The voting on the draft resolu- tion before us this morning will long reverberate beyond the confines of this Hall, for the issues at stake raise· questions of great moral import. The draft resolution be- fore us does not begin to do justice to those issues, for it is merely the squalid outgrowth of…
I believe that all members are now well aware of the fact that the representative of Iraq has again avoided any answers to the questions I have raised. Having been confronted with the questions that I raised, Iraq, if it were acting in good faith-which it is not, as it is displaying right now-should…
In my statement yesterday at the 52nd meeting I submitted scientific and technical data showing beyond a shadow of doubt that Iraq was bent on developing a nuclear option. I also repeated a series of questions which I had originally posed to the Foreign Minister of Iraq in the Security Council on 12…
I wish to register my delegation's objections to the inclusion of the item proposed in docu- ment A/36/243 in the agenda of the General Assembly, for the reasons set out in our statement during the 4th meeting of the General Committee on 3 November.
Th".s is a sad day for all of civi· lized mankind. It is a day of shock, tragedy and bereave- ment. The enemies of peace have removed from the scene a great and courageous man, a proud Arab and Egyptian, an inspired leader of world calibre and a valiant champion of peace. We in Israel shall always r…
In my statement, at the 76th meeting, during the debate on the policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa I remarked that the need- less insertion of unending diatribes against my country has severely undermined the very purpose of the annual debate on apartheid. I also took that opport…
If any evidem~e was still re- quired to the effect that Iraq was indeed benl! on politiciz- ing the item which is before us, the representative of Iraq has just provided that evi~ence.,
Mr. President, on a point of order I should like with your permission respectfully to inquire about the appropriateness of your presiding over this item. I think that representative~ will readily agree that there is something sllghlly incongruous about a de- bate being chaired by a President who com…
On a point oforder, I should just like to point out that it is not surprising that the representative of Jordan should be so upset about what I have to say. For a number of years he has used this kind of language; he has referred to my people as "a bubonic plague", as "a cancerous growth" and so for…
In my statement during the debate on the policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa [59th meeting], I remarked that the needless insertion of unending diatribes against my country has severely undermined the very purpose of the annual debate on apartheid. I also took that opportunity to…
In my remarks at the opening of this debate [86th meeting], I addressed myself to the real dimensions of the manifold conflicts throughout the Middle East and to their implications for international peace and security. I pointed briefly to a number of the most serious trouble-spots, in- cluding the …
We have followed closely the general debate which has just been concluded. Many issues worthy of comment were raised. However, 1 should prefer to focus my remarks on one particularly disturbing pheno- menon which was much in evidence in the course of this debate. We have witnessed the re-emergence o…
I should just like to refresh the memory of the Jordanian representative and remind him that Mr. Bassam Shaka'a was detained by the Jor- danian authorities in 1958. He escaped from prison and fled to Syria and was then sentenced to four years' im- prisonment in absentia. He was granted a pardon in t…
A draft resolution was adopted yesterday in the Special Political Committee in great haste and with utter disrespect for the relevant rules of procedure. Today that draft resolution has been rushed to the General Assembly, which is now called upon to discuss it and vote upon it. The~e was - and is- …
The position of Israel with regard to all forms of racism and racial discrimination, including apartheid, has been stated and reaffirmed an- nually in this forum. The Jewish people's concept of mankind has always been that of a unity deriving its character from a common origin and a common desti- ny…
Children evoke in all of us the deepest of human sentiments-love, concern and a sense of responsibility. The extent to which this observa- tion is universal. has been amply demonstrated by the overwhelming response to the International Year of the Child throughout the world. The decision incorporate…
Mr. President, in deference to your ruling, I should like to address myseIfand reply to the statement made by the Soviet Foreign Minister [7th meeting].
162.' The Soviet Foreign Minister referred to ques- tions of human rights and fundamental ~reedoms. It!s surely too much for him to expect that th…
In view of your statement, Mr. President, I should like to confine myself with regard to Cuba to one partiCUlarly insulting statement made about my country and my people which calls for a response-
With your pennission, Mr. President, I should like to proceed. As is all too well known, Cuba has over the last two decades put itself, both militarily and politically, at the complete disposal of one particular super-Power. Its troops have ever been ready to act as proxies for Soviet expansionism a…
