Mr. President, let me first extend to you my congratulations on your election. Your experience and skill will help to ensure a succe isful
109. When the United Nations was established at the end of the Second World War, the British Empire covered one eighth of the world's land surface and had a pop…
Sir, my delegation is very happy to join in the expressions of pleasure and congratulation on your assumption of the presidency of this Assembly. It is a source of satisfaction to all of us to see as our President someone of such wide experience who has given proof of great diplomatic skiIls in the …
Number of us have, I think, already fllled in our particular voting slips. It would seem aurely better not to continue with this
part~cular balloting but to have a'completely fresnballoting with completely fresh ballot forms distributed, if I might suggest it.
In joining in the consensus on draft resolution HI, just adopted by the General Assembly, I wish to place on record that the United, Kingdom Government interprets article 10 of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or De- grading Tr…
. My delegation listened with care and interest to the state- ment by the representative of Mexico introducing the two amendments-contained 3n documents A/37/L.60 and A/37/L.61, respectively-to the draft resolutions on Chile and El Salvador. I have no wish to encourage a long debate on the· issues r…
Earlier in this debate [61st meetingJ, the representative of Belgium made a statement on behalf of the nine member countries of the European Community, and I take this opportunity to associate myself with all that he said. I have asked, however, to be allowed to speak separately now in order to unde…
The repre· sentative of Canada has already explained why my delega· tion, in common with its Western colleagues on the Security Council, abstained in the vote on a number of the draft resolutions which the Assembly has just adopted. My delegation was happy to vote in favour of draft resolutions A/32…
My delegation voted against this draft resolution for three substantive reasons. First, the draft resolution does not include an adequate condemnation of terrorism. Secondly, other matters dealt with in this draft resolution-that is, the effective Imple- mentation of principles in the Charter of the…
My delegation did not take part in the vote which took place yesterday on resolutions 31/91 and 31/92 underitem 33. It had beenour clear understanding that the vote on these resolutions would not take place at the 98th plenary meeting. I should like to take this opportunity to say that if my delegat…
The United King- dom delegation saw considerable merit in the draft resolu- tion on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia, which was introduced in the First Committee in document A/C.l/31/L.6 by the delegation of Pakistan. The creation of such a zone would be an effective con…
My delegation welcomes this opportunity for the General Assembly to review progress in decolonization and to examine what still remains to be done. I would like to thank, first of all, the Rapporteur of the Special Committee on decolonization for his introduction to the comprehensive report of the C…
I do not hesitate to say that the delivery of my delegation's statement on the question of Cyprus is not a task that I undertake with satisfaction. In preparing it I was inevitably and forcibly reminded of previous debates and previous resolutions which reflected the proper concern of the United Nat…
Mr. President, I shall be brief, though in explaining my delegation's vote on the 10 draft resolutions which this Assembly has just adopted I shall have to cover much ground. May I first associate my delegation completely with the explanation of votes given by my colleague, the Ambassador of the Net…
No one would deny the importance of the issues that have been raised in this debate. The principles of self-determination and of terri- torial integrity that have been invoked are principles of direct concern to my own country as it considers the future of the remaining British dependent Territories…
I should like briefly to comment on some remarks made by the Foreign Minister of Argentina on the question of the Falkland Islands in the course of what was a most thoughtful and challenging statement to us yesterday afternoon {18th meeting].
288. Our reservations on the resolutions of the.General …
My delega- tion had not intended to speaktonightbut I feel obliged to do so briefly in the light of the remarks just made by the Foreign Minister of Guatemala in exercising his right of reply to the statement madeearlier by the Foreign Minister of Jamaica.
318. It will not surprise the Assembly if …
Mr. President, have no fear, 10seconds should suffice forme.
333. I should like to comment briefly on the remarks about Gibraltar made by the Foreign Minister of Spain in
applOpr=~te time. 334. Mr. KINENB (U~!1da): Asthe whole world isaware, my country was the victim of an unprovoked.....ession co…
Mr. President, when he speaks in the course of the general debate the leader of my delegation, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Mfairs, will be expressing his pleasure at your assumption of the presidency. May I, however, take this early opportunity of expressing my personal congr…
The United Kingdom delegation has listened with great interest to the Introduc-
68. The United Kingdom Government continues to believe that the non-proliferation Treaty offers the surest available means of containing the danger of the spread of nuclear explosive devices, and we strongly urge all th…
It is with great pleasure that the member States of the European Community support the application of the African, Carib- bean and Pacific Group of States for observer status in the General Assembly and that we are sponsors of draft reso- lution N36/L.5 and Add.1. It is an occasion of impor- tance. …
