Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and peopleofFiji,mydelegation wouldliketo join with other delegations that have already spoken in congratulatingyou verywarmlyand sincerely on your elec- tion as Presidentof this body. Your election as Presidentof the General Assembly during this itsthirty-…
My delegation voted in favour of all the draft resolutions on the question of Namibia because we unreservedly support the inalienable right of the Namibian people to total freedom and early majority rule. We are totally opposed to racially oppressive practices, such as the repulsive apartheid system…
I am profoundly grateful to my colleagues of the Asian region for the particular privilege of serving as the Chairman of the Asian group of States for the month of December. This has provided me with the opportunity of welcoming a close and valued neighbour, the Independent State of Western Samoa, a…
Five years ago the General Assembly, at the closing meeting of the twenty-sixth session, met to consider the appointment of a new Secretary-General. That meeting marked the end of an era, for the election of a new Secretary-General marked the closing chapter of a period in which a distinguished son …
Draft resolution A/31/L.20 called on the Assembly to endorse the recommendations of the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. My delegation recognizes and fully sympathizes with the problems of the Palestinian people. Indeed, we whole-heartedly …
My country's position on apartheid is clear and unequivocal. We areagainst apartheid in its totality. We findconsiderable difficulties, however, in the wording of several of the draft resolutions. Never- theless, having regard to the objectives of the draft resolutions, we have voted in favour of al…
