Allow me to begin by paying tribute to the people and Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina for their heroic stand against the genocidal aggression by the Serbs against them and against the culture and heritage of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
For over two years now, the international communi…
At the outset, I should like to pay tribute to the Government and people of Bosnia and Herzegovina for their steadfast resistance to the continued aggression against their country. My country has followed with growing sadness the tragedy that has been unfolding in Bosnia over the past 16 months. Suf…
The General Assembly, considers the question of Palestine at its current session, against the backdrop of radical changes on the international arena and in the Arab-
In our view, all this creates a climate that favours the redoubling of efforts in the search for a comprehensive, just and lasting se…
The narcotic trade is expanding on an international scale. Therefore the competent agencies engaged in combating drugs are intent upon alerting the world to the threat posed by the unprecedented spread of that trade. The prices of certain drugs, such as heroin, have actually dropped in some regions …
It is with pleasure that I convey to Your Excellency at the outset of my statement, our sincerest congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the forty-eighth session of the
On this occasion, I also wish to congratulate your predecessor for his effective guidance of the affairs of the Gen…
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allow me to condole with the brotherly people of Egypt over the catastrophe of >
the day before yesterday. We ask Almighty God to enable those who have lost
their near and dear to bear the loss and we declare our solidarity with the ,
Arab Republic of Egypt.
I have been listening, since …
The Palestinian people has been entitled to exercise its inalienable rights since 1948, when after the end of the Second World War Great Britain relinquished the Mandate for Palestine granted to it by the League of Nations. The Palestinian people had even been entitled to exercise these rights since…
The problem of Afghanistan is not the first to which the United Nations has been attaching particular importance and in connection with which it has adopted resolutions. This problem has been on the agenda of the Security Council and of the General Assembly, but a so- lution has not been found. In t…
Before beginning my statement I should like to congratulate the delegation of Antigua and Bar- buda on its admission to the United Nations.
r:/) The decision to include the item now before us in the agenda of the Assembly was made at the request of a number of countries of the third world. It is of…
In the preamble to the Universal Declara- tion er Human Rights, adopted on IQ December 1948, the General Assembly recognizes that the inherent dignity and the inalienable equal rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The preamble also r…
This is the second consecutive year which my delegation has had the pleasure to submit the General Assembly the draft resolution on the rep^ of IAEA, since Saudi Arabia is Chairman of the Ag( cy's Board of Governors. The draft resoluti [A/34/L.8] contains eight preambular paragraphs a eight operativ…
Yesterday we heard the representative of the Israeli entity speak on apartheid and on the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid [see 58th meeting, paras. 96-112].
176. As usual, and in imitation of his colleagues, he began defending the crimes of Israel by trying to level false accusati…
The day before yesterday the Assembly listened to the representative ofthe Israeli entity exercis~ ing his right of reply [28th meeting], in the course of which he falsified the facts when he spoke about Saudi Arabia and some of the brother Arab countries in con- nexion with the statement of His Roy…
I take your appeal into account, but this is a very important question. I speak
234. Forgive me, Mr. President; 1did not mean to be ru but I wanted to be emphatic.
233. Winding up, I appeal to everyone here te vote against the Italian amendment because it would open the door to many dangerous situ…
I will be brief, but not under any rule that sets limits for explanations of vote. One of your colleagues-I shall not name him-tried to stop me. He was wrong and I kept silent. Nobody can stop me when I am within my rights, with all due respect.
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I will be brief, but not under any rule that sets limits for explanations of vote. One of your colleagues-I shallnot name him-tried to stop me. He was wrong and I kept silent. Nobody can stop me when I am within my rights, with all due respect.
With all due respect and, I should add, affection for my friends from Italy, I am opposed to the Italian amendment with regard to human rights, because it would create a lot of trouble in the world, were we to adopt it. In order to be specific, instead of talking in the abstract: if this amendment s…
With all due respect and, I should add, affection for my friends from Italy, I am opposed to the Italian amendment with regard to human rights, because it would create a lot of trouble in the world, were we to adopt it. In order to be specific, instead of talking in the abstract: if this amendment s…
r wish to make a simple amendment to paragraph 1 (g) in section I of the
11. r believe there will be no differences-at least none of the alleged differences-between the Fifth Committee, representing the General Assembly, and the personnel of the United Nations. I thought that the Fifth Committee fi…
