As a Member State which had the privilege of initiating the agenda item on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council, India is happy to participate in today’s debate. We are considering the item against the background of a full year of discuss…
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan will not be surprised that his statement today has forced a reply from India. For Pakistan, as would have been obvious this morning, India is an obsession. For India, Pakistan’s histrionics are merely an annoying distraction. We do not want the General Assembly’s tru…
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an unprecedented attempt by the international community to promote the peaceful use of the seas and oceans, the equitable and sustainable utilization of their resources, and the protection and preservation of the marine environment. What makes t…
It is with a sense of fulfilment and joy that I address the Assembly today to represent India. This is indeed a historic occasion. Today’s proceedings mark the fruition of the long and arduous struggle of the people of South Africa to end the shameful system of apartheid in that country and to join …
Permit me to congratulate you, Sir, for assuming personally the presidency of the Council on this historic occasion. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the First Executive Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki. His presence here today in the Security Co…
Permit me, Sir, to begin by congratulating you on having personally assumed the presidential Chair for this very important meeting.
The Government of India is gravely concerned at the continuation of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The massacres of innocent civilians, the systematic use of …
My delegation has already expressed its views on agenda item 42, entitled "The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina", including the draft resolution contained in document A/48/L.50.
India fully supports the efforts being made by the international community, and particularly the two Co- Chairmen of t…
One of the greatest tragedies of modern times continues to unfold in the young Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The stark images of death and destruction and the intolerable suffering of innocent civilians displaced by that most abominable practice of ethnic cleansing continue to haunt us. Hopes …
I am privileged to participate in the debate at this session of the General Assembly on the elimination of apartheid and the establishment of a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa. Speaking in the general debate of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly, in 1978, when I had the …
My delegation is happy to speak today, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, to reiterate the wish of the Government and people of India to reaffirm their support for the Palestinian people, who have been struggling for decades for the exercise of their inalienable rights.…
We have, I feel, come a long way since the days of the thirty-fourth session, during which India, together with several other non-aligned countries, had the item "Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council" inscribed on the agenda. Our objective at…
My delegation wishes to compliment the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report to the General Assembly. We welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations. It is useful to recall that the …
I am pleased to participate in these high-level plenary meetings of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly to examine the status of international cooperation against the illicit production, sale, demand, traffic and distribution of narcotics and psychotropic substances. The purpose of the …
My delegation attaches importance to the celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. We have been taking an active part in the meetings of the Preparatory Committee, which is being ably guided by its Chairman, Mr. Richard Butler, the Permanent Representative of Australia. We…
Thank you, Sir. I do not know the punishment in criminal law for the offence of flogging, but that is what the delegation of Pakistan have inflicted on this Assembly. They flog an argument without sustaining it. They indulge in what logicians call systematically misleading expressions.
They tell us…
My delegation asked to speak at this late hour only on account of the remarks relating to my country in the statement on this agenda item by the representative of Pakistan. My Government has taken note of the paragraph on India and Pakistan in the Secretary- General’s report to the General Assembly.…
Mr. President, your unanimous election as President augurs well for the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly. I extend my heartiest congratulations to you and best wishes for success.
Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Secretary-General, has given a new vision and a new impetus to the United N…
On behalf of the people and the Government of India, and especially of those affected by the terrible earthquake that hit south-western India on the night of 30 September, I should like to express our profound gratitude and appreciation for the very kind words of sympathy and condolence that you, Si…
We are constrained to speak a second time.
The representative of Pakistan has added nothing either to the knowledge or to the perception of this Assembly. His remarks call to mind another couplet of the poet Iqbal, who, incidentally, was born an Indian and died an Indian: "He participates not in se…
I wish, under rule 73 of the rules of procedure, to refer to the statement made earlier today by the representative of Pakistan.
All the water in the East River cannot wash off the stains of falsehood, prejudice and perversion with which the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan defa…
