I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on Nigeria’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I have no doubt that Ambassador Gambari’s wealth of diplomatic experience and diplomatic skills will be of invaluable …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. In our statement to the Council six days ago we strongly condemned the Bosnian Serb attacks against the civilian population, the humanitarian relief workers and United Nations personnel in Gorazde, which were in blatant violation of interna…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I have no doubt that your wealth of diplomatic experience and diplomatic skills will be of invaluable assistance in conduc…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union in explanation of position after the adoption of the resolution on agenda item 159, entitled "Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committ…
The European Union welcomes the General Assembly’s decision to grant observer status to the Commonwealth of Independent States, and supports the principle behind that decision. The granting of observer status being a procedural decision without implications for the juridical status of the entity whi…
First of all, I would like to say how pleased I am to see you assume the presidency of the Security Council. Your experience and professional abilities guarantee the success of the Council’s work during the month of March. I would also like to congratulate your predecessor, the distinguished Permane…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union to explain our position following the adoption of the resolution concerning the financing of the expansion of the United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa (UNOMSA).
The European Union has always considered the United Nations Observer…
When I addressed the Assembly two years ago on this very important item I pointed out that the question of protecting the cultural property of all nations is more relevant now than in the past and that respect for each nation’s unique character, most prominently expressed by its cultural heritage, w…
May I, in the first place, refer to the statement just made by the representative of Belgium in his capacity as President of the European Community; I fully support that statement.
The Greek delegation welcomes, as is only natural, the initiative undertaken, within the framework of our world Organi…
A few days ago, the representative of Albania, exercising his right of reply in response to the statement of the Foreign Minister of Greece before the General Assembly, tried to dismiss our legitimate concern regarding the unsatisfactory situation of the large Greek minority in Albania, attributing …
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend to you the warmest congratulations of the Greek Government on your election to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Your distinguished personal qualities and diplomatic skills augur well for the progress of work of the cu…
Allow me, first of all, to extend to
you. Sir, the warmest congratulations of the Greek Government on your election
to the presidency. Your personal qualities and diplomatic skill augur well
for progress on the work of this session. Moreover, we are especially pleased
to salute in your person th…
Allow me, on behalfofmy delegation, to express my deep gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your very kind words on the announcement of the death of Mr. Stavropoulos. I should also like, through you, Sir, to express my thanks to the Assembly for observing a minute of silence in tribute to the deceas…
I should like to address the General Assembly on behalfofthe 10 member States ofthe European Community on the item before us.
102. The Ten, in their previous statements on this item, made clear the deep concern with which they have ap- proached the issue of the Israeli military attack on the Iraqi …
In addition to the common statement of the 10"member States of the European Community just made by the representative of Den- mark, the Greek delegation would like to explain its vote on draft resolutions A/37/L.17 to L.23 and L.26 to L.28.
62. The long-standing and strong opposition of Greece to t…
Greece has constantly emphasized the im- portance of nuclear disarmament. The ideas it has ex- pressed are contained in resolution 36/92 E, which we have just adopted.
145. However, the resolution suffers, on the one hand, from the presence of a certain number of too wide and unbalanced elements co…
Mr. President, your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth sesr;ion of the General Assembly is a trib- ute to your outstanding qualities as a diplomat and to your vast experience, and it augurs well for the success of the work of this body, which most clearly represents interna- tional publi…
At the outset we should like to thank the representative of the United Kingdom who, on behalf of the European Community, delivered the com- mon explanation of vote. My delegation shares the views expressed in that explanation. Nevertheless, we should like in addition to state the following in our na…
Once again the General Assembly is seized of the problem of apartheid. And once again we are forced to note that no genuine progress had been made to redress a situation which violates the most basic dignity of man and the most fundamental principles of the Charter. The black population of
112. By …
It has now been almost two years since Vietnamese troops invaded and occupied Kampuchea. All this time, despite the repeated injunctions ofworld public opinion, including General Assembly resolution 34/22, the occupation has continued and a puppet regime has been set up which is kept in place only t…
