Let me first congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November.
I am happy to have the opportunity to address the Council on the important matter before it today. As a substantial contributor of troops to peace-keeping operatio…
I wish to thank the President of the Security Council for his presentation of the annual report of the Council to the General Assembly.
The report is testimony to the dramatically increased activities of the Council in recent years. It gives a clear indication of its heavy and ever-increasing workl…
In the Netherlands, the working definition of a family is "a living unit in which the
care and the upbringing of the child takes place". We attach great importance to the breadth of this definition and to the concept of "living unit". Government policies and specific measures may affect these livin…
As the hour is late I shall be brief.
My delegation welcomed the establishment of the Open-ended Working Group on the question before us, and I wish to thank its Chairman, Ambassador Insanally and the Vice-Chairmen, Ambassadors Breitenstein and Chew, for their tireless efforts and laudable contribu…
First of all, I should like to extend congratulations to the President on his election.
My colleague Foreign Minister Kinkel, on behalf of the European Union, has just given a broad overview of our approach to the United Nations. The great challenges which the United Nations faces today are well su…
Almost precisely a year ago, on 23 November 1992, I had the honour of addressing the Assembly on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council.
On that occasion I said that the Netherlands would welcome a broad international discussion on the Sec…
There is every reason for the problem of drugs to be high on the agenda of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Drug trafficking and drug use are undermining internal order in numerous countries throughout the world, and international criminal organizations use methods which constitute a dire…
The Permanent Court of Arbitration is the oldest intergovernmental institution in existence that is dedicated to the task of resolving disputes between States. It was established in 1899 by the first Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Since it has its seat in The …
First of all, please convey to His Excellency, Ambassador Insanally, my congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty- eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. This session of the General Assembly is being held at a point in time in which the United Nations is being as…
It is my honour to address the
Assembly today, in my capacity as Chairman of the Netherlands Council of the
Disabled and as a member of the Netherlands delegation to the forty-seventh
session of the United Nations, on the occasion of the conclusion of the United
Nations Decade of Disabled Person…
It is a great pleasure to see you,
Sir, a youthful symbol of a profoundly changed Bulgaria, in the Chair. I know
and trust that you will steer us skilfully through this session of the General
Assembly.
The cold war is over. The world has heaved a sigh of relief. The United
Nations now has an un…
I have the hon- our and privilege of reading to the Assembly the follow- ing message from Her Royal Highness Princess JUliana, former Queen of the Netherlands. Honorary Chairman of the Netherlands National Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons:
"In this Year. a genuine awareness …
The Netherlands fully subscribes to the common explanation of vote of the 10 member States of the European Community made by the representative of the United Kingdom. With this in mind, my delegation wishes to explain our national point of view on the draft resolutions in somewhat greater de- tail.
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I have the honour of making the following statement on behalf of the 10 member States of the European Community.
121. The United Nations has a particular responsi- bility for Namibia. The world community has repeat- edly indicated that the illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa must be broug…
The repre- sentative of Luxembourg gave an explanation of vote on behalf of the nine members of the European Com- munity, which my delegation of course fully endorses. In view of the particular concern which the policies of apartheid arouse in my country, I should like to explain in somewhat more de…
Let me begin by expressing the deep sorrow and grief of my delegation at the passing of the President of the Conference on the Law of the Sea. His leadership was outstanding, and his presence will be deeply missed as we near the end of the Conference.
31. It is a source of great satisfaction to my …
Again this year the General Assembly will discuss apartheid against the background of continuing danger to peace and stability in southern Africa. Ongoing negotiations about Namibia and Southern Rhodesia still hold out hope for a peaceful transition to independence and genuine ma- jority rule for th…
The Permanent Representative of France has already given an explanation of vote on behalf of the nine members of the European Community with regard to the resolutions the General Assembly has adopted. My delegation will therefore make only a brief statement to explain its vote on those draft resolut…
The Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany has just set out the views of the nine countries of the European Communities and has therefore also set forth the views of my country. Because of the importance of this subject, however, my delegation wishes also to make a national stat…
At the outset, I wish to reaffirm the faith of the Government and people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the principles and ideals of the United Nations. The political and economic relevance of this Organization in the world situation of today stands beyond doubt.
289. The thirty-third session…
