It was with deep humility and a profound sense of history and its obligations that I accepted the invitation to 'address this Assembly at this particular moment in the struggle againstapartheid and for the final liberation of southern Africa. Even as we meet here, we feel the presence of the spirits…
The Jamaican delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/32/L.39 which has just been adopted by the General Assembly.
59. At the thirty-fust session of the Assembly my delega- tion expressed some reservation about elements of balance in the recommendations submitted by the Committee on the Exe…
The General Assembly is considering the issue of apartheid at a time when recent developments have inte~sified international attention and concern regarding the problems of white racism in southern Africa, and in particular in the main bastion of racism, South Africa. The problem is not new, but its…
I would begin by expressing on behalf of my delegation our profound regret at the death of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates.
150. Once again the Assembly rmds itself debating the question of Namibia, a question which has-been before it since 1946. Eleven years a…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to express our warmest congratula- tions to Mr. Mojsov on his election to the Presidency of the thirty-second session of the United Nations General As- sembly. It is a fitting recognition of his outstanding qualities of leadership and enlightened grasp of in…
My delegation abstained in the vote on the draft resolution.
13. In examining reports on matters related to the Palestine question, my delegation is concerned with the basic issue of the rights of both parties directly concerned, namely, those of the Palestinian people and those of the State of Isr…
My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Harriman of Nigeria for his very able conduct of the work of the Special Committee against Apartheid, and record our appreciation of the excellent work done by the Committee over the past year. Once again the Committee has approached its task of guiding t…
As chairman of the Latin American group, I have the honour to inform the Assembly that with regard to the four vacancies on the Economic and Social Council for the Latin American group, the following are the five candidates, in alphabeti- cal order. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Saint Lucia and Venezue…
In the spring of 1978, when it was announced that South Africa had accepted the Western plan for the independence of Namibia, there were many doubts about the sincerity of the racist regime of South Africa. The record over the past three years of negotiations, consultations and talks with the South …
