The decision that has just been taken by the General Assembly is of great significance for my country. Our delegation is grateful to all the Member States that have taken into account our difficulties regarding the payment of contributions to peace-keeping operations.
The discussion of this matter …
Ukraine attaches great importance to the agenda item that is now under consideration by the General Assembly.
Two years have passed since the General Assembly voted on and adopted decision 47/456, which is now well known. As a result, the rate of assessment for Ukraine was, in one fell swoop and in…
I would like to thank the Rapporteur of the First Committee, who mentioned my country in connection with its accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
The recent accession of Ukraine to the NPT represents a decisive contribution to the strengthening of the non-proli…
First of all, I should like to express my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for his 12 October 1994 statement to the General Assembly on ensuring a viable financial base for the United Nations. We view this as the logical result of the intensive…
The delegation of Ukraine notes with satisfaction the progress achieved recently within the framework of the Middle East settlement that gives hope for establishing lasting peace and stability in the region after decades of hostility and wars.
Ukraine has always attached paramount significance to i…
First of all, the delegation of Ukraine would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Secretary- General for his report on the item under discussion, an item which undoubtedly deserves greater attention from the international community. Ukraine shares the opinion expressed here concerning the n…
In recent years Europe has been going through an important stage in its history, in which we have seen laid down the fundamental principles of interrelationships which will determine the life and face of the continent for many decades.
The Helsinki process has had tremendous impact on these changes…
The delegation of Ukraine would like to thank the Rapporteur, Mrs. Lucille Mathurin Mair, for her well prepared and skilfully presented report. In our view, the report provides a good basis for further work by the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations.
I should li…
Let me congratulate you, Madam President, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. The delegation of Ukraine is confident that your experience and outstanding diplomatic skills will help you to find effective solutions to the problems the Security Cou…
The feeling of hope which has been in the air since the efforts of the Contact Group towards a negotiated settlement received a new impetus, is vanishing. Events in Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent months — and even these days — have demonstrated the fragility of peace on the ground. The senseless f…
The delegation of Ukraine voted in favour of the draft resolution which has just been adopted by the General Assembly. In so doing, the delegation of Ukraine believes that the adoption and application by States Members of the United Nations of legislation of an extraterritorial nature, in particular…
The delegation of Ukraine would like to express its gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Blix, for the report he has presented to us on the work of the Agency for 1993. It is our opinion that the report reflects the multiplicity of useful activities…
The delegation of Ukraine would like first of all to express sincere gratitude to Ambassador Insanally, President of the General Assembly, at its forty-eighth session, who guided the deliberations of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Memb…
It is a great honour for me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the distinguished and very important post of President of the General Assembly.
I am confident that your knowledge, experience and consummate personal skills, which you have demonstrated both as Permanent Representative to th…
The adoption in 1982 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was a milestone event in the history of international law. It is a well-known fact that this Convention is the most detailed treaty and the most representative universal effort to codify international law. Immediately upon i…
The profound analysis and deep evaluation of the process of the elimination of apartheid is still to come. However, at present we can definitely state that the universal and non-racial elections in South Africa in April 1994 and the democratic changes that have followed have marked the final page of…
In connection with draft resolution A/48/L.55, which is about to be adopted by the General Assembly, the delegation of Ukraine would like to state that Ukraine has not signed the decision of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, adopted on 24 December 1993 in Ashkh…
At the outset, Sir, I wish on behalf of the Ukrainian delegation to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We believe that your sterling qualities and your diplomatic experience will help you guide the work of the Council to success, on …
The delegation of Ukraine would like to explain its abstention in the voting on the draft resolution (A/48/L.50) submitted under the agenda item entitled "The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina".
Of particular importance to us is operative paragraph 16, under which the Assembly expresses deep alar…
The period since last year’s debate has been one of great dynamism in the political life of South Africa, a period of intensive bilateral and multilateral negotiations, during which transitional arrangements took shape. The creation of a new negotiating framework, the setting of a date for South Afr…
