At this late stage in our debate I should like on behalf of my' delegation to address the crux of the issue before us by presenting to the Assembly a few thoughts on the policy of apartheid of the racist regime of South Africa.
188. The General Assembly has been considering this question for severa…
Under its resolution ES-8/2, adopted by an overwhelming majority during the eighth emergency special session last September. the General Assembly renewed its request to the Security Council to impose comprehensive mandatory sanctions ag;llinst the South African regime, pursuant to Chapter ""U of the…
The General Assembly is once again considering the situation in the Middle East. This question, which is serious and dangerous for peace and which has been considered by the United Nations almost since it was created, has caused four destructive wars resulting in numerous innocent victims, untold su…
It was with the most profound sadness that my delegation learnt the sorrow- ful news of the death of Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, a former President of the General Assembly, who also carried out other very important functions within the Organization. By his competence and devotion, as well as by hi…
Before we go any further, my delegation would like to pay a tribute to the delegation of Guyana, as well as to the delegation of Chile-in particular to its head who is the Chairman of the Latin American group-for their clarification on the subject of the candidature of a State of Latin America, that…
Mr. President, I should like, first of all, to associate myself with you in conveying, on my own behalf and that of my delegation, our most profound con- dolences to the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR on the distressing loss it has just experienced in the death of Mr. Pyotr Masherov, First Secre…
The present state of the dialogue now under way on the establishment of the new international economic order, as described in the report of the Committee of the Whole which, under resolution 32/174 was given a major task in matters of development and international co-operation, is being considered f…
Since the creation of our Organization 34 years ago, no subject has focused the concern of the international community as has apart- heid. None has been the object of a greater seriesof con- demnations and judgements than those that have been
277. For three decades, in fact, the General Assembly ha…
Last winter when the General Assembly decided to resume the work of the thirty-third session to consider the question of Namibia in all its aspects and the consequences of the continuing defiance by South Africa of the provisions of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, it expressed its…
For almost 30 years now the international community, and particularly the United Nations, has been faced with a most heinous and condem- nable situation, a situation that has been denounced time and again and has become the shame of mankind in the twentieth century, in terms both of human dignity an…
Cameroon will vote in favour of the draft resolutions now before the Assembly. Its aim in so doing is, in the first place, to support the concrete implementation of the various resolutions to which it has already agreed and the implications of which are at the origin of some of the increasesin appro…
It is with particular interest and with great care that the African group of States weighed the offer of the Philippine Government to host the next regular session of the General Assembly in Manila.
32. There can be no doubt that this gesture, whose importance and scope are obvious to us, attests t…
For 30 years now, in the name of apanheid 4 million whites in South Africa have oppressed, tortured and carried out a growing campaign of assas- sination against 21 million blacks simply because this white minority, relying on its powerful military resources and vast repressive machinery, felt like …
Sir, it is with the greatest
pleasune that, on behalf of His Excellency Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of the United Republic of Cameroon, as well as on behalf of my delegajon and in my own name, I join the preceding speakers at ~.his rostrum in congratulating you most warmly upon your election as Presi…
For a week the General Assembly has been considering, in connexion with the question of Palestine on its agenda, the results of the work of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which was set up at its previous session.
14. My delegation's participation …
The delegation of the United Republic of Cameroon is particularly grateful to the General Assembly for agreeing to hold the debate on the question of apartheid in plenary meetings at this session for the first time. The participation in this debate of the authentic representatives of the majority of…
Our session opened a few days ago under the provisional presidency of Mr. Gaston Thorn, the Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxem- bourg, whose qualities of heart and mind we have long appreciated. Once again he placedhistalentsanddynamism at the service of the world community, presiding with a…
I now have the honour of presenting the revised version of draft resolution A/31/L.3/ Rev .I, dated 20 October 1976, which .will be available
126. The new draft resolution, while reaffirming the need to safeguard the unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of the Comoros-becaus…
Is it a coincidence that the debate of the policy of apartheid of f !~! South Afric~n Govern- ment has been followed by a debate on the question of Palestine? For my delegation, this fact is quit~ significant a:1d not at all fortuitous. The question of apartheid like that of Palestine reveals the ti…
