We are gathered here to celebrate the Interna- tional Year oi the Child, which coincides with the twen- tieth anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The importance all countries have attached to it and the scope of the activities they have undertaken on behalf of children are ver…
The sole aim ofour General.Assem- bly is to serve peace, and yet sessIOn after session here we note the consequences ofdisaster. To us, as leaders, one year means a great deal of diplomatic activity. But for some peoples one year means a great deal ofsuffer- ing. There are I million refugees and 250…
Mr. President, the Chairman of the French delegation will in a few days officially express to you his warm congratulations and best wishes for success in your exalted office, to which the General Assembly has elected you unanimously. At this time, I should like in my personal capacity to greet you a…
The case against apartheid has already been ex- amined an~ the dossier is overwhelming; over the years dunng which the debate has gone on in this forum everythin& has be~n said and repeated, one might think, about this particularly detestable form of racial discrimination.
54. The French delegation…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya saw flUo devote a long-indeed, very long-part ofhis speech to the policy ofFrance in respect ofMrica. Those remarks contained a whole series ofdistortions andfalsifications which are too gross for there to be any point…
The French delegation, as it has stated frequently, strongly condemns the policy of apartheid. Nothing is more contra- ry to our philosophy of man and life in society than an
43. We believe that the United Nations can play a useful and effective role in promoting human rights in South Africa. Hence…
I am speaking on behalf of the nine countries members of the European Community.
7 Final Communique of the Commonwealth Heads of Govern- ment Meetingin London, 8-15 June 1977 (London, Commonwealth Secretariat, 1977), pp. 21-22. 8 See Officia! Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, …
The representative of the Federal Republic of Germany has already made a statement on behalf of the nine countries of the European Community [77th meeting} to which my delegation also subscribes. The General Assemoly has therefore already been informed of the views that these countries wish to prese…
The French delegation endorses the general philosophy of the draft resolution just adopted, which is directed at greater co-operation between the United Na tions and the OAU. However, if the text had been put to a vote, while we value certain improvements made to the initial draft, my delegation wo…
The representative of Belgium has already explained on behalf of the nine countries members of the European Community why these countries were unable to support all 15 of the draft resolutions concerning apartheid that the General Assembly has just adopted. My delegation fully associates itself with…
'My deiegation did not wish to oppose the consensus on draft resolution A/32/L.13/Rev.1. However, as far as operative paragraph 7 of that draft resolution is concerned, we feel that it is not for the General Assembly to give instructions to IAEA on the membership of its Board of Governors. This is a…
I should like first ofall to stress that my delegation entirely endorses the statement made yesterday on behalf of the fijne countries of the European Community by my colleqgue the representative of Belgium ;-;Oth meeting}. I shall therefore be brief.
140. In today associating my delegation with th…
The delegation of Canada has stated the reasons which prompted my Government to abstain in the vote on five of the draft resolutions we have just adopted. Furthermore,
My delegation has followed closely the debate which was concluded today. I have the feeling that on the whole those who have spoken from this rostrum have done so in order to give the niethod of dialogue a chance. I have noted in particular that several speakers commended the way in which my country…
At this podium, words are often expressed which justly sustain and exalt our convictions. Other words have a stranger result and entrap those who utter them, although they do not become aware of it until later. The liberation movement to free us from the snare of such words has not yet arisen, but i…
Mr. President, there are many reasons why my delegation welcomes your accession to the offIce of President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. Allow me Hrst of all to greet you as a former colleague, since you were the Permanent Representative of Yugoslavia when I was head of Franc…
My delegation did not wish to intervene in the major debate that took place last week on the situation in the Middle East. However, we should like to state today that it was with great surprise that we heard the explana- tion of vote given on I December by the representative of Somalia on the questi…
Some days ago, in the Security Council.! the French delegation clearly set out its reasons not only for desiring the admission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to our Organization but also for becoming a sponsor of the draft resolution recommending such admission. Here, therefore, 1 shall confi…
The French delegation was unable to support all of the 10 draft resolutions on apartheid just adopted by the As- sembly. You may be assured that it regrets this deeply, because there is no ideology which is the subject of so much censure and indignation on the part of the French Government and Frenc…
The debate taking place in this forum is, in the opinion of the French delegation, one of the most important which our thirty-first General Assembly could deal with. It concerns an essential value of our Organization, the dignity of man, which is one of the paramount objectives of our Charter. It wa…
