I am happy to be speaking here on this occa- sion, which is dear to us all, and to salute, through this international gathering, the persons present here as representatives of the.aspirations of the third world and
307. We are meeting today in this important forum in order to affirm to children whe…
The General Assembly and the representatives sitting in various Committees have now become quite ac- customed to hearing a speech repeated every year by the representative ofthe Zionist racist entity. The same accusations are being made and the same lies are being attributed undeservedly to the Arab…
Mr. President, it gives the delegation of the Republic of Iraq great pleasure to extend to you its heartfelt felicitatIOns on your election to the presidency of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I wish you complete success in the discharge of the duties of this high office, and woul…
When we talk of international economic relations, we
54. This situation is deteriorating from one year to the next. In 1960 the exports of the third world represented 21.4 per cent of the total world exports, then they con- tinued to fall until they reached 18.1 per cent in 1973. 55. The obvious re…
No one today denies the fact that apartheid has become one of our century's greatest challenges to the interna- tional community. It is also a glaring insult to all the human values in which that community believes and it demands from it a radical and relentless confrontation. Apartheid is not just …
The world has witnessed over the last few years flagrant and iuJ,itrary actions of persecution,. and violations ofjustice by {he same colonialist imperialist forces who do not cease speaking of the importance they attach to the problems of security and peace, of respect for the Charter of the United…
The delegation of Iraq would like to stress its opposition to all draft resolutions dealing with UNEF in the Middle East and in particular to the draft resolutions now before us, for reasons which we have already given on various occasions.
29. I should like to reiterate those reasons: first, this …
The delegation of Iraq wishes to give the reasons why it objects to the draft resolution relating to the financing of the United Nations peace-keeping forces in the Middle East: it is because we feel that this draft resolution is not in keeping with the provisions of the Charter and the principles o…
I wish to reaffirm once again the positiop of principle of the Republic of Iraq concerning the Unitr1d Nations forces in the Middle East, and particularly in Lebmon.
86. The delegation of Iraq is firmly convinced of the principle according to which the aggressor should pay for the consequences of i…
Mr. President, it is a great pleasure for me to extend to you my warmest congratulations on the occasion of your election to the presidency of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. I wish you every success in performing the task of this high office and assure you that my country's delega…
Mr. President, your election to the presidency of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly will undoubt- edly be most profitable to the international community, given the competence and rich experience which you have acquired as a statesman and philosopher. May I take this opportunity to ext…
I should like at the outset to express my delegatic;l's sympathy and condolences to t.lJ.e delegations of India and Argentina in connexion with the natural catastrophes which have struck their countries and which have led to great loss of life.
13. With the consideration of the agenda item on the s…
The system ofapartheid of the Pretoria regime constitutes the core of the racial conflict in South Africa. This issue has been on the agenda of the United Nations for a quarter of a century, and yet none of the measpres adopted has produced concrete results. The escalating tension and violence is gr…
The delegation of the Republic of Iraq attaches great impor- tance to the item which is before the General Assembly at this morning's meeting. The "delegation of my country is one of the sponsors of draft resolution A/32/L.18/Rev.l, wIrlch the representative of Rwanda has introduced to the Assembly …
The position ofmy Government on the resolutions providing for the establishment of the Forces whose imancing we are considering this morning.is very well knOVin. That position has been explained re- peatedly, both in the Security Council and in the General ASlembly_
15_ This morning I wish simply t…
Of all the baselesS allega- tions made by the spokesman of the Zionist entity yesterday before this Assembly I shall, in exercising my right of reply, refute only one, namely, that relating to the cause or-the refugee problem,since he brought up the name of Iraq within th~t context.
"Until the Brit…
Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to extend to you on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Iraq our warm cong·atul...·:.n.n.. on you· "'l"'ct:on ..... D·"''':d'''.... ",r ~h'" I I al.lVI ., I \,I \,; I I a'l 1."'''1 \;.1'- VI UI" thility-second session of the General AssemlJly. What makes u…
Iraq's political position on. the Palestinian cause has always been firm and clear. It is based on our adherence to the principle of the United Nations Charter regarding respect for the right of peoples to self-determination and indepen- dence. For 30 years now, United Nations resolutions have been …
My delegation would like to clarify its position on the general agreement reached in the General Assembly with regard to the drafting of an International convention against the taking of hostages. In principle, it is our feeling that this Convention should go into the following aspects of the matter…
The delegation of Iraq ls once more participating in the
166. There are central and basic facts which, I believe, everybody has come to realize are the core of this problem.
167. The first fact is the serious nature of this situation, which poses a threat to international peace and security and wh…