France fully agrees with the statement which was just made by the Belgian President of the European Community. For its part, France would like in addition to emphasize several particular aspects.
France was greatly shocked to learn of the coup that took place in Burundi on 21 October. It was with t…
We are gathered here for a meeting of extraordinary importance. Three years after the special session of the General Assembly in February 1990, we are taking stock of action taken in an attempt to chart, in the light of that review, new ways to make our action more effective if need be.
At first gl…
I should like first to say, Mr. President, that France is pleased to see the General Assembly meeting under your guidance this year. Your election is just testimony to the esteem in which the international community holds your country. It also affords us the opportunity to welcome the "silent revolu…
My delegation would like to make a statement which is very much along the lines of the one made by the previous speaker, from Guatemala, and which deals in effect with both paragraph 7 and paragraph 27. I shall not repeat what I have to say when paragraph 27 is discussed, but the intent of my statem…
It gives me
great pleasure to be here in this Assembly today, first as a disabled person
myself and also as a representative of the French Government, because this
special place is the focal point and forum where people from all countries
come together to build something new. We are gathered her…
Allow me to
congratulate you. Sir, on your election as President of our General Assembly.
Your outstanding abilities earned a unanimous vote, which is a tribute both to
your country and to the example it sets in its newly regained freedom.
Speaking from this rostrum last year, I welcomed the ext…
As the Prime Minister
of S r i Lanka proposed, and as he reminded us very eloquently this morning, the
General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1987 International Year of
Shelter for the Homeless. The purpose i s to make the international community aware
of a major problem. It i s estim…
As chairman of the group of Western European and other States, I wish to extend our best wishes and congratulations to the fifth Secretary-General. whom the General Assembly has just appointed by acclamation. It is a joy and a privilege for me to welcome Mr. Perez de Cuellar. Although I am far from …
For the sixth time since January 1980, the General Assembly has before it an item on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. 2. Five years after the Soviet intervention, the problem of Afghanistan has still not been resolved. The reasons for the crisis…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the European Community as party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The candidate countries Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potenti…
It is now the fourth time since January 1980 that the General Assembly has had before it the ques- tion of the situation in Afghanistan and its implica- tions for international peace and security. This is so because the problem of Afghanistan has not yet been resolved, because the problem is a real …
It is now the fourth time since January 1980 that the General Assembly has had before it the ques- tion of the situation in Afghanistan and its implica- tions for international peace and security. This is so because the problem of Afghanistan has not yet been resolved, because the problem is a real …
Following the adoption of draft resolution 11, the French delegation would like to express its satisfaction at seeing the Assembly endorse the conclu- sions of the United Nations Conference on the Least De- veloped Countries.
209. As the President of the Conference, Mr. Jean- Pierre Cot, himself sa…
This year again the island of Mayotte is the sub- ject of an item on the agenda of the General Assembly. My delegation regrets that this question is again being considered in this forum. first." because consideration of this question is in violation of Article 2. pamgraph 7. of the Charter and. furt…
At the outset may I address to all the disabled persons of the wor~d and the delegates representing them here today the greedngs and fraternal feelings of the peo- ple of France.
116. We are now approaching the end of the Interna- tional Year of Disabled Persons. But for France and for its new Gove…
The French delegation joined in the consensus on the draft resolution for the reasons set out by the represen- tative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the ten mem- ber States of the European Community. We support the principle of co-operation between the DAU and the perti- nent bodies of the Unite…
Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the important office entrusted to you and to wish you sincerely all success in your task.
88. You represent a country with which France is pleased to have ties of firm friendship which have con- stantly continued to develop…
The delegation of France would like to add the following considerations te the explanation of vote presented on be- half of the 10 countries of the European Community by the representative of th~ United Kingdom.
71. The French Government extends its unreserved sup- port to the cause of those to who…
My delegation is pleased tojoin the consensus on the adoption of the International Development Strategy for the 1980s. We believe that this is unde-
108. As emphasized by our representative in the Second Committee,11 this document seems to repre- sent undeniable progress as compared with the one ad…
The proposal before us to increase the number of non-permanent members of the Security Council is not new. The representative of India, Mr. Mishra, put before us an initiative indicative of the same concerns last year, which we then opposed. Since that time we have given the matter a great deal of t…
