On this historic day, Madagascar shares the joy and pride of the South African people. It is a new South Africa that we congratulate today upon regaining, or more exactly taking, its place in this forum. South African brothers, your brothers and neighbours in Madagascar welcome you most warmly.
Our…
The adoption by consensus of draft resolution A/48/L.53 shows that the whole international community remains deeply concerned over the critical situation of developing countries which are the victims of natural disasters. This decision reflects once again the expression of international solidarity e…
The
evolution of the situation in South Africa still makes us hold our breath and
continues to worry us.
We welcomed the launching of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa
(CODESA) and found hope in the results of the referendum in which, for the
first time, the white population, who hav…
The
notion of post-cold-war detente is so common now that it is at risk of
becoming completely hackneyed. It is by referring to this "ending of
antagonisms", which for us is a synonym of hope for the freedom of peoples,
peace and prosperity, that people try to convince us of the obsolescence of
…
A study of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the·Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on its work during its last session [A/38/23] shows that the praiseworthy efforts to achieve the objectives of the De…
Mr. President, it is my privilege to address to you today, on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, our warm congratulations and sincere
wishe5 for s,uccess. We know your talents as a jurist and a diplomat and your qualities as a statesman which you have so often and so successfully used…
The question of Namibia has been a matter of grave concern to the United Nations since its establishment. Despite its continuous efforts to include Namibia in the world of the second part of the twentieth century, in accordance with the princi- ple of the equality of rights of peoples and their righ…
For reasons connected essentially with difficulties ofcommunication between my country and New York, my delegation was unable to sub- scribe in due time to document A/37/563 of 22 Octo- ber 1982, containing reservations originally formli~ated by 43 delegations in connection with the credentials of t…
My delegation does not usually exercise its right of reply in order to develop it$ arguments; indeed, in my 20 years' experience of the United Nations, this is but the second time that I have personally made use of this right, and I do so this time to highlight the inaccuracies, omissions and false …
Some delegations, including that of Is- rael, are behaving in the present debate as though the fate of the Palestinian people were not a subject of legitimate concern to the international community, as though by rec- ognizing the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people, by reaffirming …
The General Assembly, in its resolu- tion ES-8/2, demanded "the immediate commencement of the unconditional implementation of Security Council res- olution 435 (1978) without any prevarication, qualifica- tion or modification and not later than December 1981".
71. It goes without saying that the de…
Mr. President, the Republic of Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar enjoy very close re- lations, and therefore you will understand the special sat- isfaction we feel at seeing you preside over the work of the thirty-sixth ses~ion of the General Assembly. In you, Sir, we greet a representa…
Mr. President, the head of my delegation will convey to you official congratulationsftom my coun- try, but in my personal capacity I should like to voice my special satisfaction at seeing you preside over our work. We have known each other for a long time, and the brev- ity of my ~,'ords does not re…
Twenty years ago the Assembly adopted a resolution which was rapidly to take its place among the most important texts adopted by the United Na- tions. Resolution 1514 (XV) on the Declaration on .the Granting of Independenc... to Colonial Countries and Peoples owes its importance to the fact that it …
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution II, but if a separate vote had been held on operative paragraph 1, we would have ab- stained. as in fact we did in the Second Committee.
Mr. President, the head of the dele- gation ofMadagascar will ce11ainly have an opportunity to congratulate you officially on behalf of the Demo- c.ratie Republic of Madagascar on your unanimous elec- tion as President of the General Assembly. However, may Itake advantage ofour long and faithful fri…
The case against apartheid is no 105. The recommendation of the Special Committee
lo~ger to b~ mad~. Theref?re, l~t us ~ot d~ell on. the .: against Apartheid for an international campaign to im- odIOUS manifestations of this policy which, like nazism, - pose total sanctions against South Africa [se…
My delegation welcomes the special interest in economic matters' shown by the States Members of our Organization during the present session. We also welcome the fact that development problems and problems of international co-operation are being directly examined by the General Assembly in its plenar…
· Generally speaking, our annual assessment of the world situation requires that we reaffirm the aims of the Charter, analyse the means that have been used to achieve those objectives and redefine our priorities, if necessary.
236. One might be tempted to say that this is, in fact, a repetitive, if…
Mr. President, the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar is particularly gratified at your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. Your great experience in international affairs as well as the committed and decisive role…
