This is the first time the General
Assembly has taken up the issue of disability in plenary meetings. We applaud
the fact that it is doing so now and consider it to be a recognition by the
international community of the urgency and acuteness of this pressing
problem. The presence among us of rep…
The question of Palestine and the closely related problem of"the Middle East have been on the agenda of the General Assembly for a long time. The Middle East- ern region again and again attracts the attention of the world community because the events taking place there are causing justified alarm an…
Last year the Gen- eral Assembly observed the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples as a major achievement of the United Nations and adopted the Plan of Action for its full implementation [resolution 35/118. annex].
89. Since the …
The fact that this is the third time in a single
year that the General Assembly has discussed the ques- tion of Namibia indicates in itself the acute nature of that problem and the urgent need for its solution.
92. Notwithstanding the will and the demands expressed by the international community, …
At the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly, on the initiative of a group of countries that included Mongolia, the question of peace, stabilit~ and co-opera- tion in South-East Asia was discussed. Today the General Assembly is again taking up that question to which the Mongolian delegation a…
The fo:-:::es of imperialism, hegemonism and re- action have unleashed a broad-ranging political campaign about the so-called problem of Kampuchea, which they artificially created in order to cover up their true designs against the people of Kampuchea and other peoples of Indo-China.
2. The politic…
Please accept my congratulations, Sir, on your election to the high position of President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. My delega- tion is confidentthat your great personal experience of the work of the United Nations will ensure the success of this session.
54. The Mongolian…
Exactly 10 days ago. speaking on behalf of the group of Asian States on the admission of the Republic of Vanuatu to the United Nations [1st meeting]. I stated that the time was near when other peoples still deprived of their right to self-determination would exercise their inalienable right to freed…
At the last session of the General Assembly, on the initiative of the Soviet Union and a number of other countries, resolution 35/8 was adopted, entitled "Histor- ical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations". On the initiative of Zaire and a large …
Quite recently, the world community marked the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the historic Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The 20 years that have gone by since then have been marked by major victories for those peoples who have fought for th…
Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you sincerely on your unanimous election to the lofty post of Presidentof the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I am sure that your many talents and rich experiencewill helpyou to make a valuable contribution to the work of this session.
99. I would also j…
This session of the General Assembly has once again had imposed upon it a discussion of the so-called question of "the situation in Afghanistan". The delega- tion of the "Mongolian People's Republic has repeatedly explained its position of princi.ple on this question. The consideration of this quest…
The General Assembly has embarked upon the discussion of one of the important political items on its agenda: the question of Cyprus.
92. For several years now, this item has been on the agenda of the General Assembly as well as that of the Security Council. The United Nations has devoted a consider…
The Government of the Mongolian People's Republic and the Mongolian people sincerely approve the decision of the General Assembly to declare 1979 as the International Year of the Child, as an expression of the concern of the international community and of all people of goodwill to further the happin…
Mr. Presi- dent, first ofall, permit me, on behalfof the Mongolian delegation, to extend to you our most sincere congratu- lations on your well-deserved election as President of the thirty-fourth session ofthe General Assembly. Like previous speakers, we consider this unanimous elec- tion a worthy t…
At the last session of the General Assembly, following the consideration of the question of apartheid, as wellas at previous sessions, the General Assembly adopted a whole series of resolutions condemning South Africa for the situation created in southern Africa, calling upon it to put an end to the…
Sir, permit me first ofall tojoin the previous speakers in congratulating you personally on your election to the high post of President of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that under your able and experienced guidance the Assembly will be able to ac- complish its tas…
The item which is being currently discussed in this Assembly relates purely to the internal affairs of a sovereign State, one of the full-fledged Members of our Organization. At the very outset, my delegation would like to reiterate its position of principle that the discussion of the situation in K…
Today the General Assembly is considering one of the most important items on its agenda, the question of Palestine, which is at the core of a com- prehensive and just settlement of the Middle East conflict as a whole. The lack of a solution to this matter has caused concern among those to whom the g…
Thirty years ago, on 10 December 1948, the General Assembly solemnly adopted the Universal Decla- ration of Human Rights, which was one of the first international legal documents to enshrine social, economic, political and civil human rights.
133. The provisions of the Declaration, and also the var…
