The General Assembly is about to take action
on a matter of grave consequence and historic significance. My delegation
would therefore like to take this opportunity to explain its vote before the
vote is taken on the draft resolution contained in document A/47/L.1.
Let me say from the outset tha…
I t i s appropriate that we should be meeting
again to consider the issue of apartheid i n South Africa and i t s destructive
consequences i n the rest of the region. We do so now i n the context of the
decisions we took last December when we unanimously adopted the Declaration on
Apartheid and …
Sixteen years "ave elapsed since the United Nations terminated South Africa's mandate over Namibia and assumed direct responsibility for the Territory until its independence. No one could have imagined at that historic moment in 1966 that to this day Namibia would still be illegally occupied by Sout…
In its search for ajust and durable solution to the problem of Palestine and to the conflict in the Middle East as a whole, the General Assembly ha§ repeatedly called upon Israel and its collaborators to recognize the inaH~nable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and a national ho…
The question of the Co- morian island of Mayotte has been on the agenda of the General Assembly for quite some time now. The Assem- bly has repeatedly encouraged negotiations between the Governments of France and the Comeros and the finding of a just solution in conformity with the relevant resolu- …
No one genuinely com- mitted to the search for a just and durable solution to the conflict in the Middle East can doubt the importance of the item which the General Assembly is at present con- . sidering. For many years, and particularly since the adop- tion of resolution 31120, the General Assembly…
Zambia voted in favour of the resolution just adopted. My Government has al- ready categoric~lly condemned the unprovoked and pre- meditated Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear facil- ities. By our positive vote on the draft resolution we wish once again to express Zambia's strong support f…
On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Zambia, it gives me great pleasure to join those who have spoken before me in congratulating
you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. May your leadership ensure that the outcome of this sess…
On Monday, 14 September 1981, on the eve of the thirty-sixth session, the General Assembly concluded its eighth emergency special session: which was devoted to Namibia. At that session the Gen- eral Assembly, as it has done repeatedly over the years, condemned South Africa's continued illegal occupa…
I wish to join those who spoke before me in congratulating Ambassador von Wechmar on his election to the high office of President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. His coun- try, the Federal Republic of Germany, and my own, Zam- bia, enjoy cordial bilateral relations and my delega…
My distinguished brother and colleague, Ambassador B. A. Clark of Nigeria, opened this debate last Tuesday with a statement remarkable in its clarity and seriousness of purpose. The first two sentences of his statement summarize the situa- tion we are considering, and are in themselves an elo- quent…
The declaration of the year 1979as the International Year of the Child marked a watershed in the advancement of the welfare of future generations. It was an imaginative as it was realistic. What is at stake is how we are to improve the lot of the child all over the world. This is a noble goal to whi…
I wish.at the outset to pay a tribute to the late President Agostmho Neto of the People's Republic ofAngola, whose untimely death has robbed Mrica and the world of an eminent states- man and a gallant freedom fighter. The late Dr. Neto and the MPLA22 Workers' Party, which he led, had worked very clo…
The United Nations has been seized of the question of Cyprus, in one aspect or another, since 1963, A United Nations peace-keeping force has been stationed in Cyprus since 1964. Above all, the situation in Cyprus has particularly preoccupied the United Nations since the grave events of 1974, which l…
My delegation is pleased to participate in this session of the General Assembly. To us,
121. Before delving into the substance of my contri- bution, Mr. President, I wish on behalf of the Zambian delegation to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-third regular…
Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Zambian delega- tion warmly welcomes your election for two important reasons: First, you are a familiar and …
As my delegation indicated in the First Committee, nothing that has taken place since 1968 has made the basis of our position on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons untenable. We still maintain the position that we cannot be a party to the non-proliferation Treaty. This being the …
Permit me, first of ail, to congratulate Ambassador Salim A. Salim of the United Republic of Tanzania, Chairman of the Special Committee, and all its members for the report on the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and…
First of all, I wish to express the satisfaction of my delegation at the fact that the General Assembly is for the first time considering directly in plenary meetings.the question of the vicious, inhuman and evil system of apartheid. Furthermore, it is a matter of historic importance that the authen…
