The refugees are fleeing from Ethiopia en masse. There are thousands ofthem in Sudan and thousands more in Djibouti, and many of them have fled from the reign ofterror and oppression to Europe. Is Somalia responsible for that-
In exercise of the right of reply to the statement we have just heard from the representative of Ethiopia, I would make the following comments and observations.
463. My delegation would like at the outset to reject categorically the malicious allegations made against its country by the representati…
I should like first of all to extend my warm congratulations to Mr. Salim on his election to the high office of President of the thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly. There is no doubt that this choice reflects the recognition and respect he enjoys from his colleagues, the me…
I wish, first of all, to commend the Special Committee against Apartheid and in particular its Chairman, Ambassador Clark, for their continuing efforts and vigorous leadership in the strug- gle to eliminate apartheid. I wish also to pay a tribute to the former Chairman, Ambassador Harriman, for his …
The establishmentof the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People three years ago was welcomed by my Government as evidence of the determination of the General Assembly to give a new impetus to the search for a Middle East settlement. We also we!'~med the adoption…
Its occurrence at the mid-point of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, and during International Anti-Apartheid Year, makes our debate more significant than ever before. The recent World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, held at Geneva in August 1978…
My Government has always placed the highest value on close co-operation between the United Nations and the OAU, and I am happy to note, from the Secretary·General's report on the subject IA/33/253], that this co-operation continues to be de- veloped throughout the United Nations system.
36. Among t…
Permit me at the outset to pay a tribute to the Chairman of the Committee Established under General Assembly Resolution 32/174 for the work which he has done on behalf of the international community and to the Chairman of the Group of 77, who has outlined the position of that Group in the clearest t…
I shall be exercising my delegation's right of reply in connexion with remarks made by two delegations that have brought to this rostrum their conspiracy in the Ogaden, namely, the delegations of Cuba and Ethiopia. I hope that the President will take this into account in relation to the amo un t of …
The statement made by the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia at the 3]st meeting included such a catalogue of inaccuracies, misleading innuendoes, and distortion that my delegation is compelled to offer a few necessary clarifications. In this eonnexion, I wish to avail myself of the right of rebuttal in o…
Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation I take great pleasure in extending to you our warmest congratulations on your well-deserved election to the office of President of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly. We are confident that under your wise direction the outcome of the present se…
The Castro representative who spoke from this rostrum earlier today grossly distorted
fa~~ts about Africa and wrongly projected the role that the r6@me he represents has been obliged to play. In this connexion, I should like to reserve the right of my delegation to speak at a later stage. For the t…
The General Assembly is engaged once again in the task of reviewing the Middle East situation and promoting the search for a Middle East settlement. As that search continues after more than three decades of tension and conflict in the area, it is particularly necessary that the General Assembly shou…
My delegation would like to explain its vote in connexion with the draft resolution just adopted by the Assembly.
223. My delegation has been following with closa atten- tion the delicate negotiations which have taken place over
th~ past 12 months to bring about a settlement of this serious proble…
My delegation's position has already been stated at this meeting by the head of the delegation, our Foreign Minister, Mr. Barre, and I need not add t6 it..
406. All I want to do is to offer, for the benefit of the Ethiopian delegation, a Somali proverb embodying au- thentic pastoral wisdom, the her…
At the outset of my state- ment 1 should like, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, to express deep feelings of sympathy and condolences to the Government and the people of the Yemen Arab Republic on the sad occasion of the sudden and tragic deaths of Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed AI-Hamdi, the Pr…
The suppression of the rights of the people in Western Somalia is an act of aggression against innocent people.
321. However it may choose to style itself, Ethiopia is an empire. An empire is a territorial system in which one racially, ethnically or culturally distinct group imposes its rule on oth…
The Somali delegation reserves its position with regard to the implications of the statement made by the Ethiopian Foreign Minister. I wish, however, to correct certain faults and inaccuracies in his statement. From the outset, the Somali Democratic Re- public categorically rejects the baseless and …
Mr. President, while my Minister for Foreign Affairs will, at the appropriate time, discharge the pleasant duty of congratulating you, on my Government's behalf, on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly, as welI as welcoming the new Members in our midst, may I at this…
