For over 700 years of our independence, Thailand has enjoyed a tradition of strong bureaucracy, so strong that the country’s political system was called a “bureaucratic polity”. It is an undeniable fact that Thai bureaucracy is a key element for continuing national social and economic development in…
On behalf of the Thai delegation, I would like to congratulate the Secretary- General and his staff on the timely issuance of his report on Assistance in mine clearance, as contained in document A/50/408. This report not only provides detailed insight into how land-mines adversely affect all aspects…
In speaking on the situation in the Middle East, allow me first, on behalf of the Government and the people of Thailand, to express our condolences to the Government and the people of Israel for the untimely loss of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. To us, he was much more than just a leader of…
In observance of International Youth Year in 1985, Thailand joined the international community in launching a number of programmes and activities for youth both at the local and the national levels. In the same year, the Thai Government also declared 20 September of every year to be Thai National Yo…
On behalf of the Government and people of Thailand, I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral, upon his election to the presidency of this historic fiftieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that under his leadership the work and achieve…
Thailand attaches great importance to the proper preservation and management of the living marine resources in the world’s oceans and seas, which is an important principle contained in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Agenda 21, as well as in draft resolution VI. We feel that …
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to discuss the financial situation of the Organization, and in this connection wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his statement to the General Assembly on 12 October 1994. My delegation has carefully examined his paper on ensuring a…
Thailand has been following developments in the Middle East with keen interest. During the past few years, and particularly the past year, we have been happy to witness the peace process gaining momentum across the entire region. Parties to the various conflicts have shown great resolve to settle th…
Last year, when my delegation participated in the general debate on this important agenda item, “An agenda for development”, we offered our view that there were four elements which we believed should be considered part of the main theme of an Agenda for Development”. These were that the Agenda shoul…
On behalf of the Thai delegation, let me first of all offer my sincere congratulations to Mrs. Nafis Sadik, Secretary-General of the International Conference on Population and Development and her colleagues in the Secretariat for the immense efforts they put into making the Conference a success. Mrs…
On behalf of the Thai delegation, I would like to congratulate the Secretary-General and his staff for the very informative report on assistance in mine clearance. This report is a grim reminder of the nature of land-mines and their effects on the victims and their societies. The report contains goo…
On behalf of the Government and people of Thailand, I extend warmest congratulations to Mr. Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. I am confident that he will provide the General Assembly with the leadership to guide the session t…
It is with a renewed sense of pride and confidence in the merit of the international negotiating system that I address the Assembly this afternoon. Under the able leadership of our President, and inspired by the prospect of peace, harmony, common prosperity and unity, our civilized nations are witne…
It is a great pleasure and honour for me to address the Assembly today.
These special meetings of the General Assembly reaffirm the priority that the United Nations attaches to international drug control. Our task as high-level representatives of various Governments is to review the progress made t…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to participate in these deliberations on the new and important agenda item on mine clearance. We have heard many delegations stress the importance of this issue, in regard to which a draft resolution is before us.
In his report on the work of the Organization,…
On behalf of the Government and the people of Thailand, may I extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. I am confident that you will provide the Assembly with the necessary leadership and direction in this period…
I welcome the opportunity to
participate in the debate on this important agenda item. But, first, I should
like to express our appreciation to Mr. Maurice Strong and his colleagues in
the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) for their initiatives an…
My delegation voted in favour of all the draft resolutions under agenda item 32, in conformity with my Government's position on this issue; which is consistent and has often been repeated. It fully supports the right to self-determination of the Namibian people in a united Namibia, s'~rongly condemn…
I am not speaking in explanation of vote. I only wish to make the fol- lowing brief statement. We had intended in the Sec- ond Committee to co-sponsor the draft resolution entitled " Session of a special character of the Governing Council of the UnEted Nations Environ-
men~ Programme", which appear…
The item entitled "Question of peace, stability and co-operation in South-East Asia" has once again appeared on the agenda of the General Assembly. Each year the representatives of the m~mber States of ASEAN at the United Nations have agreed to meet and to hold informal consultations on the item 'Ni…
