Thirty years of unsuccessful effort to secure a just and lasting peace in the region is sufficient evidence, if any were needed, of the complexity of the question. It is also undeniable proof of the fact that the approaches of the past have not brought about the desired objective. The historical ana…
Today it is the pleasant duty of the representative of the Republlc of Malta, the European country that is closest to Africa, on behalf of the group of Westem European and other States, to welcome the Republic of Angola and to extend to it our warmest congratulations on this happy occasion. 1 do so …
In an explanation of vote made this morning, reference was made to two statements in the general debate, and allegations made in one of them were repeated. I do not presume to speak on behalf of the Committee as a whole, but as one of its members and as its Rapporteur I, too, should like to be permi…
At the end of the debate on this item last year,7 I said that, after listening carefully to all parties to the dispute and with my delegation's best attempt at understanding the matter, I could not see that the arguments put forwa-d constituted a sufficient reason for delaying progress in negotiatio…
I have only a very short statement to make. In a spirit of solidarity wc supported the 10 draf L resolutions concerning apartheid. This, how- ever, does not necessarily mean that we agree with every single word or sentence contained in the preambular or
A long time ago I read Alan Paton's epic, cry the Beloved Country, and 1was shocked then, as I am now, that such an incredibly false philosophy as apartheid should be practised, much less endured. Yet year after agonized year has passed since then, year after year have we from this rostrum denounced…
