The debate on the reform of the Security Council has been going on for a long time, since the Council was last reformed. But prospects for its reform have never been better than they are today. There is a consensus that the end of the cold war has created an atmosphere that makes further reform poss…
My delegation joins previous speakers in congratulating the Government of Papua New Guinea for the proposal on the United Nations initiative on opportunity and participation
As prerequisites for human development, opportunity and participation are so self-evident that we tend to take them for grant…
My delegation has been looking forward with eagerness and expectation to this debate on the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s in the belief that it will provide us with an opportunity for a comprehensive review of the programme and follow-up mechanism. We associate…
I am delighted to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the Tanzanian delegation, our sincere congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. Over the past two weeks you have already demonstrated your considerable diplomatic skills and…
My delegation takes
seriously all recommendations of the Security Council. In the discharge of
its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security,
the Council is entitled to receive the fullest possible cooperation from all
Members of the United Nations. It is therefore…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to pay a tribute to the Special Committee against Apartheid for its remark·· able work' under the able and dynamic chairmanship of Mr. Maitama-Sule of Nigeria. Over the years the Com- mittee has continued to provide a reservoir of information on and to be a …
The Assembly is indeed considering the question of Namibia in an atmosphere characterized by uncertainty and confu- sion, but not without hope. As the Assembly is well aware, the Western contact group has submitted proposals regarding the implementation of the United Nations plan for the independenc…
Permit me, Sir, on my own personal behalf and on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you most sincerely on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-fifth ses- sion of the General Assembly. Tanzania is particularly pleased to see an eminent representative of yourgreat coun- try oc…
The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, three decades ago, established common standards for the achievement by all peoples and nations of those rights, as provided for in the United Nations Charter. That Declaration dictated and underlined the in- violability of the dignity, equal…
It is a significant coincidence that this debate is taking place against the background of an important, far-reaching and comprehensive statement made last week by the Chairman of the movement of non-aligned countries, President Fidel Castro [31stmeeting]. In that statement, the Chairman of the move…
On behalf of the sponsors, it is a great pleasure and honour for me to introduce draft resolution A/33/L.31 and Add.1, entitled "Apartheid in sports". It is a draft resolution based on the recomniendation contained in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention …
I have the honour to express, on behalf of the Group of African States, our warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election as President of the General Assembly for its sixty-second session. His nomination by the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, his…
Mr.Presi- dent, on behalf of the Tanzanian delegation I offer you my sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to and . assumption of the high office of President of the General Assembly. Your personal qualifications and experience guarantee that you will guide the Assembly to a successful …
Mr. Presi- dent, I know you have a very busy schedule, but I really believe that all of us here have had ~uite sufficient for one day, and though we are quite anxious to proceed to the next item, by virtue of the importance of the item itself,
It is a sad commentary on our times that 32 years after the formation of our Organization, whose existence came about as a consequence of the defeat of nazism. we are still today discussing a problem whose manifestations and implications are no different from those of the very evil that saw the worl…
Once again the General Assembly has focused its attention on the tragic situation in Cyprus, and most regrettably we have done so in an atmosphere devoid of much hope and optimism. For it was three yeaIS ago that the General Assembly adopted with one voice resolution 3212 (XXIX).
129. Indeed, it is…
This is one debate that the General Assembly could have been spared hari .he Gove~.lU11ent of France livet:. up to its obligations and responsf.Jilities. For it is France's failure properly to fulfil its re~pomibiIities as the administering Power that has consequent y led to the present situation wh…
Allow me, first of all, to express in the name of the Tanzanian delegation and on my own behalfour very profound shock and loss at the most untimely and unfortunate death in tragic circumstances of Mr. Ghobash, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. We convey to our c…
Mr. Presi- dent, the Tanzanian delegation is very happy to see you preside over the deliberations of the thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. We consider your elevation to the high post of President to be a mark of recognition of your personal qualities and your notable role…
Th~ · attitude of the Government of France towards the tern-
116. Last year the Tanzanian delegation had the oppor· tunity to give a detailed history of the struggle for independence by the people of the Comoro islands. We gave a detailed account of the manoeuvres which France had employed to foil …
