We are pleased to extend to you, Mr. Presi- dent. at the very outset of our statement the congratulations of the delegation of Mauritania on your election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. Your unanimous election is a tribute to an experienced diplomat, but it is also…
On behalf of my Government, and also on my own behalf, I should like to convey to Ambas- sador Salim A. Salim our warm congratulations upon his unanimous election to the presidency of this ses- sion. That election is the eloquent testimony of the international community to his competence, his sense …
Mr. President, I cannot begin my statement without first extending to you the warm congrat- ulations of the Mauritanian delegation on your election al. President of the thirty-third session of the General As- sembly. Familiar as I am with your experience and your human and intellectual qualities, I …
The question of the Middle East that we are discussing today is a problem that, on the one hand, can be considered of great simplicity and, at the same time, is of obvious complexity. The complexity flows from the fact that Israel's very presence in the Middle East region is a part of a global strat…
The events which over the last twn years have distinguished the international political situation by their importance and significance, have undoubtedly given a new impetus to our Organization and invigorated its activities in the search for lasting solutions to the many problems which continue to t…
I beg the Assembly's pardon for prolonging the debate yet a few minutes more..
416. I am sincerely delighted at the courteous but firm tone of my hrother, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria. I say "my brother" because one does not choose one's brothers; one chooses one's friends. I wish ve…
There is a Mauritanian proverb which says: "If you are being stoned, blame the thrower, not the stones." Therefore, I shall not take the trouble to reply to my colleague from Benin.
369. On the other hand, I should like to reply to the points raised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, w…
The question which our Assembly is now con- sidering is important for more than one reason. It is important, first of all, because for more than 30 years it has been before our Organization. DUring this entire period the United Nations had made every effort and used almost all resources available to…
I would like to stress the satisfaction that our delegation feels in participating in the debate on such an important and delicate question.
14. This feeling of satisfaction is very understandable because. as an African country, Mauritania and its delega-
15. Thefact that this matter hasnow come d…
We have heard a statement by the representative of Algeria which essentially praised two features of the position of the Algerian Government. What are those two features? First, that the position of the Algerian Govern- ment has never varied on the question of the Sahara. Let us take a closer look a…
Sir, I could not go to the substance of my statement without ftrst expressing to you my sincerest congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-fust session of the United Nations General Assembly. Over and above the tribute paid to your eminent personal qualities, this election also be…
The question of the Middle East is regularly discussed at every session of the General Assembly. Numerous resolutionshave been adopted; many moves have been made and appeals uttered; but Israel's arrogant stubbornness is still there, like a stumbling-block to all the peace efforts undertaken by the …
There are few subjects as disturbing and revolting as that which we are dis- cussing today; the indescribable policy of apartheid of the ruling minority in South Africa.
104. Today, 37 years after the crushing of fascism in the sall!e year as our Organization was born, the world described as civili…
The thirtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which we are observing today, provides me· with a welcome opportunity to reaffirm on behalf of the Arab group of States our profound faith in the principles enshrined in the Declaration and our conviction that universal respect …
