Since this is the first time my delegation has spoken at a formal meeting of the Council, allow me, Sir, to express our sincere congratulations on your accession to the presidency of the Council for this busy month of January. Your presidency coincides with the beginning of the term of my country, G…
I will be brief — perhaps even too brief — because as you said, Mr. President, we are now on our second round. Guinea-Bissau did not want to participate in the first round, let alone in the second round. I am very sorry to take up the Assembly’s time by speaking again, but unfortunately the delegati…
It will be recalled that His Excellency the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau made a statement to the General Assembly yesterday in which inter alia he informed the General Assembly of the candidacy of Guinea-Bissau for one of the non-permanent seats on the Security Council given to Africa.
In so doi…
On behalf of my country and my Government, Sir, may I first of all extend warmest congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of
We also extend our congratulations to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire, a country with whi…
Allow me first of all, Sir, to congratulate you warmly on your noteworthy election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Your presence, dear brother, at the head of the Assembly is clear proof of the commitment of your country, Côte d’Ivoire, to the defence of internationa…
The General Assembly, after three rounds of balloting, has not been able to take a decision on the last vacancy for Africa. After three rounds of balloting, the General Assembly has not been able to decide between the two candidate countries, given that neither of those two countries was able to obt…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to offer you my warmest congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Your presence at the head of this Assembly clearly attests to the commitment of your country - Guyana - to …
On behalf
of my country and Government, I should like first of all to convey our
congratulations to Mr. Ganev on his election to the presidency of the United
Nations General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. His competence and the
wealth of experience he has acquired during his career as a …
In explaining his vote, the representative of Costa Rica mentioned my country, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, as maintaining trade and other relations with racist South Africa. I should like to remind the rep- resentative of Costa Rica that my country, which wrested its independence after long years…
* I am particularly pleased to convey to you, Sir, my delegation's warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Our satisfaction is all the greater since, quite naturally, you were destined, by reason of your exceptional diplomatic back…
In accordance with tradition, this year Europe
follows Africa in the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. That is a sign of our times and
confirmation of a form of complementarity which, because it is indispensable, calls for close and dynemic co-operation among nations …
3 Almost a month ago, Africa and the world learned the sad news of the premature death of President Agostinho Neto, which caused immense pain to the hearts of millions of Angolans. The political stature of Agostinho Neto is matched only by the great- ness of the Angolan revolution. Mr. Neto's contri…
We wish to a<!~l'ess ourselves first to the represen- tatives of the United Arab Emirates and to tell them how deeply mocked' we were by the news of the assassination of Mr. Ghobash, the Mini~ter of State for Foreign Affairs of their country. We ifequest the delegation of that fri~ndly nation to exp…
I 3 Sir, I wish to say how happy I am to.
associal.e myself with the pn~c,eding speakers in welcoming . with great satisfaction and friendship your election to the presidency of the thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. In my view, that choice is fully in accm'd with the emi…
It is a great pIeasure for my delegation to welcome to tite United Nations our friends from tite People's Republic of Angola. We do tltat not only on behalf of our own Government, but also on behalf of the Governments of tite Republic of Capll Verde, the People's Republic of Mozambique and thel Demo…
