Mr. President, on behalf of the Ethiopian delegation, I should like at the outset to congratulate you on the very able manner in which you have been discharging the heavy responsibilities of the office of President of the General Assembly. I believe that your positive role in the continuing attempts…
I am glad that therepre- sentative of Somalia has learned to forget the lesson he learned from the colonial Powers. I hope that that will extendso far that theSomaliDemocratic Republicwill drop the idea of so-called Greater Somalia, which is a colonially conceived myth.
391. Wedo not mind referring…
The representative of the Democratic Republic ofSomalia has once again made refer- ences to my country and has shed crocodile tears over the Ethiopians. I will not take the Assembly's time in trying to defend Ethiopia at this stage, because the record ofEthiopia speaks for itself.
378. Ethiopia is …
I do not know if this is a point of order or a point of information.
356. The representative of Somalia has talked at length about Abyssinia and Abyssinians. Quite frankly, I am unable to locate a country called Abyssinia either on the list ofStates Members ofthis Organization oron any map in use, …
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution because of the useful call it makes for the restitution of cultural heritage, but I wish to state that my delegation strongly rejects the presence among the sponsors of so-called Democratic Kampuchea. NarES I AJ321399. . 2 United Nations, Treaty …
It is with a sense of both pride and satisfaction that I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Your unanimous election is not only a timely recognition of your personal qualities as an able and experien…
Mr. President, de- spite your indication that the representative ofSomalia has spoken for much too long, he has continued in typical fashion to slander Ethiopia. I hope you will immediately stop him from continuing on that course.
Even the most well- known musical record when played on a broken phonograph is inevitably so distorted accoustically as to lose its genuine tone. Played on the same broken phonograph a record ofan already discordant tune oran unrepentant soliloquy could scarcely sound any better. It was to precisely…
The amendment in docu- ment A/33/L.35, just introduced, has already been the subject of intensive debate in the Third Committee re- sulting in its rejection. In our view, there were ample and legitimate reasons for that rejection.
161. First, a number of "delegations felt that inadequate time was g…
The amendment in docu- ment A/33/L35, just introduced, has already been the subject of intensive debate in the Third Committee re- sulting in its rejection. In our view, there were ample and legitimatereasonsfor that rejection.
159. In opposing the proposed paragraph, in addition to the objections …
We observed yesterday for the fi-st time the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Permit me, therefore, at the outset to express my delegation's best wishes and to reaffirm to the people of Palestine Ethiopia's solidarity with them in their just struggle for the restoration o…
The Ethiopian delegation hu fully outlined its position on agenda item 76 in the Third Committee. Socialist Ethiopia continues to be concerned by the ever-increasing assistance of the imperialist Powers in propping up the racist regimes in southern Africa. My delegation fully supports the draft reso…
I asked to speak again, but not really to exercise my delegation's right of reply, because, as the Somali representatives know full well, wc exercised our right of reply effectively where it counted. Nor am I here to speak for the Soviet Union or Cuba. The defence of their principled and honourable …
The representative of Somalia has today again performed what has become a
ritual of his delegation at any international gathering. The moment Ethiopian representatives endeavour to acquaint the international community with the simple fact of Somalia's naked aggression and the subsequent deliberate …
Mr. President, it is with a deep sense of satisfaction that the Ethiopian delegation congratulates you on your assumption of the presidency of the thirty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. Our satisfaction emanates from the fact that you bring to this office wide and varied experi…
The Ethiopian delegation speaks at this time principally to state, once again, its
37. It is now over a decade since the General Assembly,
fonow~g the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice,3 put an end to South Mrica's Mandate over Namibia and placed the Territory under the direct…
I will fmish in one minute, Mr. President, ifyou will allo'Y me to do so.
366. Instead of answering directly the simple question of Somalia's aggression against Ethiopia, the members of the Assembly were treated again this afternoon to the usual rigmarole to which the delegation of Somalia reverts …
It is with considerable reluctance and constraint that I have asked to be allowed to speak at this late hour in exercise of my delegation's right of reply to the gross misrepresentations which the delega- tion of Somalia has made on two separate occasions. In exercise of its right of reply to the st…
My delegation has listened carefully to what the representative of Somalia had to say in exercise of his right of reply. In view 0; the fact that the hour is late, I beg your indulgence, Mr. President, and that of the Assembly, to make ~:r,~y brief, preliminary remarks for the present, while at the …
Mr. President, on behalf of my Government and myself, I would like to extend to you warm congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. Your wide experience, your re- known judgement your well-known qualities as a diplomat and your …
