My delegation has studied very carefully the report of the Committee on the Exer- cise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People [A/38/35] and other documents on this item. I wish to pay a well-deserved tribute to Mr. Sarre, of Senegal, the Chairman, and to the members of the Committee for…
I should like at the outset to pay a very special tribute to Mr. Maitama-Sule, who, as Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid, has presented to the General Assembly a comprehensive report on the situation in South Africa arising from the practice of apartheid policies. In the short peri…
Sir, I extend to you my delegation's warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. We are confident that with your enormous ex- perience and your well-known diplomatic skills, the As- sembly will be able to discharge its responsibilit…
On 12 December 1981, the General Assembly marked the twentieth anni- versary of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [93rd meeting]. In the last two decades, great strides have been made in the decolonization process, which, as an organization, we may b…
Eighteen years ago today the colonial flag was lowered in my country as wewitnessed the momentous drama of the birth of a new nation. It is therefore with a great sense of history that I address this Assembly today on the,occasion of the eighteenth anniver- sary,of our national independence.
118. I…
I make this statement with the greatest reluctance, but I must make it inorder to rectify 'he confusion created yesterday [17th meeting] by the remarks of my brother, the representative of Morocco. In the exercise of his right of reply, with regard to earlier statements on the situation inthe Wester…
Since our theme is the In- ternational Year of the Child, I promise to be brief as many speakers have ~lready highlighted some useful points and my delegation has already had occasion to congratulate you, Mr. President, on y~ur appointme.nt. Being one of the last speakers on this matter, I fmd mysel…
The General Assembly has been debating the question of Palestine for the last 30 years or so. My delegation believes that the question of Palestine is now too clear to warrant any further in-depth elaboration or analysis. A bunch of racist Zionists, financed and
85. My delegation is of the firm vie…
It is not my intention to make a long statement on the matter being debated by the General Assembly, namely the question of Namibia. My delegation's statement in this Assembly during the general debate [29th meeting] put very clearly the position ofmy country vis-a-vis the problems of southern Afric…
I have asked to speak in order to exercise my delegation's right to reply to the malicious allegations made at this meeting by the British Secretary of State against my country. Those allegations are unfounded, hypocritical and made in bad faith. But hearing such allegations come from the representa…
The position of Uganda on the question of the Middle East has always been madeclear whenever my delegation has spoken on this important matter. We in Uganda consider the present dangerous and explosive situation in the Middle East as the consequence of what happened in Palestine in 1948 when a stran…
On behalf of the sponsors of draft resolution A!31!L.20 on the item I have the pleasure and honour to introduce the said draft resolution, which deals with the mandate given to the General Assembly by resolution 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975.
181. Ambassador Fall, the Chairman of the Committee, ha…
I should like to start by thanking the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and congratulating it on the illuminating report contained in document A/31/35, which we have studied carefully and with keen interest. I would also like to thank the Secretary-Genera…
May I first of all take this opportunity to pay a tribute to Mr. Harriman of Nigeria for his distinguished services as Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid. My commendations also go to the other officers and to all the members of the Committee for their great effort in, and contributi…
I wish on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf to express our deepest condolences to the delegation of Colombia for the sudden and tragic death of Mr. Juan Arango of Colombia, who passed away today.
206. During this session, the United Natio.ns has wit- nessed with great pride and satisfact…
