Capital punishment is, undoubtedly an important question and a sensitive issue. It is not a new question, either, as it has been a matter of conscience for mankind since the beginning of life in organized society. Nor is it, in view of the priorities and the work of the forty-ninth session of the Ge…
The consideration of the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations provides me with the pleasant opportunity to pay a keenly felt tribute to Ambassador Richard Butler, Chairman of this Committee, for the outstanding efforts he has been making in carrying …
Allow me first, Madam President, to convey heartfelt congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November — a month during which many questions that are both sensitive and complex will require your clear- sighted analysis and your perspicaciou…
It is with great emotion, Mr. President, that I associate myself and the Algerian delegation with the condolences you expressed to the delegation of Egypt on the terrible, cruel losses that the brotherly Egyptian people have suffered as a result of the flooding that occurred on 3 November last. As s…
The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is rightly of concern to the international community. It shakes our fundamental values and sorely tests our declared ability to promote peace with justice and respect for the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter. For over two years, one State M…
First of all, I should like to thank the President of the Security Council, Sir David Hannay, for introducing the Council’s report, which covers the period from 16 June 1993 to 15 June 1994. This is a continuation of the welcome practice which was so appropriately inaugurated last year by the Perman…
On behalf of the Algerian delegation, I should like to extend my warm congratulations to the Secretary- General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the substantive report he has submitted to the General Assembly. My delegation is pleased to be participating in a discussion on the report, the content of …
Allow me first of all to extend, on behalf of the delegation that are members of the Group of 77, on behalf of the delegation of China and on my own behalf, warmest congratulations to Ambassador Bo Kjellén of Sweden, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention that is …
I understand that the Chairman of the Group of 77 can speak in that capacity only by way of an exception. It is therefore an honour and a privilege for me to address the Assembly on behalf of the delegations that are members of the Group of 77 and on behalf of the delegation of China, during the com…
On behalf of the Algerian delegation and in my own capacity, I am pleased to express our great appreciation to Mr. Hans Blix, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the excellent report he has just presented to us on the Agency’s activities. Like those before it, …
It is a great privilege for me to speak here on the occasion of our consideration of the annual report of the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, whose lofty responsibility it is to settle, in accordance with international law, disputes brought to it i…
Allow me first to extend my thanks and congratulations to President Samuel Insanally and the Ambassadors of Singapore and Finland for their wise and effective guidance of the Working Group whose report is now before the Assembly.
The holding at this point in time of a public debate on the question …
Sir, your election to preside over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly is a timely tribute to your outstanding professional and human qualities. It also reflects the high regard in which your sister country, Côte d’Ivoire, is held due to the sagacity and level-headedness which it has sho…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the kind words you addressed, on behalf of the General Assembly and on your own behalf, to the Government and the people of Algeria with respect to the earthquake that struck my country, resulting in the death of 171 people and in injury or homelessness for thousands …
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, one of the greatest achievements of the United Nations in the codification and development of international law and the promotion of international cooperation, will enter into force on 16 November 1994. The 1982 Convention, rightly described as an…
I should like at the outset to express my deepest condolences to Colombia on the losses caused by the terrible earthquake suffered by that country.
Twenty years ago, in 1974, the international community’s condemnation of the South African Government’s policy of apartheid was marked in this Hall by …
It is a great pleasure for me to participate in this debate under your presidency, Sir, on the anniversary of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), traditionally celebrated as the day of Africa’s liberation and when the Security Council is ready to close once and for all the fil…
Allow me first of all, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Algeria, to offer you our heartfelt congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. Your unanimously recognized attributes guarantee success for our deliberations at a time when the Council is once again having …
I should like to convey, at the outset, our thanks to the Secretary-General and to the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the two reports they have presented. Their two reports provide useful information on the recent developments of the…
On the initiative of a limited number of countries, among which I am happy to mention Algeria and Guyana, the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security was inscribed on the agenda of the General Assembly in 1979. This appeal by the international community…
