I wish to express the Ghana delegation’s gratitude to those who voted for Mr. Samuel K. B. Asante.
The candidature of Mr. Asante was put forward for the purpose of creating an opportunity for a more effective contribution to the Court - particularly in terms of representation of the various legal s…
It is with pleasure that, on behalf of the Ghana delegation, I convey to Mr. Insanally of Guyana our congratulations on his election, by acclamation, as President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. He assumes this high office at a momentous time in the history of mankind, as we end…
In the three years since it adopted the
Declaration against apartheid, the United Nations has continued to play an
important role in efforts towards the abolition of this system once and for
all. The Government and people of Ghana pay high tribute to this world body,
recognizing that it is the o…
Allow me at the outset to express my
delegation's sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for the report of
the United Hations Conference on Environment and Development, as well as for
the lucid and stimulating report on the institutional arrangements to follow
up the Conference. We found …
The Ghana delegation would like to
thank the Secretary-General most sincerely for the opportunity he has provided
to the General Assembly through his two reports - "An Agenda for Peace" and
the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization to
contribute, in his own words, to th…
That is correct. I was going to make the same point but I thought that as a result ofthe decision taken to accept the recommenda- tion of the Fifth Committee the consequential change in operative paragraph 4 no longer stood, and to save time I did not mention it. 35. The PRESIDENT: It is my understa…
My delegation will abstain in the vote on draft resolution 11. It is the considered opin- ion of my delegation that the thrust of that draft resolu- tion has been taken care of by operative paragraph 4 (1I) of draft resolution I.
My delega- tion voted in favour of draft resolution n as a whole. However, if operative paragraph 1 had been put to a vote, we would have abstained, as we did in the Second Committee. 139. Mr. ANOMA (Ivory Coast)(interpretationfrom French): As regards operative paragraph I of draft resolution 11, th…
I should like, first of all, to express the gratitude of the delegation of Ghana to the Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid and his colleagues for the report [A/34/22] that is before this Assembly. The various ac- tivities of the Special Committee outlined in the repor…
I wish to express the appre- ciation of the delegation of Ghana for the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid presented to this General Assembly two days ago by the Rapporteur {53rd meeting). We commend the Special Committee for its invaluable contribution to fIght for the eradication of…
For over two decades now the international commt::nity has persisted in its uncom- promising stand against the doctrine and practice of apartheid bOoth inside the United Nations system and outside it. Progress in the struggle has been painfully slow but our determination to eradicate apartheid and t…
I welcome the opportunity of making this statement because, as one of the non-aligned States, Ghana naturally shares the world-wide concern over the political stalemate in Cyprus, which is also anon- aligned State. As evidtmced in the statements of previous speakers, the political stalemate is the r…
Mr. President, on behalf of the Chairman and the Government of the Supreme Military Council of Ghana I must first of all congratulate you most warmly on your election to the presidency of this As- sembly. This session has come at a critical time in the history of the United _Nations, when the streng…
We all recognize, no doubt, that General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), its historic Decla- ration on self-determination, and the processes it set in motion within this Organization have all contributed a most helpful impetus to the process of decolonization.
2. Under a succession of dedicated Chai…
The continued preoccupation of the United Nations with the situation in the Middle East and the numerous discussions which have beenheld on that question here in this Assembly, in the Security Council and in committees of the Organization have recently evoked some serious criticisms. Most of such cr…
FirstofalJ, Sir,letme congratulate you most warmly on your elevation to the high office of President of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. We are particularly delighted that the very first appearance in the United Nations of a Ghanaian delegation representing the new civilian ad- min…
Mr. Presi- dent, it is my great privilege to join the speakerswho have preceded me in expressing to you on behalf of the Goverrunent of Ghana warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of this thirty-third sessionof the United Nations- General Assembly. We are delighted that you brin…
This all-important debate on the policies of apartheid of the racist regime of South Africa takes place at a time when we are celebrating the thirty-first anniversary of the United Nations. May I seize the opportunity, therefore, to salute our Organization and, in the words of my Head of State, "red…
The distinguished speaken who have preceded me to this rostrum have warmly con- gratulated Ambassador Amerasinghe on his election and paid a fitting tribute to his sterling qualities as a statesman and diplomat. My delegation fully shares' their views and sentiments. The delegation of Ghana is grati…
When the Security Council last met on the question of Namibia it adopted resolution 439 (1978), which, in its paragraphs ,4 and 5, called on the Pretoria regime to cancel the ~o-called internal elections an~
"... fallure to do so would compel the Security Council to meet forthwith to initiate appro…
