For six consecutive years, my delegation has expressed its views on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council, which it considers to be of the utmost importance. On this occasion I will briefly restate our position on the three main aspects of…
My delegation is a sponsor of the draft resolution on International recognition of the Day of Vesak at United Nations Headquarters because it believes that the Organization is a preferred forum to bring together the different religious, cultural and philosophical traditions that co-exist on our plan…
The Permanent Representative of Finland has already spoken in this debate on behalf of the European Union. My country fully associates itself with her statement. Nevertheless, I wish to make some additional remarks, as Spain is a member of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General for the Centra…
In his speech the Secretary-General opened a Pandora's box full of crucial questions, a courageous and timely gesture. He has openly brought to the surface the already obvious clash between the principles of sovereignty and humanitarian intervention — a disturbing but unavoidable dilemma.
It is tru…
While fully supporting the statement made today by Finland on behalf of the European Union, my delegation wishes to make this additional statement to share our national experience regarding the International Year of Older Persons and the activities needed for its satisfactory follow-up.
In Spain th…
My delegation would like to comment on the references to the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and other parts of Spanish territory, made in the speech this afternoon by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco, a country with which Spain maintains, and wants to …
I sincerely congratulate Mr. Gurirab on his election as President of the General Assembly at this session, the last to be held
Spain subscribes fully to the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland on behalf of the States members of the European Union and should like to contrib…
I am gratified, Mr. President, that a debate of this momentous importance is being chaired by an individual possessed of such moral stature, prestige and fine legal sensibilities.
The item before us today is of fundamental importance, and therefore has been tremendously politicized. In consequence,…
The representative of Austria has spoken on behalf of the European Union, and my delegation identifies itself fully with his statement. I wish, however, to make additional observations, as Spain is a member of the group of friends of the Guatemala peace process.
My delegation welcomes the report of…
Responding to the statement made this morning by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Equatorial Guinea, my delegation would like to take this opportunity to reiterate that — as the Deputy Prime Minister recognized in regard to the case he mentioned — the Gov…
My delegation wishes to address references to the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla and to other parts of Spanish territory, made this afternoon to the General Assembly in the statement of the Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Such refer…
Allow me first, Mr. President, to offer you my sincerest congratulations on your appointment, and to express my satisfaction that the work of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session will be led by such a distinguished representative of a country with which Spain has excellent relations. I sh…
The representative of Luxembourg has already spoken in this debate on behalf of the European Union. My delegation fully associates itself with that statement. Nonetheless, I do wish to make a few additional comments, since Spain is a member of the Group of Friends of the Guatemala peace process.
My…
Last year, the Working Group on Security Council reform held numerous meetings and a large number of contributions and proposals were presented. However, our assessment of the outcome of these efforts cannot be entirely positive, since important differences continue to exist on fundamental issues in…
It gives particular satisfaction to the delegation of Spain today to speak on this agenda item, entitled “Multilingualism”.
I wish to recall that during the fiftieth session, Spain, together with the other member States of the Ibero- American Conference, played a particularly active role in the eff…
Since this is the first time that I am addressing the General Assembly at this session, may I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to its presidency. I hope that you will continue to show throughout this session the excellent leadership that you have exercised over our work during these first wee…
Since this is the first time my delegation has spoken in the Assembly at this session, allow me to express our warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to preside over this session.
The Spanish delegation feels obliged to speak in exercise of its right of reply to refer to the mention of …
The representative of Luxembourg spoke in this debate on behalf of the European Union. My delegation associates itself fully with his statement. I wish nevertheless to make some additional comments, as Spain is a member of the Group of Friends of the peace processes in El Salvador and Guatemala.
We…
The representative of the Netherlands has just spoken on behalf of the European Union, and my delegation aligns itself fully with his statement. However, I should like to make a few additional comments in view of the steadfast commitment to the Guatemalan peace process that my country shares with th…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January. I also wish to associate my delegation fully with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union.
On 29 December 1996…
