I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
The year 1995 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War — the most devastating war ever witnessed by mankind. It is altogether fitting that during the course of the coming year we the St…
I have the honour to make a statement on behalf of the European Union and Austria.
The signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization on 13 September 1993 greatly increased the momentum of the Middle East peace process.
The progress achieved since…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union, Austria and Finland.
Since 13 September last year it has been possible to speak for the first time in decades of a genuine chance to settle the question of Palestine, which is at the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The signing of the Declaration of …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union, Austria and Sweden.
The European Union, Austria and Sweden warmly welcome the peaceful return to power in Haiti of the constitutional Government under the democratically elected President, Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide on 15 October of this y…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union, and Austria, Finland and Sweden support the statement.
The European Union welcomes the draft resolution that we have before us on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa. We have always recognized the valu…
I speak on behalf of the European Union. We would like to thank the Secretary- General for his report “An agenda for development: recommendations”, which we received just a few days ago.
Taking into account the various proposals by the President of the General Assembly, by the Economic and Social C…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union.
The Cairo International Conference on Population and Development was a great success. The stakes were high. The spirit of Cairo was apparent throughout our negotiations. We produced an agenda on population and development for the coming 20 years that r…
I wish to speak briefly at this point on behalf of the European Union, since agenda item 23, “International assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Nicaragua”, is the first item to come up for discussion in the General Assembly on special humanitarian and economic assistance question…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union and Austria.
This is the third session at which the General Assembly has addressed the question of cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). The European Union welcomes the op…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union and Finland, Norway and Sweden.
We are approaching the golden anniversary of this Organization. Next year will be the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter. In this context, we offer our special congratulations to the Chairma…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf to the European Union.
The current Bosnian Serb policy of rejection and obstruction — and the understandable frustration it causes — must not be allowed to cause the situation to deteriorate further. It is not part of the European Union’s plan to see the unsa…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union and Austria.
First of all, I should like to join the President in expressing our condolences on the heavy loss of life which Egypt has suffered as a result of the flooding there. We are all fully aware that this disaster will be a seriou…
Allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the exalted office of President of the Security Council. The high degree of diplomatic ability for which you are known guarantees that the Council’s proceedings will be smooth.
I should also like to express our appreciation for th…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union.
It is the common objective of the States members of the European Union to achieve the strongest possible pressure to end the war and tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina through a political settlement. Our debate today on the situation in…
We appreciate the presentation of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. The report is very extensive and its compilation was extremely work-intensive, reflecting the vast agenda the Security Council had to deal with during the past 12 months, without, however, providing us with…
First of all I should like to join others in thanking the Secretary-General and his staff for the comprehensive report on the work of the Organization (A/49/1). It demonstrates once again the increasing demands made on the United Nations and the Secretary-General.
In his report “An Agenda for Devel…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union in explanation of vote on draft resolution A/49/L.9. Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden also support this statement.
The European Union strongly favours a peaceful transition to democracy and a market economy in Cuba. We are concerned about the negativ…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and Austria to express our interest in the activities of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC).
The European Union and Austria welcome the Committee’s contribution to, and cooperation with, the United Nations. We equally ap…
A year ago, at the General Assembly’s forty-eighth session, the 12 member States of the European Community requested the inclusion of the item entitled “Assistance in mine clearance” on the Assembly’s agenda and initiated a draft resolution, which the Assembly subsequently adopted without a vote. In…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union and of Austria.
When the General Assembly discussed the situation in Burundi at its forty-eighth session, the first democratically elected President of Burundi had been assassinated a month earlier. The period that followed was marked by…
