The Swedish delegation abstained in the vote taken on draft resolution A/36/L.59 and Add.I. In addition to the general lack of balance that caused my delegation to abstain on the corresponding res- olution last year, the text includes new elements which we cannot accept. Our views on the conflict in…
My delegation has asked to be allowed to speak to explain its vote on draft resolution I in the document which is before us under agenda item 79.
41. It is my Government's firm view that the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms is an uncondi- tional responsibility of all Governments…
Once again we are debating the i:,ituation in the Midclle East. We have been doing so ever since the United Kingdom decided to relin- quish its Mandate over Palestine in 1947. No other ques- tion has attracted so much attention and brought about so much action in the United Nations. My own country, …
The position of the Swed- ish Government remains that a solution to the conflict in the Middle East must satisfy two basic criteria: the right of Israel to exist within secure and recognized boundaries and the legitimate natienal rights of the Palestinian peo- ple, including the right to establish a…
One of the most basic principles of international law is respect for the sov- ereignty and territorial integrity of all nations, regardless of their size, geographical location or social system. It is a sad commentary on present conditions in the world, however, that many States limit themselves to …
The Swedish Govern- ment has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the Iraqi nuclear installations. It constituted a flagrant vio- lation of the provisions of the Charter and the rules of
intern~QJional law. No circumstances could have justified this act, which can but negatively affect efforts …
On the eve of this, the thirty-sixth session, Mr. President, we received the report of your predecessor, I who had pursued since last year his efforts to achieve a consensus on launching a simul- taneous, comprehensive and integrated approach to eco- nomic co-operation and development in the form of…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. You bring to that office an uncom- monly solid and variegated experience of work in and for" the United Nations. I have every confidence tha…
On behalf of the spon- sors. my delegation has'ttle honour of introducing the draft resolution contained in document A/36/L.48 and Add.1 entitled "Investments in South Africa".
21. During its previous sessions the General Assembly adopted by an increasing majority resolutions urging the Security Co…
At the thirty-fifth session the General Assembly decided [98th meeting] to postpone its debate on the question of Namibia in anticipation of the pre-implementation meeting held at Geneva from 7 to 14 January 1981. All of us then shared the hope that we were approaching the end of the long negotiatin…
In January of this year, at the sixth emergency special session the General Assembly called for the immediate, uncon- ditional and total withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan in order to enable its people to determine its own form of government. That call was supported by an overwhelming maj…
It gives me great pleasure to express the satisfaction of my delegation at the election of Ambassador Rudiger von Wechmar as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. His profes- sional skill and wide experience in the United Nations sphere are well known to all of us and they j…
During the year that has passed since the General Assembly last discussed the Cyprus problem, the Secretary-General has been en- gaged in intense efforts to bring the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides together. At one moment his efforts seemed to have been crowned with success. The interco…
This statement is made on behalf of the five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway ant! Sweden.
134. Our delegations share the concern and anxiety ex- pressed in the draft resolution in paragraph 7 of docu- ment A/34/691 and will vote in favour of it. We wish, however, to put on recor…
This is one of our last economic debates in the General Assembly in the 19708. It is reasonable to look at the subject of this discussion in the perspective of past experience as well as of future expectations. The important proposal by the Group of 77 for global negotiations relating to inter- nati…
I should like to touch briefly on the situation of children in Sweden and par- ticularly upon some of the questions with which our Commission for the International Year of the Child has been dealing. However, I intend to focus on the respon- sibility of the international community for meeting the ur…
The General ASJembly is resuming its debate on Namibia at a time when t'Ie future of the whole region of southern Africa seems very uncertain. Despite many differences, recent developments in Rhodesia and Namibia have followed parallel lines in several respects. Against a background of increasing vi…
The General ASJembly is resuming its debate on Namibia at a time when t'Ie future of the whole region of southern Africa seems very uncertain. Despite many differences, recent developments in Rhodesia and Namibia have followed parallel lines in several respects. Against a background of increasing vi…
