In my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Western European and other States, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann of the Republic of Nicaragua on his election as President of the General Assembly for the sixty-third session. Mr. d’Escoto’s election is recognitio…
The delegation of Spain expresses particular appreciation for the two reports submitted to the Assembly on Tuesday hut by, respectively; the Special Committee against Apartheid [A/33/22 and Co".1] and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention against Apartheid in Sports [A/…
It is our privilege to have as our President at this Assembly an 'eminent personality in the world of Latin American thought and politics, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Indalecio Lievano Aguirre. Ties of long-standing admiration and affection link me to him, as does the maternal …
The 30 years since that historic day in Paris when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have not passed in vain. Since that time, th~ membership or our Organization has increased threefold. The meaning of human rights has evolved, they are more widely implemented and …
The Spanish delegation joined in the consensus on draft resolution A/32/L.13/Rev.1. None the less I wish to make it clear that my delegation has reservations on the fifth preambular paragraph, which refers to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Spain's position with respect to th…
This Assembly has once again taken up the question of Palestmii, a recurring subject which, in the view of the Spanish delegation, is always of exceptional importance in relation to the solution of the conflict that for so many years has beset the Middle East.
3. My delegation wishes once again to …
This year once more the General Assembly is studying the situation in the Middle East. However, this year there is a new atmosphere. On the one hand the more difficult aspects of a very complex situation seem to be coming to the fore, as well as tha numerous obstacles that we shall have to overcome …
The Spanish delegation is following with very keen interest the debate on the policy of apartheid of the Government of South Africa. The reports of the Special Committee against Apartheid, of the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, which was held in Lagos last August and in which Spain pa…
Acts infringing the security of international civil aviation constitute, in my delegation's view, a serious threat to the global interests of the internationa! community, since the orderly operation of civil aviation redounds to the benefit of all peoples and is vital for the promotion ofrelations o…
First, I should like to convey the condolences of the Sparush delegation to the representatives of the United Arab Emirates on the very tragic death of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ofthat country.
93. Tne fact that we are considering the question of Namibia in plenary meetings and the …
Mr. President, my first words will be words of welcome and of farewell. Welcome to you, Mr. President, whom I am honoured to congratulate on your election to the presidellcy. Your long and brilliant leadership of the delegation of Yugoslavia in the United Nations justifi~s our hope that you will acc…
Once again the General Assembly is discussing the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East", andonce again we find that that situation, which threatens security and
117. This conflict is of particular importance to Spain for a number of reasons. First, a situation exists that is contrary to …
Last year, in regard to the request by the Comoro islands for admission to membership in the United Nations, my delegation fully supported General Assembly resolution 3385 (XXX). Apart from our wish to see that country enter our Organization, we could not have acted otherwise, in view of the fact th…
Confirming the communication of 12 October from the representative of Spain, as chairman of the group of Western European and other States, to the President of the General Assembly, my delegation wishes to announce that the following candidates for election as members of the Economic and Social Coun…
