Let me first express my deep appreciation to the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for his insightful introduction in the Second Committee to the comprehensive and informative report on the agenda item now before us.
The report prepared by the Under-Secretary-General is in response to r…
Allow me at the outset to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to Mr. John R. Kaputin, the Foreign Minister of Papua New Guinea, for his informative and thought-provoking introductory statement on this agenda item. My delegation believes that all of us here will give it the serious considera…
I should like at the outset to express to the Secretary-General my delegation’s appreciation of his informative and comprehensive report (A/48/334) on agenda item 24, concerning the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. While we concur with the views expressed this mo…
I have the sad duty to state, on behalf of the Asian Group of States, that the members of our regional Group have learned with a profound sense of sorrow and grief of the passing of President Melchior Ndadaye.
His untimely death under tragic circumstances has cut short a promising career in the ser…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Asian Group for the month of October 1993 I have the honour to inform the Assembly that the Asian Group has endorsed the candidature of the Sultanate of Oman for election to a non-permanent seat in the Security Council.
I should like at the outset to commend the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Sardenberg of Brazil, for his cogent introduction of the Security Council’s annual report highlighting among other things a number of procedural measures adopted by the Council with a view to enhancing the effic…
I should like to express the Indonesian delegation’s deep appreciation to the Secretary-General for his thoughtful and informative message to this Assembly, as delivered by Mr. Giorgio Giacomelli, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations In…
I deem it a distinct honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned
At their tenth Summit meeting, held in Jakarta in September 1992, the non-aligned countries declared, inter alia, unequivocal support for Nicaragua’s ongoing efforts to achieve its objectives, and expressed the hope tha…
Let me first offer my delegation’s congratulations to Ambassador Insanally of Guyana on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. His elevation to this high office is a fitting tribute to his personal qualities and record of distinguished service to his Governmen…
It is a distinct honour and privilege for me to speak on behalf of the non-aligned countries on the Secretary-General’s report on the work of the Organization (A/48/1). It is comprehensive and provides
The past few years have witnessed a dramatic improvement in the climate in which the United Natio…
Since the adoption of the landmark
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
the world has undergone profound changes. Over the past three decades
numerous nations have achieved their independence and joined the United
Nations as sovereign Member States. As a…
Allow me to begin by conveying, on
behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Indonesian delegation, our deepest
sympathy and condolences to the Government and the people of Egypt on the loss
of lives and the destruction caused by the earthquake that struck Egypt a few
days ago.
I have the hono…
I should like to begin by expressing my
delegation's appreciation to the Secretary-General for his informative and
comprehensive statement on the issue of the disabled, and for the report he
has provided (A/47/415). Let me also say that we are encouraged by the
convening of these plenary meeting…
I have the honour, on behalf of the sponsors, to submit for the General Assembly’s consideration and adoption a draft resolution entitled “Agriculture development and food security” and contained in document A/63/L.64.
The draft resolution is a culmination of this year’s efforts by Chile, Egypt and…
As we gather here i n observance of the
International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, i t i s not only timely but also
imperative that the international community seriously address the growing spectre
of the homeless and the c r i t i c a l issues of human settlement. It i s also time that
act…
Allow me first of all to thank the Secretary-General for the reports under consideration today (A/64/3, A/64/87 and A/64/263) and for his continued commitment to ensuring coordinated and integrated follow-up of the major United Nations economic and social conferences and summits.
Indonesia associat…
At the outset, allow me to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports on ocean affairs and the law of the sea contained in documents A/64/66 and Add.1 and Add.2. We also wish to thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and the Secretariat for thei…
Allow me at the outset to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/61/63 and Add.1). We also commend the Secretariat’s Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for its great work.
The report illustrates recent developme…
Allow me at the outset to welcome the continued discussion of this important agenda item, which covers multifaceted, complex issues that are of great interest to Indonesia. I thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/65/69), which provides a comprehensive reference to various issues relating to …
My delegation wishes to remind the Assembly that East Timor became an integral part of the Republic of Indonesia in 1976, when the process of the decolonization of that Terri- tory was completed following the free and democratic . exercise of the right of its people to self-determination and indepen…
