Many years ago, I pro~ posed in the Assembly that policy statements should be limited to 20 to 2S minutes. I have attempted and will attempt today to do that. The full text of my speech will be distributed to members of the Assembly. I have an abridged version which I will deliver, and the reading t…
We have before us draft resolution A/38/L,16, which was introduced so ably at the 83rd meeting by the representative of Costa Rica. The draft resolution, entitled "International Year of Peace", brings to mind the many worthy causes for which, in the past, international years have been pro- claimed b…
The representa- tive of Venezuela, as Chairman of the Group of 77, has already expressed the position of that Group. My delegation wishes to stress a few points, as we consider the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade to be the most important subject bef…
For the third time this year the United Nations is debating the situation in Afghanistan. In that span of time nothing in that historically troubled country has changed; it remains in the iron grip of foreign forces. 2. Two reasons are invoked for the presence of foreign troops in the sovereign and …
My delegation joins our colleagues in congratulating you, Sir, on your unani- mous election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly.Your election isa tributetoyoursterling personal q~alitie~ and an honour to your great country. whoserole In the internaticnal communityhasbeen…
Since I am the last speaker in this debate, it behoves me to summarize in a nutshell what I believe is the perspective that we have obtained by listening to the statements delivered here by our colleagues. I am happy to note the positive statements that have been made, which give us hope that the ne…
Sir it gives me great pleasure, oJ! behalf of President Marc~s, to add my own c0!1!?ratulatlons t? those already expr~s~ed here by the Minister for For~lgn Affairs of the Philippines on your
e~ec~l<;>n as President of this Assembly. Your election signifies t~e lnternational community's recognition …
Mr. President.' it is with a deep sense of satisfaction th,at I add my VOice to the swelling chorus of congratulations t? you on your election as President. With your electIOn the wo~ld affiLms the validity of the United Nations as the par~La ment of man, where every nation, weak or str~ng, nch or …
As a member of the Special Committee against Apartheid from its very inception, my delegation voted in favour of and supported all the resolutions on apartheid as testimony of the Philippines' abiding support for and fidelity to the interna- tional campaign for the elimination of the inhuman and ana…
In the Fifth Committee my delegation abstained in the vote on draft resolution 11 A originally submitted by the delegation of Cuba because we felt that operative paragraph 1 did not contain certain relevant points which we thought should be included. However, with the amend- ments of the Mexican del…
The General Assembly addresses itself anew to the situation in Namibia. One cannot fail to note that, with the South African apartheid regime having held unilateral elections in Namibia from 4 to 8 December 1978 in contravent:.)n and defiance of Security Council resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978)…
The Philippine delega- tion wishes to reiterate the position it took at the 26th meeting of the Fifth Committee regarding the question of principle involved in the payment of an honorarium to the President of the Third United Conference on the Law of the Sea.
121. The terms of reference of the Conf…
I am privileged to partici- pate in this fateful dialogue and I have delayed my departure to return to my duties as Foreign Minister of the Philippines because of this discussion and knowing that UNCTAD will be held in Manila. I wish to extend a warm welcome to everybody in advance.
54. However, I …
Mr. President, my dele- gation sincerely appreciates the felicitous way in which you have expressed the consensus of the General Assembly. I shall not fail to convey, as y.ou desire, its deepest gratitude for the invitation to hold the opening ceremony and general debate of the thirty-third session …
My delegation explained its position on the question of East Timor during the deliberations on this item in the Fourth Committee.7 It is necessary to reiterate that position before the General Assembly.
125. My delegation believes in the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determi…
Wc are meeting at a crucial state in the international campaign for the eradi- cation ofapartheid, which from the time it came into being has deprived the black man of all fundamental human rights and dignity and has made him a victim of oppression by the racist minority regime in South Africa.
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Mr. President, allow me first of all to extend to you the felicitations of my delegation on your highly-deserved election to the presi- dency of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. Your distinguished career as a diplomat in the service of your country, in advancing the principle of no…
At this moment of tragedy and sorrow for the people of Turkey, permit me, as the Personal Representative of the President of the Philip- pines, to express the profound sympathy of the Govern- ment and people of the Philippines for the victims of the disastrous earthquakes that have struck their coun…
My Government would like to express its gratification over the Security Council's unanimous recommendation for the re-election of Secre- tary-General Kurt Waldheim which has just been endorsed, alsounanimously, by the General Assembly.
102. The votes in the Security Council and in the General Assem…
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/31/L.20 and Add.l in the hope that the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the People of Palestine would serve as a catalyst and help to bring about the early convening of the Geneva Peace Conference on the Middle E…
