New Zealand

Mr. Francis S/33/PV.1 Sept. 19, 1978

Mr. President, may r first of all congratulate you on your unanimous election as President of this session of the United Nations General Assembly. The acclaim with which your election was greeted does honour to you and to your country. I know that under your leadership and skilled guidance our work …

Mr. Templeton A/32/PV.82 Nov. 25, 1977

In his statement at the beginning of the thirty-second session [26th meet- ingj, the Foreign Minister of New Zealand stressed the importance which my Government attaches to an early start in the negotiation of a Middle East settlement. He said that, to b~ constructive, negotiations must include all …

Mr. Templeton S/32/PV.64 Nov. 9, 1977

My delegation 179. During the last few weeks, we had on repeated views with deep regret the lack of progress in the last two occasions expressed OUT desire to take part in the dis- ye2r8 on the question of Cyprus and the fact that once cussions concerning the elaboration of a draft resolution. again…

Mr. Templeton A/32/PV.57 Nov. 4, 1977

New Zealand's attitude to the draft resolutions before the Assembly is determined by the fact that we Imd totally unacceptable South Africa's continued refusal to fulfil the demands of the United Nations in relation to Namibia, and in particular to implement the conditions set out in Security Counci…

Mr. Talboys A/32/PV.26 Oct. 10, 1977

Mr. President, I off~r you my warmest congratulations on your election as President of this Assembly. It is at once a notable mark of confidence in you personally and a timely acknowledge- ment of your country's standing in the world community. 76. We welcome as new Members the Republic of Djibouti…

Mr. Templeton S/31/PV.100 Dec. 15, 1976

It is an honour and a pleasure to introduce, on behalf of a large number of sponsors, draft resolution A/31/L,32 and Add.1 by which the Assembly is asked to admit the Independent State of Western Samoa as the one hundred and forty-seventh Member of the United Nations. I am confident that it will do …

Mr. Templeton A/31/PV.58 Nov. 9, 1976

In view of New Zealand's strong opposition to the policy of apartheid, my delegation would have much preferred to support all the draft resolutions submitted for consideration by the Gen- eral Assembly on this occasion. We were glad in fact to be able to support the resolution on the Transkei adopte…

Mr. Templeton A/31/PV.51 Nov. 2, 1976

It gives my delegation no Satisfaction to speak yet once again in the annual debate on this item, first placed on our agenda 24 years ago. Since the Charter first laid down as.a principal purpose of the United Nations the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to r…

Mr. Francis A/33/PV.50 Dec. 19, 1966

In my ~apacity as' chairman for this month of the group of West~rn European and other States, I have been asked to inform you, Mr. PreSident, and all other members of the General Assembly that there are three candidates from that group for the two vacancies in the Security Council to be ftIled from …

Sir Leslie MUNRO S/PV.692 March 4, 1955

Je suis entierement d'accord avec ceux de mes collegues qui ont manifeste leur profonde inquie- tude devant les regrettables incidents dont le Conseil est saisi aujourd'hui. Bien entendu, notre examen se limite. pour le moment, ala premiere des deux questions inscrites a l'ordre du jour. D'autre par…

Sir Leslie MUNRO S/PV.692 March 4, 1955

I am in full agreement with my colleagues who have expressed grave .concern at the unhappy events which have today been brought to the attention of the Council. At this stage, we are of course considering only the first of the two items on our agenda. It is true that the Egyptian complaint has yet t…

Mr. Munro S/PV.674 June 18, 1954

As the represen- tative of a small country in the Pacific vitally concerned in the present problem, I feel impelled to make sorne brief remarks following the President's important state- ment, and 1 ask this question: why does the represen- tative of the Soviet Union, almost in the same breath, accu…

Mr. Munro S/PV.666 April 12, 1954

The Security Council is dealing with an important matter, but 1 do '1ot think that by prolonging the discussion at this hour we are advancing towards a decision. 177. We have had the advantage of listening to important observations by the representatives of China and Lebanon. 1 de not wish to preju…