Please permit me to begin by expressing,
on behalf of the Sierra Leone delegation, profound condolences to the
Government and people of the Republic of Egypt on the severe disaster that
befell them two days ago, which resulted in heavy loss of life and property.
We share their grief and we since…
Although the ques- tion of Palestine appeared as such on the agenda of the Assembly in 1974, Palestine itself has been before this body since 1947. Because of the human tragedy surround- ing this issue, emotion and passion have tended to obfus- cate the real issue whenever the question of Palestine …
On this question my delegation would like to say that we are fully aware of the historic~l circumstances and desiderata surrounding the adoption of Article 27 of the Charter, particularly its
204. It will be recalled that, this year alone, some per- manent members of the Security Council cast a tri…
We regret very much that an attempt was m~de this morning to make a plaything of the question of Namibia. For us this is a very important matter and it is not a mudslinging match.
158. When we address ourselves to the question of those who strengthen or lend succour to apartheid, we are thinking of…
For some 30 years the Palestinian people have known little else but torment and despair in their daily lives and have woken up many mornings only to find their innocent blood mixed with the debris of their camps. Now, this international forum is once again called into session to deliberate on the qu…
It is almost 21 years now since the Assembly adopted the now famous resolu- tion 1514 (XV) containing the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. During that period we have witnessed the disintegration of the colonial system and its replacement by the emergen…
The question of Afghanistan is once again before the General Assembly, as it has been for the past two years. The Government of Sierra Leone sincerely hopes that Afghanistan will not be- come one of the perennial items on the agenda of the Assembly-in any case, not in the form in which it is at pres…
On behalf of its sponsors, I have the honour and privilege to introduce draft resolution A/36/L.18 and Add. I, under the title
"'Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea". The purpose of the draft resolution is to have the General Assembly approve and make provision for the holding of …
Permit me, on be- half of the Sierra Leone delegation, to ext~nd to the Presi- dent our warmest congratulations on his election to pre- side over the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. We have every confidence that his long association with the United Nations, both in the capacity of repr…
It is timely and ap- propriate that the question of Namibia is again being taken up by the Assembly, because, as a matter of daily routine, while we sit and discuss Namibia in this cham- ber, notwithstanding the relaunching of negotiations by the Foreign Ministers of the five Western countries, that…
During the middle of this year the heads of State and Government of the conti- nent of Africa conferred a singular honour on my country by graciously accepting our invitation to host the seventeenth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unit…
In its con- tribution to the debate on the Cyprus question last year, during the thirty-third session of the General Assembly [49th meeting], the Sierra Leone delegation expressed the hope, inter alia, that by this tim", this year the Greek and Turkish negotiators would have arrived at a consensus a…
Those delega- tions that have spoken before me, from developed and developing countries alike, have.eloquently emphasized that there is a serious crisis in the world economy. It is also a matter of consensus that the gap between the developed and the developing countries is widening and that it is n…
Pennit me, on behalfofthe Sierra Leone delegation, to extend to you, Mr. President, our wannest fratemal felicitations on your unanimous election to the high office of President of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. Sierra Leone is indeed happy to see you conducting the deliberations…
A lot has been written on the question of the apartheid policies of South Africa. The question has'been discuss- ed and debated in numerous forums, and hundreds of resolutions, declarations and decisions have been adopted. Yet the victims of apartheid have had no respite from its evil effects. Inste…
When the Sierra Leone delegation made a statement on this question at about the same time last yeai,6 we had hoped-optimists
6 Ibid•• 63rd meeting, paras. 126-130.
35. We ask ourselves, What has gone wrong; what is impeding progress towards a just ?eace? Is it the continued presence of a large num…
I should lfke, on behalf of the Sierra Leone delegation, to proffer through you, Sir, our warmest congratulations to Mr. Lievano on his election as President of the thirty-third session of the. General Assembly. Mr. Lievano not only brings to this high office personal credentials of high distinction…
Once again the Sierra Leone delegation joins the world body in its constant search for peace in an area that has continued to present a problem of grave dimensions-the Middle East. My dele- gation considers that we would be remiss in our inter- national responsibility if we did not make our own cont…
The agenda item which is currently before us is one which most nations in this Assembly are following with keen interest. The Cyprus situation, as seen by my delegation, is manifesting itself as a problem which eludes all efforts at a meaningful solution.
127. Being a member of the non-aligned grou…
I should like flI'St on behalf of my delegation to welcome the delega!ion of SWAPO to the thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly and to express our appreciation for their participation in this debate through the statement by its President, Comrade Sam Nujoma. I wish also to con…
