I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his valuable, stimulating and timely report supplementing “An Agenda for Peace”. We believe it to be particularly important for the United Nations in its fiftieth year to re-examine its role in the maintenance of international peace and security in th…
Germany views the signing of the Accra Agreement by all the Liberian parties concerned as an encouraging step towards peace in Liberia. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), under the current leadership of
We voted in favour of extending the mandate of the United Nations Observer …
Allow me at the outset to assure you, Mr. President, of my delegations’s full confidence in your wise counsel and guidance of the Council. I should also like to express our appreciation for the excellent work done by your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Rwanda, Ambassador Bakuramutsa.
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The Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic, in recent consultations, made a very pertinent remark. He said,
UNOMIG may be a small operation, but it is an operation of great importance.' We fully concur with that evaluation. The mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOM…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union and its acceding States, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
I have the honour to introduce the revised draft resolution on assistance in mine clearance, contained in document A/49/L.8/Rev.1, on behalf of the sponsors. I am pleased to announce at this juncture…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union; Austria, Finland and Sweden support this statement.
Although the United Nations is steadily enhancing its capacity to meet the global challenges facing us today, there is a growing awareness that not all tasks can be shouldered by the Unit…
Allow me on behalf of the European Union to use this particular moment, after the adoption by consensus of the last draft resolution submitted under agenda item 37, briefly to assess the work of this session of the General Assembly on the cluster of items entitled “Strengthening of the coordination …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and Austria, Finland and Sweden.
When the Declaration of Principles was signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in September last year it was generally accepted that for the thus invigorated peace process to be succe…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the acceding States, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
We strongly welcomed the accession of Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a non-nuclear-weapon State on 5 December 1994. We acknowledge the speedy …
With respect to draft resolution K in paragraph 60 of the First Committee’s report (A/49/699), by which the General Assembly would request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, I associate myself with the representative o…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union, and Austria supports this statement.
In the year that has passed since we last debated this issue in the United Nations General Assembly there has been a growing awareness of the crucial role that regional organizations can play in meeting…
I should like, on behalf of the European Union and its acceding States — Austria, Finland and Sweden — and the other sponsors of draft resolution A/49/L.2/Rev.2, to raise a point of order in connection with the amendment contained in document A/49/L.15/Rev.1, which was submitted by the Islamic Repub…
I have the honour of speaking in the name of the European Union, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Although the item on the New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s has come up at a late stage in this session of the General Assembly, it is of primary importance in the field of economic and …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union, Austria and Hungary.
Only Member States can provide a sound financial basis for the Organization. Their assessed contributions form that financial basis. Under the United Nations Charter, Member States have a legally binding obligation to …
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union and an acceding State, Austria.
The European Union welcomes the adoption of the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism as an important step in our efforts to combat international terrorism. We hope that the Declaration will make an…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and Austria.
In the work of the General Assembly, happy endings are rare occasions. The withdrawal on 31 August of this year of the last military units of the Russian Federation from Estonia and Latvia falls squarely into that category. It …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Austria supports this statement.
The Second International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, which was held at Managua, Nicaragua, from 4 to 6 July this year, adopted two important documents, the Managua Declaration and the Plan of…
On behalf of the European Union and the adhering States, Austria, Finland and Sweden, I should like to join other delegations in expressing deep satisfaction at the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on 16 November 1994. This event is the culmination of almost 30…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
Let me start by reaffirming that the European Union considers the restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields to be an important and ongoing process. Significant progress has been made,…
It is with great satisfaction that Germany assumes the task of introducing draft resolution A/49/L.45, entitled “Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan”. The text is sponsored also by the following Member States: Afghanistan, Austria, Be…
