It is a pleasure and an honour for me to address this Assembly. From this lofty rostrum, the nations of the world speak to one another as members of one global community, irrespective of size and differences. The United Nations is today the best hope for a better future for humankind. What we do her…
We welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate on the situation in Burundi, a sister country torn by conflict and civil strife.
As the Council is well aware, the leaders of the Great Lakes subregion have met on several occasions to work out an acceptable and peaceful resolution to the conf…
I should like to express our congratulations to you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency for the month of April and also to offer our gratitude to your predecessor. I also thank you for giving me this opportunity to participate in the present discussion, which touches on matters of particula…
I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address this Assembly on the question of public administration and development.
As is rightly observed in the two reports before us, good public administration is fundamental to the achievement of political stability and economic growth and development. At …
At the very outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month and to express our appreciation to your predecessor.
The statement of the President of the Security Council of 24 January 1996 reflects the major concerns and views of my delega…
My delegation supports the statement made by the representative of the Philippines, who spoke on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We also express appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/50/203 on “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster…
In the light of statements made during the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly, it had been the wish of most delegations that the settlement of the question of equitable
My delegation, however, recognizes and commends the seriousness and serious efforts of the President of the General Assem…
During the recent Special Commemorative Meeting on the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, social development was one of the subjects highlighted by many Heads of State or Government. It was also the subject of the United Nations World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen, which…
Allow me on behalf of the Ugandan delegation to convey our warm greetings to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on the occasion of his election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. His election does great honour to his country, Portugal, with which Uganda enjoys very cordial r…
My delegation expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report (A/49/490) on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). We thank all Governments, organizations and Agencies and Programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the financia…
I have the honour to make the following statement of behalf of Ambassador Kamunanwire, Permanent Representative of Uganda.
The cluster of items on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance to ind…
Permit me, Sir, on behalf of the Uganda delegation, to congratulate you most warmly on your well-deserved unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Your election is a recognition by our
I also wish to pay special tribute to your predecessor, His Excell…
It gives me great pleasure to take part in this historic occasion in support of the adoption of the draft resolution and the opening for signature of the Agreement on the law of the sea.
I should also like to express deep appreciation to the Chairman and the members of the Group of 77, who kept the…
As we bury apartheid, it is with a great deal of joy that, as the last speaker on this item, Uganda welcomes the task of hammering the last nail into the coffin. My delegation joins previous speakers in welcoming into the community of free nations and into the General Assembly of the United Nations …
As has already been stated, at 2.45 a.m. on 6 February 1994, a devastating earthquake of a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter Scale struck Bundibugyo, Kasese and Kabarole districts in western Uganda. Until the beginning of March, the three districts remained traumatized by mother nature’s unrelenting a…
I wish, on behalf of the Uganda delegation, to join those representatives who have already congratulated Mr. Insanally of Guyana on his well- deserved election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. His election to this high office is a tribute to his p…
I wish at the outset to
express my appreciation to Ambassador Gambari, Chairman of the Special
Committee against Apartheid, for the lucid and thoughtful introduction of the
Special Committee's report for 1992. The Special Committee, with the diligent
support provided by the Centre against Aparth…
The Earth Summit recently
concluded in Rio de Janeiro laid down important areas of commitment in the
field of environment and development. The Assembly at this forty-seventh
session is expected to put in place the necessary institutional mechanism to
follow up the achievements of that Summit and…
Mr. President, allow me to congratulate
you most warmly on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at
its forty-seventh session. I am confident that, given your skills and
experience, you will successfully guide our deliberations. I wish also to pay
a well-deserved tribute to you…
I should like at the outset to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for the excellent reports he has presented on this agenda item, including that on the need for and feasibility of the establishment of a diversification fund for Africa’s commodities and that on fina…
