Since 1992 the General Assembly has been considering the agenda item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, and its successive resolutions have called for ending the embargo. Although the call for ending the…
At the outset, Sir, let me extend to Mr. Opertti the felicitations of my delegation on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. We are confident that under his experienced leadership we will be able to achieve substantive progress in the deliberati…
The importance of agenda item 27, entitled “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin”, in international relations is reflected in the periodic consideration of this question by the General Assembly. The commitment of the international community to the question keeps aliv…
After the Second World War the United Nations was entrusted with the task of saving future generations from the scourge of war. The Organization has carried out this fundamental responsibility to the best of its ability, and with considerable success. With the end of the cold war, this task has take…
Allow me to begin by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko on his unanimous election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. His outstanding diplomatic skills and long experience in foreign affairs assure us that he will lead our deliberations at the present s…
On behalf of the Member States of the Group of Asian States, I wish to express our profound sadness over the passing of His Excellency President Amata Kabua, Head of State of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, on the morning of 20 December 1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
President Amata Kabua was the…
When the cold war ended and a new environment of inter-State relations emerged, the international community fervently hoped that the outstanding international issues left over from the cold-war period would be solved through negotiations and cooperation. This hope has been fulfilled in many regions …
May I begin by extending to Mr. Razali the warmest congratulations of the delegation of the Union of Myanmar on his most deserving election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. His election to that important office is no doubt a reflection of the high esteem in which his …
Half a century ago, intolerance among nations was at its peak, with certain nations trying to impose their will on others. As a result, a savage and violent war ensued and untold sorrow was brought upon mankind. Waking up to the vicious consequences of the lack of tolerance in inter-State relations,…
It gives me great pleasure to extend warm congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Myanmar and on my own behalf, to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. The diplomatic skills and experience he brings to his high offic…
The delegation of Myanmar is greatly disappointed by the continuation of the selective adoption of a country-specific resolution on Myanmar. It is a sad commentary on the work we do in the General Assembly that selectivity and double standards still prevail here.
It is clear to see that only throug…
At the outset, I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Samuel Insanally, President of the General Assembly at its forty-
Since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 47/181, the international community has been galvanized into refocusing its attention on the econom…
With its adoption of resolution 44/82 of 8 December 1989, the General Assembly proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family. This proclamation is important in that, by making it, the United Nations was for the first time drawing the attention of the international community to the special …
I should like to begin by expressing the satisfaction of the delegation of Myanmar at seeing you, Sir, preside over the high-level plenary meetings of the General Assembly on drug-abuse control. In your opening address to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth
In the past two decades the use of i…
I wish at the outset to extend to you, Sir, my congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. Your election reflects the Assembly’s full confidence in you. My delegation feels sure that we can count on your wide experience and personal skills to gu…
May I begin by extending to you. Sir, on behalf
of my delegation and on my own behalf, warmest congratulations on your
well-deserved election to the presidency of the United Nations General
Assembly at its forty-seventh session. We are confident that under your
leadership our deliberations will …
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolutions A to E.
257. Over. the many years that the question of Na- mibia has figured as a perennial item on the agenda of the Organization, Burma .has consistently advocated and striven for the speedy emergence ofan independent and sovereign State of Namib…
Mr. President, at the outset allow me to extend to you the walm congratulations of the delegation of Burma on your well-deserved election to the high office of the presidency of this Assembly. I need not add that my Foreign Minister will formally convey the congratulations of the delegation of Bunna…
My delegation voted in favour ~:lf the draft resolution, and we would like to reaffirm our positioL as expressed in the Third Committee, especially regarding operative paragraphs 6 and 12.1 0 39. Mr. VARGAS CAMPOS (Mexico) (interpretation from Spanish): The Mexican delegation wishes to place on reco…
I should like at the outset to convey to Mr. Lievano through you, Sir, the warm congratulations of the delegation of Burma on his election as President of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly, and to assure him of our full co-operation in the discharge of the responsibilities of his high…
