands contained in operative paragraphs 4 an…
The mere fact that the question of Palestine is being considered here in a plenary meeting of the General Assembly indicates the special significance of this question in the search for a settlement for the Middle East problem. Our world Organization has never doubted that the question of Palestine i…
Again, the policies ofapartheid in southern Africa are under discussion in the plenary meetings of the United Nations General Assembly. Although it will probably not be the last discussion of the matter in this forum, there is no doubt that the sands of time for racist rule in southern Africa have r…
The course of our debates has confirmed that the peoples of the world are disturbed at the fact that the tragic events in Cyprus have not ceased, and they expect appropriate action from the world Organ- ization.
65. In his statement of 5 October 1978 at the thirty-third session of the General Assem…
It is no exaggeration to say that splitting the atom and using it as a source of energy is one of the greatest achievements of the scientific genius of our century. It has opened up before mankind unheard of prospects for further research and use of our earth, of outer space and of other celestial b…
At the request of the group of Eastern European States I have the honour and privilege to nominate in this Assembly for a post of Vice-President of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly the Polish People's Republic, a country with which we are linked by the most friendly relations. Poland…
We fmd in the Middle East one of the most dangerous sources of international tension, consti- tuting a threat to universal peace. This thirty-third session of the General Assembly has a particular responsibility for settling the Middle East conflict. The hope that the peoples and States concerned, u…
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43. On their behalf I should like tll express to the Government of the Philippines our sincere gratitude for its magnanimous Lrlvitation and, at the same time, to assure it that we are very sympathetic to the reasons given by the Philippine Government, as set forth …
A few days ago at its thirty- second session the General Assembly of the United ~~ations, at the end of the debate on the Middle East [82nd meeting]. adopted by 102 votes-which is to say by the overwhelming majority of the membership-a resolution 32/20, which says:
"... that a just and lasting peac…
