Fiji is a small country in the South Pacific. It is far removed from the current theatre of conflict in the Middle East. But we are a nation committed to peace in our world and to a peaceful resolution of the Middle East situation. In keeping with that commitment, we have been an active participant …
Before introducing the three draft resolutions that the Assembly is to consider today, I would like to make a few remarks in my capacity as President of the Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Last year was a very special year for the law of the se…
My country also attaches great importance to this item and we therefore support the motion that a decision on this draft resolution be deferred until we have had further consultations with a view to adopting a resolution by consensus.
We understand the preoccupation of those who are concerned that …
No single subject has more consistently preoccupied the General Assembly throughout its 50 years of existence than the international law of the sea.
This is a very special year for the Assembly as it considers the item “Law of the sea”, for it marks the fulfilment of a longstanding aspiration of th…
I am pleased to address the Assembly today on a matter of great importance not only to my country but to the world as well. But first of all, I join other delegations in offering my congratulations to the Government and the people of Egypt for hosting a most successful conference. In both form and s…
First, let me thank all the States that cast votes for my delegation in the last two ballots.
I should now like to inform the General Assembly that my delegation wishes to withdraw its candidature from the next vote.
On behalf of the people and the Government of Fiji, I should like to join previous speakers in expressing my deep sympathy to the Government and the people of Egypt on the sad loss of life that resulted from the recent floods.
I am honoured to be able to intervene at this time to speak on an issue …
On behalf of the Government and the people of Fiji, I warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Given his vast experience and his knowledge of the United Nations system, I have every confidence …
The adoption in 1982 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was a momentous occasion in the history of international law and international relations. That event was all the more
significant in that the Convention, for the most part, was the result of consensus or broad agreement amo…
On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Fiji, I wish to express our sincere appreciation for the warm tribute just paid to our late President, His Excellency Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau. Our beloved President passed away at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington the day before yest…
First, I wish to state that my delegation fully supports the statement made by the representative of the Marshall Islands, who spoke on this issue on behalf of the members of the South Pacific Forum.
In recent years the use of illegal drugs has spread at an unprecedented rate and has reached all co…
On behalf of the people and Government of the Republic of Fiji, I congratulate Ambassador Insanally very warmly on his election as President of the Assembly. I am confident that his extensive knowledge of the United Nations system and his wide experience in the field of international relations will …
I welcome this opportunity to participate in
our debate on this important agenda item. I wish to take this opportunity to
express my appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali,
for his very comprehensive and thoughtful opening statement on Monday. I wish
also to thank the R…
It is my honour and privilege, on behalf of the
Government and people of Fiji, to convey to you. Sir, our warmest
congratulations upon your election to the high office of President of the
General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. We are confident that under
your distinguished leadership the…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) represented at the United Nations, namely, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own cou…
My delegation abstained on the draft resolution. The position we have taken is not, how- ever, to be interpreted as an endorsement on the part.of my delegation of Israel's attack on Iraqi nuclear installa- tions on 7 June of this year. The position of my Govern- ment on issues such as this is well k…
My delegation joins with others who have spoken before me in congratulating Mr. Kittani on his election to the post of President of the thirty-sixth ses- sion of the General Assembly. His task is not an easy one, but we are confident that his deep and extensive experience in international diplomacy …
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to conveyto you on behalf of my own delegation our warm- est congratulations on your assumption of the post of President of the thirty-sixth session ,of the General Assem- bly. '.
161. I also wish to congratulate our outgoing President on his outstanding. performance in…
Once again this year, my delega- tion will vote in favour of all the draft resolutions on the policies of apartheid of the Government of South Af- rica-except for draft resolution A/36/L.46 and Add. I, on which we shall abstain.
124. Our support for these draft resolutions stems from our continuing…
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution 11 but if operative para- graph I had been put to a vote we would have abstained, as we did in the Second Committee.
