The delegation of India is very happy and satisfied over the positive response which the United Nations has given to a matter of urgent and humanitarian interest to the world community as a whole, namely, the promotion and assurance of the safety of international civil aviation. My delegation also m…
IS India recently ac- complished a hi!Jtoric non-violent revolution. In a magnifi- cent assertion of the indomitable human spirit, our people reaffirmed in March last their firm faith in a free and open society. Calculated efforts by forces of darkness and tyranny to destroy democracy were decisivel…
Mr. l?resident, on behalf of my delegation, I wish to convey to you our heartfelt congratu- lations on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-second General Assembly of the United Nations. Your election, Sir, is indeed a worthy tribute to your great and gallant country, and to i…
When the First Committee considered the draft resolution now before us, the Indian delegation explained its position. We then proceeded to say that this year we could be brief because at the twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions of the Assembly our position on this question of a nuclear-weapon-free-zo…
The question of Cyprus is an extremely complex political issue with external ramifications. At the same time, it is a unique problem concerning human relations between two ethnic communities oomprising one nation-State. Those two com- munities have had a chequered history in their relations
53. Muc…
First of all, I should like to place or record my delegation's appreciation of the high quality of leadership provided by Mr. Eklund as Director- General of IAEA. His is a difficult job, because he is virtually presiding over the liquidation of the monopoly system in nuclear technology for peaceful …
I apologize for taking the floor again at this late hour. It is not our intention to carry on this debate here. We have stated our position on a number of occasions in this very forum earlier and in other forums of the United Nations. Even yesterday when my Minister spoke in the morning [15th meetin…
In his statement on 4 October [16th meeting] the representative of Pakistan made clear that the Foreign Minister of his country had called for a fmal settlement of the so-called Jammu and Kashmir dispute on the basis of the tight to self-determination of its people. 1wish to state categorically that…
Let me begin by extending to the President my Government's warm congratulations on his unanimous election to be President of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly. We are happy indeed that this high office has been filled by his country this year, and that the choice has fallen on him in …
My delegation is deeply con- cerned that the territorial integrity and unity of the Comoros, a sovereign State Member of this Organization, remains unresolved. The position of the United Nations on this matter, however, is unambiguous. General Assembly resolution 3385 (XXX) of 12 November 1975, whic…
The weeks preceding the resumption of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly to consider the question of Namibia w. . -ssed an unprecedented international effort aimed at a peaceful transition to independence in Namibia. Never before had the international community shown such unity and det…
l thank you, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation for having caUed the Portu- guese representative to order , but l am afraid that your gavel was not as fast as his slanderous tongue in relation to my country. Therefore, it would seem that some of his slanderous remarks would have gone into the…
May I be permitted, first of aH, to thank the President and Members of the 8ecuri.ty 1 Council for their courtesy in inviting my delegation to participate in the discussions of the Council on this important occasion.
21. The fact that my delegation has co-sponsored, along with forty-two other count…
When 1 asked for the inscription of my name on the list of speakers, 1 had hoped to speak on the' substantive aspects of the q·.lestionwhich was raised before the Security Council sorne two or three weeks ago. 1 wished to state the position of my Government on the incidents that had happened since, …
Today a historic decision has been taken by the Security Council. The Council has brought to bear, on the question of racial discrimina-
contribu~ a maintenir un climat de compr~hension mutuelle au sein de ce conseil.
d~Mgation s'attendait a mieux. En effet, le Conseil vient de reconnartre que la …
I should like ilfSt to congratu- late Mr. Sigvard Eklund, the Director General of IAEA, on the work done by the Agency under his distinguished leadership and for his very lucid introduction of the
Agency's annual report. Mr. Eklund has conducted ~i~ Agency's affairs in an efficient manner over the …
l should like formally to submit the following proposaI: "That the Security Couneil awaits the receipt of the result of the ballot in the General Assembly before it talces a vote again on this matter."
Without attempting to challenge the ruling of the Chair, l should like to draw the attention of the Council to Article la oi.the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which seems to appLy to this case. It says that those candidates who obtain an absolute majority of votes in the General Ass…
