Our presence here today is, for my delegation and my country, cause for some celebration. This is the thirtieth anniversary of our first participation in the General Assembly. Upon the attainment of our independence in 1968, the father of the nation, the then Prime Minister Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam…
My delegation is very pleased to associate itself with the draft resolution introduced by the Permanent Representative of France on cooperation between the United
Mauritius, a founding member of the ACTC, welcomes the important progress made to date in the relations between the United Nations and t…
Mr. President, I have the distinct honour and privilege on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations upon your election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. Your election to this office is a fitting tribute to your personal qualities and …
I would like at the outset, Sir, to convey to you the congratulations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month, along with our appreciation for the excellent manner in which its work has been conducted so far. I would also like to thank your predecessor for…
I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and to commend you for your very able leadership. My delegation’s appreciation also goes to your predecessor, Ambassador Wisnumurti, for his excellent stewardship of the Council las…
I join all those who have gone before me in congratulating you, Sir, on behalf of Mauritius, on your accession to the office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. I also thank Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal for his skilful stewardship of the fiftieth session.
Hearing a…
Mauritius signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in April 1969 and wishes to re-emphasize its total commitment to the
Mauritius shares the disappointment of many Member States on the limited progress achieved so far on the issue of nuclear disarmament and the overemphasis pla…
It is with much pleasure and great satisfaction that I join the previous speakers who have already congratulated the President on his election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. The participation of his country, Portugal, at the United Nations has always been active a…
My delegation wishes to explain its change of vote on the draft resolution entitled "Israeli nuclear armament". The delegation of Mauritius voted in favour of the draft resolution in the First Committee because it attaches great importance to the issue of non-proliferation and has always strongly su…
On behalf of the Mauritius delegation, it is my pleasure and privilege to extend to Mr. Insanally our heartiest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty- eighth session. We wish to assure him and members of his Bureau of our full cooperation and support in th…
The delegation of Mauritius would have voted
against the seventh preambular paragraph of the draft resolution if a separate
vote had been requested, but it will vote in favour of the draft resolution as
a whole.
I have the honour, on behalf of the Group
of African States at the United Nations, to express our sincere condolences to
the Government and people of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on the death
of Mr. Kaysone Phomvihane, the late President of the Lao People's Democratic
Republic. Our s., p…
Allow me
first of all to welcome His Excellency Mr. Frederick Chiluba, the President of
the Republic of Zambia, who honours the General Assembly, and the African
Group in particular, with his presence among us this morning.
We are pleased with the constant strengthening and dynamic evolution of
…
It is indeed a great honour and privilege
for me to address this Assembly today. I should like, on behalf of the
Government of Mauritius, to congratulate the United Nations for having taken
the laudable initiative of convening, for the first time in its history, a
series of special plenary meeti…
First, permit me, Sir, to congratulate you most heartily on your assumption of the presidencyof the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly.
3. The founding fathers of the United Nations reserved the presidency of the Assembly for Powers other than the big Powers, yet the Federal Republic of G…
I bring to the representatives and the United Nations the warm greetings of the people of Mauritius.
3. May I, on behalf of the Government and people of Mauritius and on my own behalf, sincerely congratulate you, Mr. President, on being elected to preside over the present session. It is our earnest…
Mr. Presi- dent, your election to the presidency of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly deserves my sincere congratulations. Your long experience in diplomacy, gov- ernment and journalism, combined with your knowledge of theUnited Nations, make you eminently suited to that high office. …
The Assembly will recall that on the morning of 19 October I made a statement on item 91, that is, the question of Namibia [37th meeting]. On the same afternoon at a time when I was occupied elsewhere my colleague and friend, Ambassador Barton of Canada, referred to my statement and made: some remar…
In the summer ofl?\St year it became clear that the struggle of the Namibian people for freedom and independence had reached a decisive phase. The South West African People's Organization [SWAPO! had demonstrated that it commanded the support of the vast majority of the people. It had greatly mtensi…
Mr. Presi- dent, I should like to congratulate you on your election as President of this thirty-second session of the General Assembly. As a representative of the non-aligned group of nations, with long years of service at the United Nations, you are eminently qualified to understand the problems wh…
