My delegation wishes to state its position on the draft decision contained in document A/48/812, relating to the financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), and on the draft decision contained in document A/48/813, relating to the financing of the United Nations Interim For…
My delegation reaffirms its full support for the universal endeavour to realize an international community free from the use or threat of force and ruled by the principles of justice, freedom and peace, and it reaffirms its readiness to participate in any international good-faith efforts aimed at ac…
My country has done all it can to find a just solution to the question of Palestine on the basis of the principles of international legality set out in the relevant
The peace process started and continued under the eyes of every State in the world as a process that had its basis in the legality of …
These high-level plenary meetings of the General Assembly clearly demonstrate that the problem of illicit narcotic drugs has become a world-wide phenomenon that transcends national boundaries and that is of concern to all States, a problem that poses a challenge to the concept of sovereignty, nation…
It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic to congratulate Ambassador Insanally on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. I take this opportunity also to commend the role of his friendly country in the Non-Aligned M…
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic is participating in this debate because we believe that the item is one of the most important on the agenda of this session. A study of the relevant documents shows the importance attached by Mem- ber States and the various specialized agencies of the Unite…
The General Assembly is considering the situation in the Middle East when the region is expe- riencing grave and difficult conditions as a result of the qualitative escalation of the aggression against the Arab people and the geographical widening of that aggression. Recent developments in the Middl…
Mr. President, either I am mistaken or else the representatives do not know that meetings start at 3.00 o'clock sharp. At any rate, I wish to congratulate you for putting up with this delay. I will speak despite the fact that there is no quorum and despite the fact that this indicates that some memb…
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic will vote in favour of draft resolution A/37/L.45/Rev.l as a whole. "But our delegation wishes to place on record its opposition to the fourth preambular paragraph. If a separate vote were taken on that paragraph, our delegation would have no choice but to …
Before I start my statement con- cerning the item before the Assembly, I should like to express to the delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic the deepest condolences of the people and Government of the Syrian Arab Republic on the loss in lives and property suffered by that fraternal country as a resu…
'It gives me pleasure to con- gratulate Mr. Hollai on his unanimous election as President of the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly and to wish him success in his noble mis- sion. I am confident that his ability, experience and wisdom will lead to the desired success ofour work at this s…
Like all my Arab colleagues, I was tempted over and over again to interrupt the Israeli representative on Friday [95th meeting]. His statement insulted not only Arab history and civilization, past and present, but also the intelligence of the members of the Assembly. If I restrained myself and did n…
We call the agenda item which we are debating "The situation in the Middle East". It is actually nothing more than the subject of "The question of Palestine". We consider it, make statements and en- gage in debates, and we always come back to the same tragedy, that of the people of Palestine. We rea…
A great deal of progress has been made on the question of Palestine, both inside and outside the United Nations. World public opinion now realizes the true dimensions of the tragedy which has afflicted the people of Palestine. It realizes the real nature of the racist Zionist entity, which since 194…
The delegation of the Syrip,;n Arab Republic is taking part in the debate on this important item of the agenda in order to reaffirm that Israeli aggres- sion against the Iraqi nuclear reactor-a' reactor' which was devoted exclusively to peaceful purposes and recog- nized as such by IAEA and all Stat…
The issue before the General Assembly is not confined to the immediate conse- quences of the bombing of the nuclear installations outside Baghdad on 7 June 1981. The long-term consequences affect the ability of third world coun- tries to achieve their development objectives in the area of technology…
The General Assembly is discussing the problem of Namibia once more in less than three months. My delegation notes with deep concern that the situation in Namibia is worsening because the Govern- ment of South Africa is continuing to place obstacles in the way of international efforts to bring about…
The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples adopted 20 years ago by the General Assem- bly by virtue of its resolution 1514 (XV) has played an important role in the achievement by more than 40 States of their independence since that time. The United Nations, by …
