Next year the United Nations, the only global multilateral forum, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. This historic occasion will offer the international community an important opportunity to draw lessons from the past and to engage in an in-depth exchange of views on the role which our Organiz…
Once again the General Assembly is called upon to consider the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed against the Republic of Cuba. As we all know, that embargo, which dates back more than 30 years, has had an enormous effect on the living standards of the vast ma…
First, I am very pleased to convey to the President my warmest congratulations on his election to preside over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His wide experience and knowledge of international affairs, his well-known wisdom and patience are guarantees of success in the many difficu…
The General Assembly’s consideration over more than four decades of the South African Government’s policy of apartheid is this year entering its crucial phase. Undoubtedly, the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be well within reach. However, much remains to be done.
At their meeting held at U…
In its wisdom, the General Assembly last year adopted by consensus resolution 47/62, on the question of equitable representation on and
During this new era, as we witness the emergence of new power structures and a large increase in the number of Members of our Organization, it is fitting that the …
The convening of high-level plenary meetings to examine the status of international cooperation against the illicit production, sale, demand, traffic and distribution of narcotics and psychotropic substances is a clear reflection of how seriously the international community is approaching this impor…
First of all, I would like on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to congratulate you, Sir, most warmly on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its forty-eighth session. We are familiar with your great diplomatic skil…
Sixteen years have passed since the General Assembly adopted resolution 2145 (XXI), ending South Africa's ~andate over Namibia, and four years haye passed smce the Security Council adopt_ed resolution 435 (1978), con- firming the United Nat10ns _rlan for the _settlement _of
the Namibian problem, bu…
The information given by the representative of Costa Rica, which he claims comes from the so-<.;alled IMF yearbook seems rather far-fetched to us because in his second statement the representative of Costa Rica mentioned the name of my country. Everyone knows that my country isa land- locked country…
The question of Pal- estine has been on the agenda of the General Assembly . since the very inception of the United Nations, but be- cause of Zionist and imperialist manoeuvres it was taken up only from a strictly humanitarian point of view until very recently. In fact, this question has been consid…
The question of peace, sta- bility and co-operation in South-East Asia is an extremely important one not only for all the countries and peoples of the region, since it concerns and directly affects their present and future existence, but also for international peace and stability, inasmuch as South-…
It is not with gladness of heart that my delegation is speaking again this year at ~his rostrum to denounce the partial and illegal nature of the debate on the so-called situation in Kampuchea whic;h the General Assembly began yesterday following, as was the case in the two preceding years, the skHf…
To the great detri- ment of the United Nations, the General Assembly, as in the past two years, has just adopted a draft resolution on the so-called situation in Kampuchea. Thus, again, the international organization has committed a flagrant act of interference in the internal affairs of the Kampuch…
Mr. President, when I arrived here this morning I· noticed that the name of my delegation was inscribed first on the list of speakers. I regret very much that for reasons beyond my control I was unable to be here on time and that I wasted the valu- able time of the General Assembly. For the practica…
Fifteen years have elapsed since the General Assembly in resolution 2145 (XXI) terminated South Africa's Mandate over Namibia. Yet the illegal occupation of the Territory by the apartheid regime has none the less continued, and indeed seems to be consolidated and strengthened with each passing day. …
From time immemorial man has always had available to him in nature the basic re- sources to protect him from hunger, cold and disea.se. To- day, also, man cannot live or flou.rish other than by using for his benefit the numerous and abundant resources found in nature, and by being a part of nature. …
First of all I should like to add my voice to those of the speakers who preceded me at this rostrum in expressing, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People's Demo- cratic Republic, my great appreciation of the praise- worthy initiative of the delegation of the Soviet Union in submitting for con…
The head of my delegation will be extending our warm congratulations to you on your unanimous election as President of the present session ofthe General Assembly. But I take this opportunity to tell you personally how pleased I am to.see you presiding over our deliberations. I am convinced that, wit…
This is the third time in succession that the General Assembly, despite the firm opposition of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, has taken up the item on the so-called situation in Afghanistan and its consequences for international peace and security. This deplorable undertaking seriously vio-…
I should like to express the thanks of the delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic for this opportunity to participate in this debate on the problem of children, which is of particular importance to all of us. The fact that the General Assembly proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of…
