On behalf of my Miilister for Foreign AtTairs and on my own behalf I should like to extend to you, Sir, my warm con- gratulations on your unanimous election to the high otTlCe of President of this session of the General Assembly. Your election is a recognition of your talent and experience in the co…
When Mr. Kittani as- sumed the presidency of this session on 15 September, he so rightly advised us to devote the session to implementa- tion and follow-up rather than repetitious statements and the inevitable resolutions that follow. Today, three months later, when we are on the eve of concluding t…
I should like to thank Mr. Massamba Sane of Senegal and, through him, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the invaluable work they have done in the past year and for having presented the Com- mittee's report to the Assembly. I should also like to tak…
As we did last year, almost to the day, my delegation has preferred to refrain from participating in the main debate on the draft resolu- tion on this item. I wish to emphasize that this was not determined by any lack of resolve or by apathy on our part or by a reluctance to speak in support of the …
My delegation was among the signatories that requested the inclusion of this item in the agenda of the thirty-sixth session. The request for the inclusion of this item became necessary after reso- lution 487 (1981) was unanimously adopted by the Se- curity Council on 19 June. That resolution strongl…
Speaking late in this debate. my delegation is alive to the fact that this item. as shown by the debates that have taken place so far and the exchanges during the current debate, is a question of great controversy. As the Secretary-General himself says in his report. in spite of the efforts made at …
Our thanks are due to the Special Committee against Apartheid and to its Chair- man, Mr. Maitama-Sule. the representative of Nigeria. for his lucid introduction of the report on the Committee's activities and the review of developments in South Africa.
158. Few items on the agenda of the General As…
LC1~t week my delegation cast its vote in favour of the acceptance of the credentials of the delegation of Democratic Kampuchea. In casting that vote we made our posi- tion sufficiently clear, but we refrained from inter- vening in the debate because many of the reasons we would have urged in suppor…
