The United Nations has not thus far commemorated the anniversaries of the wars that have ravaged mankind in the contemporary era. It is busy enough dealing with current wars and conflicts, which, unfortunately, daily take a heavy toll in human lives and cause the widespread destruction of what the h…
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (A/49/356) entitled “Economic assistance to States affected by the implementation of the Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)”. I should like to make a few …
The plenary of the General Assembly offers us today its generous framework to debate one of the items of utmost importance at the forty-ninth session: the Agenda for Development. In this context, my delegation wants to express its appreciation of everything that has been done to open the way this ye…
By a happy coincidence, the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development took place in 1994 — the year marking the passage of two decades since the first World Population Conference, which was held in Bucharest in August 1974, and the 25 years of existence of the United Nations Popul…
The agenda item “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe” offers this session good cause for satisfaction. The Secretary-General’s report (A/49/529), dated 17 October 1994, is an illustrative expression of the mutually beneficial and reinforcin…
My delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolution A/49/L.14/Rev.1, because of similar and even identical concerns to those already mentioned, particularly by the representative of Germany, on behalf of the European Union.
I am referring in particular to paragraph 22 on lifting the embargo o…
The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 1993,
The Romanian Government is grateful to the Agency and its member States possessing high technology in the peaceful application of nuclear energy for the various forms of assistance they have provided. For our programme on the pea…
On behalf of the Government of Romania, I wish to express our deepest sympathy to the
Romania has been following with hope and an intense sense of solidarity the courageous efforts of the Republic of Moldova aimed at forging a democratic society and building a market economy. The recent calamities …
I am not a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, but it is a privilege and a great honour for me to speak under agenda item
It is already well known, but I would like to stress once again in this Hall, that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is the oldest institution in the world whos…
Let me first express the profound compassion of our Government, our people and ourselves, the members of the Romanian Mission to the United Nations, for the innocent victims of the natural disaster that hit Colombia.
It is with deep emotion that we celebrate today the return of South Africa to the …
We welcome the endeavours of regional organizations to enhance their level of cooperation and consultation with the United Nations to the extent to which such cooperation can bring a real contribution in support of United Nations activities. It is in that spirit that we supported the draft resolutio…
It has been said many times that the United Nations should be reformed, and the item that we are discussing now is only a part of this much- needed process aimed at better adapting our half-century-old world Organization to the problems that will face the world during the next century.
An agenda it…
The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 1992 and the statement made by Mr. Hans Blix on the Agency’s activities in 1993 give us a reassuring image of the positive role played by the IAEA in the development of international cooperation for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy a…
I wish on behalf of the Romanian Government to convey our best wishes to all participants in these important meetings of the General Assembly devoted to the problem of drug abuse and drug trafficking. We are most favourably impressed by the international community’s efforts and by the firm commitmen…
There can be no doubt that today "transition" is the key word that defines the process that my country, along with others, is undergoing. The inclusion in the agenda of the General Assembly of an item on countries in transition exemplifies the Assembly’s capacity to respond swiftly to the concerns o…
The formal coordination of the activities of the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) is a new subject that undoubtedly deserves to be inscribed on the evolving agenda of the General Assembly.
However, I feel that in fact such coordination did not begin wit…
The United Hations Conference on Environment
and Development (UHCED), held in Rio de Janeiro last June, met an imperative
need for a reorientation of development strategies in order to ensure global
(Mr. Egeland. Horway)
In Rio we all became more aware of the conflict that has arisen between,
o…
Before making
my statement, I should like to extend my people's heartfelt sympathy to the
Egyptian people in their suffering.
I should like to express my thanks for the invitation to participate in
this work and to say how delighted I am to have this opportunity to meet so
many of my colleagues…
This solemn moment in the life of the Organiza- tion offers me the unique opportunity and the signal ho- nour of extending, in my capacity as chairman of the group of Eastern European States for this month. heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for complete success in the fulfilment of his lofty…
The Romanian delegation is saddened course which might be prejudicial to, or influence, by the untimely death ofthe Permanent Representative negotiations, and we therefore believe that we must . of Mongolia, Mr. Narkhuu, and wishes to expreoSs it~ support the Secretary-General in his efforts and giv…
