I shall conclude my state- ment. You will of course appreciate, Sir, that I would not have asked to reply to Ambassador Mishra had he not spoken in the way he did and had he not made cer- tain imputations about my colleagues and me which we do not accept.
187. I shall conclude by saying that the qu…
My colleagues and I, who represent the delegations of the countries of ASEAN, have listened carefully and attentively to the statements just made by our colleague, the Ambassador of India, as well as by the representative of Bulgaria.
176. Mr. President, I crave your permission to make a brief repl…
In recent days my delega- tion has spoken on the' credentials of Democratic Kampuchea and on the situation in Kampuchea. In
94..The peoples of Indo-China, Viet Nam, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of Kampuchea, who have had to suffer an imperialist and aggressive war …
I should like to begin my statement by remarking that the member countries of ASEAN do not harbour any hostility towards the Socialist Republic of Vie:t Nam. We hold the view that the countries of South-East Asia have a right to choose their own social and economic systems and their ideological orie…
A persistent but futile attempt has been made by the Soviet Union and its allies to rewrite history. They continue to argue that Soviet troops entered Afghanistan in December 1979 at the invitation of the Government of Afghanistan and in accordance with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighbourl…
In chemistry, a blue substance called litmus is used to detect the presence of acids. When an acid is present, litmus turns from blue to red. This procedure is called the litmus test. For most of the countries of the third world, Af- ghanistan has become a litmus test of the foreign policy of the So…
In chemistry, a blue substance called litmus is used to detect the presence of acids. When an acid is present, litmus turns from blue to red. This procedure is called the litmus test. For most of the countries of the third world, Af- ghanistan has become a litmus test of the foreign policy of the So…
As one of your many friends and admirers in this house, Mr. President, may I begin by expressing to you my great personal pleasure at seeing you occupying your high office and by wishing you a very successful tenure during the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly.
58. I shOUld lIke to tak…
In his statement at the 58th meeting, the representative of the Soviet Union said that our discussion of this item is an interference in the inter- nal affairs of Afghanistan. He also characterized the pres- ence of approximately 100,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan as the provision of "friendly ass…
For the second successive year Viet Nam has proposed for consideration by the General Assembly an agenda item entitled "Question of peace, stability and co-operation in South-East Asia". This year we ai",- have before us a memorandum from the Lao People's Democratic Republic entitled "Principles gov…
A lawyer friend of mine once observed that in arguing a case before a court of law, some lawyers foHow the following rule. If you have the facts on your side, address your arguments to the jury. If you have the law on your side, address your arguments to the judge. If you have neither the facts nor …
On behalf of the five ASEAN countrie~, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and -Singapore, I would like to pay a brief trib- ute to the memory of President Anwar El Sadat and to convey our condolences to the bereaved family.
36. Anwar El Sadat believed that his visit to Jerusalem could break…
The only excuse which my delegation will offer for speaking on this item is that my Government maintains the most friendly and co-operative relations with the Governments of both the Comoros and France. We wish to make-a very brief statement on this item in order to avoid any pos- sible misunderstan…
I heed your appeal, Mr. President and was, in any case, about to conclude. I was going to say that Malaysia's proposal is that docu- ment A/34/L.3 be considered a new proposal and not an amendment, and I respectfully request that this pro- posal be put to the vote.
As the sponsors of draft resolution A/34/L. 2 do not insist on a vote on that draft resolution, the Assembly now has before it only two documents: the recommendation in paragraph 26 of the Credentials Committee [A/34/500], and the amendment sponsored by India and six other countries in document A/34…
Towards the end of Alan Paton's novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, the venerable Zulu patriarch Msimangu, "who had nc hate for any man", looks across the Natal hills and says heavily:
"I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they [the whites] turn to loving they will find we are turned t…
It has taken our President only three days to break a United Nations addiction of 30 years: for the first time in three decades we have started a meeting on time, and I should like to take this opportunity to pay my respects and to express my gratitude to President Salim. I also pledge him the co- o…
Exactly one week ago, the representatives of 50 States, including the Holy See, at- tended a Pledging Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Relief to the People of Kampuchea, con- vened on the initiative of our Secretary-General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim.
160. Although the representatives canv- from diffe…
Mr. President, I think
tl)l~ real is~ue here is whether or riot the point of order made by the representative of Belgium is a point of order in connection with the actual conduct of voting. His proposal is that the Assembly should not vote on the amendment contained in document A/37/L.60. Now, if m…
I should like briefly to explain the attitude of my delegation towards the application for membership in this Organization of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. In doing so I should also like to enunciate the general policy of my Government on the membership question.
26. Article 4 of the Charter …
