I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 37 member countries of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) that are represented in the United Nations.
Islands inhabit the oceans, both being integral parts of a single environment exerting vital influence one upon the other. It is the ocean that …
I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly.
Our annual gatherings in this great Hall serve well to reaffirm our commitment to the purposes of the United Nations: the commitment to uphold the principles of the Charter, to assert fundamental human rights and freedo…
Samoa is very pleased that we are meeting under the presidency of Mr. Han. On behalf of my Government, I extend warm congratulations to the President of the General Assembly and express to him our full confidence and cooperation.
Allow me also a moment to pay tribute to his predecessor, President H…
Mr. Vice-President, let me say what an honour it is to be at the rostrum while you are presiding over the Assembly.
Samoa joins the rest of the world in its strong and unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attacks of 11 September in New York; Washington, D.C.; and Pennsylvania. On behalf of my …
By brave experiment five decades and more ago, we sought a better world: a hoped-for new order premised on peace, justice and well-being for all.
That today we are able to meet as a vastly transformed, near-universal United Nations bears testimony to vision and endeavour. This Summit is an occasion…
Like others, my delegation is grateful to the President for this further opportunity to express views on measures for the reform of the Security Council. That so many States have taken part in this debate points clearly to the central place of this issue in the work and the affairs of the Organizati…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). We are most grateful to the Secretary-General, and of course to all the United Nations personnel and agencies involved, for the excellent coverage and quality of the report (A/54/429) now before the As…
Mr. President, you assume the presidency at a historic moment and during the most challenging of times. Most warmly do we congratulate you. Samoa welcomes your leadership and pledges to you and to Namibia our fullest support.
This Assembly is an especially happy one for the Pacific: we now have in …
For the first time in history, by the Charter of this Organization, the peoples of the United Nations reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small. Reaffirmation in 1945 was an…
May I congratulate Mr. Opertti most warmly on his well-acclaimed election and express to him, on behalf of my Government, our full confidence and support for his presidency.
We want also to pay tribute to Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko of Ukraine for his commitment and determined leadership during the fifty…
My delegation appreciates the report of the International Court of Justice, for which we thank and compliment the President of the Court. We find the report to be clear and sufficient in detail. In particular, I would like to thank President Bedjaoui for introducing the report and for his welcome an…
Samoa congratulates you most warmly on your highly acclaimed election. It is a particular pleasure for me to express to you our full confidence in and support for your presidency. I want also to pay tribute to His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral of Portugal for his outstanding service and lea…
Samoa is very grateful to Australia for the initiative taken and for introducing the draft resolution now before the Assembly.
My Government is a co-sponsor of the draft resolution; it is one of the 16 South Pacific Forum Governments which, five days ago — and consistent with their long-standing po…
Samoa joins previous speakers in welcoming the Programme of Action adopted in Cairo at the International Conference on Population and Development. The Programme of Action marks the resolve and commitment of us all to seeking solutions, in the context of sustainable development, to the current urgent…
I would like to start with an expression to the delegation of Egypt of the warm feelings and sympathy of my delegation on the loss of life and the destruction caused by floods in their country.
Samoa welcomes most warmly the successful conclusion of the Global Conference held in Barbados earlier th…
As Chairman of the Group of Asian States Samoa is honoured to inform the General Assembly that the Republic of Indonesia is the endorsed and sole candidate for election to the non-permanent seat in the Security Council allocated to the Asian region for the term 1995-1996.
I have the honour to speak in my capacity as Chairman of the Asian Group to express on behalf of the Group our warmest congratulations and appreciation to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its staff on this memorable occasion, the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its ope…
Since this is the first time I have spoken here, I want to add the voice of my delegation to the many tributes paid you, Sir, and the admiration expressed upon your election as President of the General Assembly.
It is a particular honour for Samoa, as Chairman of the Group of Asian States for the m…
It is always an honour and a great pleasure to address the General Assembly. My first task, a happy one, is to congratulate you, Sir, most warmly on your election as President of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. We know that in your hands this will be a session of accomplishments.
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Samoa has supported all the draft resolutions, in line. with our strong support for the speedy aitainment 01 independence by Namibia.
254. On draft resolution A, however, we have reser- vations regarding the texts of several paragraphs, a,~d especially wht~re there is a selective singling out of co…
