It is a great pleasure for me to speak today as Chairman of the Group of African States on a question to which the delegations on whose behalf I am speaking attach great importance.
At the outset I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, which is a new milestone in the positive d…
I wish to begin by associating my delegation with the statement made this morning by the Chairman of the Group of 77.
Permit me next to pay a tribute to Mr. Jan Eliasson, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for the high quality of the report before the Assembly on strengthening of the…
It is an honour and a privilege for me to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/48/L.22, entitled "Emergency action to combat locust infestation in Africa", on behalf of all the African States Members of the United Nations and also of the following States: Belgium, Canada, China, De…
We listened carefully to the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Papua New Guinea. His presentation gives a picture of all the efforts already undertaken to prepare and develop the initiative with a view to the establishment of a "United Nations Panel on Opportunity and Participati…
President Ndadaye, God rest his soul, on 4 October just past declared from this very rostrum that he wanted, just shortly after the victory of democracy in his country, to convey a message from his people to the international community, a message of peace, friendship, fraternity and solidarity.
In …
I should like, first, to express our appreciation to Ambassador Sardenberg, the President of the Security Council, for his introductory remarks. His presentation to the General Assembly of the report of this principal organ is in itself a sign of a new spirit of cooperation, which we welcome wholehe…
The scheduling by the General Assembly of high-level plenary meetings to examine the status of and prospects for international drug control marks an important advance in the international community’s growing awareness of the global nature of the narcotics scourge and of the need for a constant impro…
Algeria fully endorses the support for this Organization and for the efforts of the Secretary-General that was expressed anew by the Permanent Representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. It also endorses the Movement’s observations, suggestions and proposals as part of a consi…
Your unanimous election, Sir, to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly represents a just recognition of your great diplomatic experience, your human qualities and your constant commitment to the promotion of
I should like to congratulate you most warmly on the well-des…
On this solemn occasion, the Group of African States wishes to express its deepest condolences to the Government and the people of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the passing of President Islam Karimov, a sad event that occurred on 2 September. The late President will be remembered for his laudable co…
I should like first to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. The useful and relevant information that it contains makes a valuable contribution by setting the stage for our current delib…
It i s in the natural
order of things that precisely in the current special circumstances the presidency
of the General Assembly should be held by a distinguished son of Africa as i t
discusses apartheid and i t s destructive consequences in southern Africa. This
greatly pleases the Algerian del…
Mr. President, your accession to the impor- tant post of President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly offers the Algerian delegation and me personally the opportunity to express to you with great pleasure our sincere and warm congratulations. Your experience as a statesman and your…
It is almost exactly eight years since the General Assembly took a salutary step forward, after a long silence, and decided, by a large majority of votes, in favour of the restoration to the Palestinian people of its national rights and on the appointment of the PLO, its sole legitimate representati…
It is my honour to make the following statement on behalf of the Group of 77.
11. The General Assembly has just adopted a decision to continue at its thirty-seventh session the study of the formulation, presentation, review and approval of pro- .gramme budgets, the subject of the draft resolution s…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of 77 on agenda item 37, dealing with the launching of global negotiations on international econom!c co-operation for development.
4. Mr. President, allow me first of all to convey to you the deepest appreciation of the develo…
For 34 years now the world has been holding its breath over the continuing explosive crisis in the Middle East, which has already been marked by four wars. Once again this year this situation demands the close attention of the General Assembly. The many recent developments, which have now supplement…
My delegation is honoured, as a member of the United Nations Council for Namibia and as a sponsor of all the draft resolutions relating to the question of Namibia, to introduce on behalf of its sponsors draft reso- lution A/36/L.24 on action by Member States in support of Namibia.
163. This draft r…
The Algerian delegation is pleased to take part in the debate on the question of disabled persons as it is a question of great humanitarian importance in which Al- geria is particularly interested. Over and above our own difficulties, we are meeting here today to seek together appropriate solutions …
My first words must be to the people and Gov- ernment of Antigua and Barbuda who are rejoicing in their independence that was withheld from them for more than three and a half centuries. Antigua and Barbuda has now joined us, this great universal family of the United Nations. This dual pleasure we f…
