At the outset, I wish to congratulate Ambassador Insanally on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. The fact that he was
I would also like to place on record our appreciation for the competence and wisdom of his predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Stoyan Ganev, and for his outstanding…
As a country located at the very epicentre of the area covered by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) - an area that stretches from Vancouver to Vladivostok - and as a founding Member of the United Nations, Turkey is particularly pleased that we are again considering an item …
After suffering enormously during 14 long years
of war and the attendant devastation, Afghanistan has now entered a new phase
in its history when rehabilitation and reconstruction will be given priority.
Members have just heard from the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Afghanistan the magn…
The apartheid policies of the Government
of South Africa have been a major source of preoccupation to the United
Nations for many years. Turkey has given continuous support to the
efforts made towards the total elimination of this abhorrent system, and
has always participated actively in the deb…
I have the honour address the Assembly on
behalf of the Asian Group on the occasion of the special plenary meeting
marking the conclusion of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons and
the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action.
The most notable achievement of the Decade has be…
It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to
congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the
General Assembly. We are happy to have a distinguished leader from a
neighbouring country at the helm of the Assembly for the next 12 months. Our
relations with Bulgaria are excellent, an…
South Africa's policies and practices which form the base of the apartheid system continue to stand in the forefront of the concerns of the United Nations. 2. Throughout its many debates on this question the General Assembly has reflected above all the extreme concern of the international community …
Turkey will vote against draft resolution A/37/L.63 and Add.l because the Turkish Cypriot community feels that this text is unacceptable and cannot be taken into consideration in the intercom- fuunal negotiations and in the relations between the two communities. Our reasons are the following.
92. F…
My delegation will support all the draft resolutions concerning the polici~s of apartheid of the Gov~rnment of South Africa, con- tained in documents A/37/L.17 to L.23 and L.26 to L.28. My delegation is also pleased to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/37/L.26 and L.27.
92. Our views on the aparth…
The prospects of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East are, unfortunately, no better today than they were a year ago at this time. The dangerous situation in the Middle East continues, there- fore, to be a source of deep and serious concern to the Government of Turkey. Because the stability of…
The question of Palestine constitutes the core of the Middle East problem. Since we
ar~ to address ourselves to the larger issue in the course of the debate scheduled for next week on the situation in the Middle East, we shall focus our attention here pri- marily on the dimensions of the Palestinia…
We voted in favour of the resolution just adopted and I should like to explain our vote.
105. As is expressed in the resolution, we condemn Is- rael's aggression against the Iraqi nuclear centre and we are deeply concerned with its serious implications. We ex- plained our views on the question in s…
Turkey has already. on dif- ferent occasions. expressed its position and views on the question of Israel's military attack last June on the Iraqi nuclear installations. We have asked to speak once again because we believe that the issue is of vital importance, not only in terms of its impact and con…
May I begin by expressing our deep gratitude and appreciation for the dedication shown and the invaluable work done by Mr. Sigvard Eklund, Director General of IAEA. The commendable achievements of Mr. Eklund in this field certainly cOn- stitute the very basis for future international efforts to- war…
My delegation has just voted for all the draft resolutions concerning agenda item 27 and is among the sponsors of draft resolu- tions A/35/L,52 and Add.l, A/35/L,54 and Add.I, A/35/L,55 and Add.1 and A/35/L,56 and Add.l Our support for all, and eo-sponsorship of some, of these draft resolutions shou…
The long era of colonialism is finally drawing to a close as a result of the successful efforts carried out by the Organization in this field over recent decades. The peoples of a large majority of such colonial territories have happily been able to exercise their right to self-determination and ind…
My delegation did not participate in the debate in the Third Committee on agenda item 84, which dealt mainly with the report of the Human Rights Committee to the General Assembly [A/34/40). That should not be interpreted in any way as indicating lack of interest on our part in the work of the Human …
The Cyprus question, which was taken up for the first time by the United Na- tions General Assembly at its ninth session, in 1954, has today reached a stage where the common desire and purpose of the overwhelming majority of the interna- tional community is to encourage an early solution to the prob…
I cannot refrain from set- ting straight for the record certain inaccuracies in the statement of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Greece that we heard this morning [70th meeting].
97. He expressed an objection to my qualifying the Turkish forces temporarily in Cyprus as peace-kee…
I do not propose to go into a refutation of the false allegations made by Mr. Rolandis, the representative of the Greek Cypriot regime, as he will receive a full reply in the statement which I shall make on Monday morning.
56. Nevertheless, I feel that a few brief remarks are called for.
57. To be…
