I am not going to be drawn into an argument about the Middle East conflict concerning which there is too much on the agenda of the United Nations anyway; nor do I want to take up more of the time of representatives because the hour is late. However, let me say that we could all see-if we made the ef…
My delegation has carefully studied the various statements made in this Assembly concerning the problem of Namibia and the right of its people to self-determination. We can fully subscribe to some of those statements-indeed, many of them-and to others less.
225. However, I cannot under any circumst…
Mr. President, permit me to join those representatives who have already spoken in the debate, and have offered their congratulations to you on your unanimous election to the office of President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly.
155. The cause of human rights received a powerful …
I rise to address the plenary meeting on this point because I sense a certain concern among Members of this Organization that the General Assembly has previously spent insufficient time attacking Israel. After all, the last two sessions of the Assembly devoted only 50 per cent of their time to discu…
The Middle East stands today at one of the most crucial turning-points in its modem history. After four wars and incalculable suffering, we stand, for the first time, on the eve of serious negotiations aimed at resolving the issues that divide us and replacing the decades of bloodshed and destructio…
My delegation has expressed its full support for the draft resolution in document A/31/4I6 as one of those developing countries which in its early stages of development practised technical co-operation with other developing countries. Our only reservation, asexpres- sed in the Second Committee, is t…
My delegation wishes to associate itself with the resolution adopted by consensus a few moments ago.
52. Israel's position on the agenda item before us was set out by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yigal Allon, in his statement before the General Assembly on 7 Octob…
As a matter of principle, Israel sincerely supports any legitimate and justified action aimed at eliminating racial discrimination and we wish to say that respect for human dignity isaxiomaticin the way of life of our people. That is why my country has endeavoured to eliminate any form of distinctio…
Thank you, Mr. President, for permitting me to make a further statement in introducing this draft resolution.
4. I present to the Assembly draft resolution A/31/L.24, which has been submitted by the delegation of Israel under agenda item 29 and which reads as follows: 5. The draft resolution follow…
I do not wish at this moment to enter into any particular discussion of the substance of
121. We are wasting vast quantities of money, even taking into consideration only the direct fmancial implications of each of these debates, which run into millions of dollars, just in order to hear the Arab re…
I reject out of hand the statement just made by the Libyan representative, allegedly on behalf of the Arab group of States, which negates the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and, above/ all,the principle of the universality of this Organization.
129. The credentials of the Israeli d…
In speaking on draft resolutions A to E, in paragraph 17 of document A/31/333, Ishallrefer, in particular, to draft resolutions D and E. These two draft resolutions not only contain information that completely disregards and contradicts the true state of affairsobtaining in the area, but, as draft r…
For the first time in the history of the United Nations an ad hoc committee of the General Assembly has set out deliberately to distort the history of the Arab-Israel conflict, a history with which this Organi- zation has been intimately involved, and to turn the clock back for the purpose of rewrit…
My delegation has made its position quite clear in the course of this discussion and on other occasions on Israel's attitude towards apartheid. In the words of my Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yigal Allon, to this General Assembly,
"Racism and racial discrimination, in …
It is regrettable that, instead of being able to achieve consensus on a subject which calls for such consensus, it has again this year not been possible to do so because of the injection by the Arab delegations of irrelevancies into the debate and of a diloordant note which is the invariable result …
My delegation has supported draft resolution A/31/L.5. Our support of the draft resolution must be regarded as beingwithout prejudice to a more thorough study by us of the practical implications of the applicability of paragraph 4.
In the light of the many distortions u+"ered in the course of the debate on the item before us, coupled with conscious attempts to subvert the ongoing peace process, I am left with no alternative but to exercise my right of reply.
186. To address myse!f to all the charges a."ld slanders which have …
I wish merely to refer to the disclaimer made by the representative of Kuwait to this body.
176. I have two documents here: one is an excerpt from Africa, No. 56, dated April 1976, in which, on page 98, there is a detailed analysis of the Kuwaiti involvement in Lonrho, Ltd.; the other is The Times …
I do not intend to answer all the remarks made by the Arab representatives in reply to me. It is quite obvious that I have uncovered a very touchy nerve and the violent, obsessive reaction of some of the Arab delegations to my remarks is indicative of how very vulnerable they are. As I said in my sp…
