I should like to con- vey the congratulations of my delegation to Mr. Eklund, the Director General of IAEA, and to his staff, for the excellent annual report prepared by them, which is now before us for discussion. Mr. Eklund has been at the helm of IAEA for a number of years, and has been conductin…
The persistent crisis in the world economy is a matter of profound and universal concern. Numerous statements both in the General Assembly and in the debate on the item in the Second Committee testify to the anxiety of all countries on this account. The developing countries are par- ticularly affect…
The declaration of 1979 as the International Year of the Child was one of the most forward-looking decisions of the United Na- tions [resolution 31/169] as it focused attention, na- tionally and internationally, on a whole complex of problems affecting not only the welfare of the child but the futur…
It was on I October that the Foreign Affairs Adviser to the President ofPakistan referred to the State ofJammu and Kashmir, an integral part of India, and this obliged the Minister for Foreign
24 Security Council resolutions 38 (1948), 39 (1948), 47 (1948) and 51 (1948).
25 Agreement on Bilateral …
I apologize to you, Mr. President, and to the Assembly for taking the floor for the second time today on the same question. With your indulgence, I should l,ike to cl~rify s?me matters t~at have been raised dunng the diSCUSSIOn of the IndIan amendment that is also sponsored by many friends [A/34/L.3…
The fact that the United Nations began consideration of racism in South Africa in 1946 at the request of the Government of India II indicates India's pioneering role in the world movement against apartheid. In October 1946 the United Nations General Assembly was convened for the first time, and ther…
Permit me, first of all, to express to you, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, our most sincere appreciation of the very competent and dignified manner in which you have conducted the proceedings of the Assembly, We are confident that under your able stewardship we will …
Thirty years ago the General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was conceived as:
"... a common standard of achievement for all peOples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall striT{…
It is a matter of serious concern that the situation in the Middle East continues to be as untenable and unstable as it was in 1967. Over a decade has passed and, in spite of the Security CouJ!cil's having laid down the framework for a just solution in its resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), Isra…
I should like to thank you, Mr. PreSident, for giving me this opportunity to explain my delegation's position before the vote on this important draft resolution on the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination. . 31. The main thrust of this draft resolution is towards empha…
I should like to thank Mr. Eklund, the Director General of IAEA, for the annual report presented by him and his additional remarks concerning the Agency's activities during the past year and the important tasks before it. My delegation is confident that, under the leadership of Mr. Eklund, IAEA will…
The subject we are dis- cussing relates not only to the continued necessity for the Committee of the Whole, which the Assembly established last year; it also calls into question the political will of many developed countries to remove the inequities in the present international economic system. The …
I Mr. President, may I extend to you on behalf of my delegation and myself cur wann felicitations on your unanimous electionas President of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. Your eleva- tion to this high office is as much a tribute to your diplomatic skill and eminence as it is a rec…
On behalf of the delegations of Bangladesh, Ecuador, the Federal Republic of Germany, Guatemala, Jamaica, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines and my own country, I should like to introduce the draft resolution entitled "National institu- tions for the promotion and protection of human …
As Chairman of the Asian group and on behalf of that group, I have the honour to nominate for vice-presidencies three of our members: Bhutan, Fiji and Qatar,These states have allbeen unanimously endorsed as the group's candidates for the three posts of Vice- President earmarked for the Asian group.
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Mr. President, on behalf of the Asian group of States I have the honour to extend to you the warm congratulations of all the Asian States on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its thirty-third regular session. Your country, Colombia, has always occupied an eminent place …
The United Natimss Con- ference for the Promotion of International Co- operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy is a significant initiative which potentially could make an important contribution to improving the contri-
54. It is on the basis of these considerations that, from the outset, I…
India is a member of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and the report of that Committee [A/32/35} is now before the General Assembly. We should like to make it clear that the report of the Committee is tentative, since it is really for the Security Co…
Once again the General Assembly is engaged in its annual discussion of the situation in the Middle East Since the discussion last year there have been some new and encouraging developments. I refer to the growth of detente between the super-Powers, which we hope will make itself felt particularly in…
