I wish to begin my statement by welcoming the delegation of the PLO, led by Mr. Farouq Qaddoumi, and extending to it our warmest congratuiations on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The observance of this Day here at the United Nations and throughout th…
In their statement yesterday at tbe 33rd meeting, the Kampuchean authorities said that the situation in Kampuchea was "excellent", but the whole world knows it is the aontrary. They have no respect for world opinion and have clearly told big lies. Since they dared lie about well·known facts, they co…
13 First of all, I wish to congratulate you warmly, Sir, as a prominent Colombian statesman, on your election to the lofty and
61. I sincerely thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, and his associates for the devotion and wisdom which they have displayed in their multifarious activities on…
My delegation wishes to reject what was said by the representative of the United States and reaffinns that our statement was justified. In view of the late hour I shall not tax the patience of the Assembly. But I would merely iike to recall to the representative of the United States that the America…
I should like on behalf of my delegation to reiterate our serious reservations concerning the seventh preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution VII concerning the question of Guam, which has been adopted without objection by the General Assembly, and to state our position as…
Since 1947, and above all since 1967, the situation in th~ Middle East has constantly worsened as a consequence of the policy of flagrant aggression pursued by Israel, which tramples under foot the fundamental national rights of the Palestinian people .and continues illegally to occupy the Arab terr…
This Assembly has been considering the problem of apartheid for decades, but every year the problem reappears on its agenda with growing seriousness and continues to represent a major concern to the whole international community.
26. Internally, ap!zrtheid, with its train of suffering and death for…
For a number of years the situation in the Republic of Cyprus has been the cause of grave concern to the international community.
22. The fact is that foreign armed forces and foreign military bases are still present ill Cyprus and represent a grave infringement of the independence, the sovereignty…
For 31 ye2fS now the question of Namibia has been on the agenda of each session of the United Nations General Assembly. Eleven years have passed since the United Nations terminated South Africa's Mandate over Namibia. Yet, as the reports of the United Nations Council for Namibia and the Special Comm…
First of all, I should like to express our most sincere gratitude to all representatives in the General Assembly who have been good enough to express their sympathy for our people on the occasion of our admission as a Member of the United Nations. That unanimous manifestation of friendship and the s…
3 I should like sincerely to thank the General Assembly for having accepted the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam as a Member of the United Nations. 1. also wish to thank the President and the representatives of many countries for their kind and warm words about Viet Nam and the Vietnamese people.
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The Assembly's consideration of agenda item 30, "Question of Palestine", has taken on special significance this year in the present circumstances. Those circumstances have been marked, on the one hand, by greater international support than ever before for the struggle of the valiant people of Palest…
During 1983, the United Nations held several meetings to discuss and adopt resolutions on the question ofNamibia, which proves the urgent nature ofthe problem and the international community's great concern about it. In these various forums, the delegation of Viet Nam has stated the position of its …
In the opinion of my delegation, the establishment of a national in.titution, its structure and its functioning are questions which are solely within the
purvi~w of the internal adrninistra~onof each country.
195. My delegation sees no reason why the General Assembly should adopt a resolution on a…
