I wish to convey the greetings of Mr. Vojislav Kostunica, the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and those of its Government and people.
This is a very special moment for me, which I would like to share with all present. The Assembly has decided unanimously to admit my country. The Fe…
This statement i s being made on behalf of the
Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
As the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly, which you, Mr. President,
have guided with exceptional dynamism and s k i l l , i s being brought to an end, we are
addressing the problem of apartheid once agai…
There is an increasing danger of further escalation and a growing potential for the region of Central America to be engulfed by the fires of war. This is another link in the world- wide net ofsituations that are the result of attacks on the right to self-determination, independence and freedom. 2. T…
Mr. President, I should like first of all to congratulate you on your election as President of the current session of the General Assembly. It is my particular pleasure to welcome you, the representative of a neighbouring country with which Yugoslavia has been developing friendly relations and compr…
There is no doubt that the situation in the Middle East is constantly deterio- rating and poses a direct threat to peace and security. There is no doubt either that the causes of that deteriora- tion are the negation of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people, the continuing occupa…
It is an honour and privilege for me to introduce draft resolution A/36/L.27 on dissemination of information on Namibia.
180. The formulation of the draft resolutiol1 has been motivated, as is indicated in the preamble, by the urgent need to mobilize international, public opinion on a contin- uous …
The proclamation of the International Year of Disabled Persons is first of all an expression of understanding of the gravity of the problem of disabled persons and of.the need to take effective measures to solve it. The fact that there are about 500 million disabled persons in the world today is amp…
While not entering at this moment into an evaluation of the deterioration of the Middle East situation-which is a consequence of Is- raeli aggression and expansion, on which we shall have an opportunity to speak in a later debate on the Middle East-I should, however, like to point out some factors w…
We are meeting again to consider one of the last colonial problems on our planet. It is one of the most glaring examples of injustice, op- pression and violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. It is simply inconceivable that in the year 1981 one country and its people should…
Instead of engaging to- gether in a quest for peace and co-operation, we in the General Assembly have recently been forced to consider the ever more frequent use of force, aggression, inter- ference, intervention in the internal affairs of other States and various other forms of illegal behaviour. R…
It is a well-known fact that the continuous growth of the world economy and the faster development of developing countries depend" on the sufficiency of energy resources. Significant efforts are being made at national and international levels to meet growing energy requirements. However, all countri…
Following the introduc- tion of draft resolution A/36/L.ll, on the United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-opera- tion in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and during the debate on that item and on the report of IAEA, inten- sive negotiations on the substance of the draft …
Here we are again con- sidering the situation in South-East Asia and in Kam- puchea. The situation is getting worse, tension is rising and the threat to peace persists. Problems remain unre- solved and the causes of the crisis have not been elimi- nated. As many speakers before me have pointed out, …
This meeting of the General Assembly is de- voted to an event which took place 20 years ago and marked a turning-point in the histlJry of our times. Dis- tinguished statesmen from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe founded the non-aligned movement at that time, thus fulfilling the aspirations of…
Mr. President, may I congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-sixtlt session of the General Assem- bly. 1 recall with satisfaction' that relations between Yugoslavia 3Ild Iraq are distinguished by warm friendship and co-operation. We are confident that your vas…
Our position regarding the agenda item under discussion is well known. We have clearly explained our stance on several oCCaSi0i.1S in the United Nations and elsewhere. Our basic position in similar cases has always been, as it is in this case, in harmony with the principle of the rejection ofany use…
There is hardly any other issue in international relations with respect to which the international community has achieved a higher degree of agreement that it has on the rejection of apartheid and the need for its elimi- nation, as a system that degrades human dignity and threatens international pea…
We have read carefully the report oflAEA for 1979and have listened with great interest and attention to the statement made by the Director General of the Agency, Mr. Eklund. The report and Mr. Eklund's statement have provided us with a clear picture of the activities of the Agency in the reporting p…
I wish to congratulate Ambassador von Wechmar on his election to the presidency of the thirtv-tilth session of the General Asscmblv, I am confident that, with his vast experience and skill: he will guide our deliberations to a successful conclusion.
224. Wl: highly appreciate the important contribu…
As I am speaking for the firs~ time during this session of the General As- sembly, allow me to extend to the President my personal congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. My pleasure in doing so is even greater owing to our long friendship and my conviction that hi…
