At the outset, I would like, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to express our appreciation to Ambassador Oscar de Rojas, Chairman of the Second Committee, and his Bureau for the way they have been guiding the work of the Committee for the last eight weeks, and in particular with respect to the…
The delegation of the United Republic of Tanzania associates itself with the statement made on this item by the Permanent Representative of Egypt, His Excellency Ambassador Nabil Elaraby, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. We also join others in welcoming Ambassador Udovenko's assum…
With the marking of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People fresh in our minds, the United Republic of Tanzania continues to believe that the Palestinian question is at the core of the situation in the Middle East. We therefore strongly hold that a just and reasonable solutio…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this formal meeting of the General Assembly to adopt draft resolution A/52/L.17, mandating the Secretary-General to implement various actions contained in his report, “Renewing the United Nations: a prog…
We have heard the representative of Burundi. Since his statement contained no new element, I wish only to reiterate what my delegation said in the Assembly last Friday. The problems of Burundi are not bilateral, with Tanzania or indeed with the region. The problems are in Burundi and among its peopl…
Yesterday the Assembly heard a statement by the Foreign Minister of Burundi in which he spoke at length about the United Republic of Tanzania and its role in the search for peace in his country. In a litany of lies and self-serving falsifications, the Foreign Minister sought to ascribe to Tanzania r…
In the light of the speech of the head of the delegation of Burundi this evening and, particularly, references made to my country in that speech, I would like to use the right of reply to clarify the situation and set the record straight.
However, my delegation wishes to exercise this right of repl…
Please permit me, Sir, at the outset, to offer my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the Presidency of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. In the same vein, our congratulations are directed to the members of the Bureau on their election. I wish to assure you of the full…
Now that we have resumed after our summer vacations, I hope that you, Mr. President, had a good vacation, and I wish you a successful conclusion of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly.
I have a few observations to make on behalf of the Group of 77 and China in relation to the reports th…
I am greatly honoured to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at this historic moment of concluding the successful process of preparing an agenda for development.
At the outset, we would like to express our sincere appreciation for your initiatives and commitment, Sir, which have greatly co…
I am speaking again on behalf of the Group of 77. Earlier, I registered the fact that the Group of 77 would have problems in deleting the word “special” from paragraph (d). We will go along with the other amendments, including the reference to non-governmental organizations accredited to the Economi…
Earlier in this session of the General Assembly, my President, His Excellency Benjamin William Mkapa, expressed our earnest hope for the implementation of the peace accords on the situation in the Middle East. It was in this light, and with a sense of immense promise, that the United Republic of Tan…
At the outset, my delegation extends its sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. My delegation is convinced that, under your very able and skillful leadership, the Council will discharge its responsibilities admirably. At the same time, …
Permit me at the outset to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to Judge Laïty Kama, President of the
The United Republic of Tanzania welcomes the note of the Secretary-General on agenda item 59, as contained in document A/51/399 of 24 September 1996. The report which it transmits, submitte…
It is my honour to participate once again in the debate on this important agenda item on the law of the sea at a time when the international community is engaged in the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, which entered into force two years ago, and of the 1…
First of all, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the Secretary-General’s report, contained
As in previous years, the report now being considered by the General Assembly reproduces replies from Governments, organs and agencies of the United Nations system with regard to agenda …
I welcome the opportunity to address the Assembly on the important item entitled “Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s”. The development of Africa has, for the last decade been a preoccupation in the work of this Assembly, from the special sessio…
The agenda item before us has, understandably, attracted divergent views, positions and proposals from the entire membership of the United Nations and the world community at large. The intense and varied exchange of views that has been going on for the last three years is clear testimony to the impo…
Tanzania has all along been a staunch supporter and advocate of a comprehensive test-ban treaty (CTBT). We believed in the CTBT, and indeed we have always considered that it was the only viable first step leading to the total elimination of nuclear weapons. With this belief and in this spirit, my de…
