My delegation proposes the deletion of a subordinate clause in the second preambular paragraph of draft resolution Ill. The specific words which we propose should be deleted are: "in those developed countries in which the United Nations makes its expenditures",. The second preambular paragraph would…
I wel- come this opportunity to address the General Assembly on a matter of such moral, political and human impor- tance as apartheid. I speak as the representative of a rela- tively new nation, one founded squarely on the belief that the most basic function of Government is to protect the rights of…
My delegation joined in the consensus on draft resolution 11, on the Second United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, be- cause we place great store in the consensus principle.on matters relating to outer space. That principle h'as served the Committee on the Pea…
The statement this morning by the Cuban Mirtister of
stra~egic offensive forces and today spend thre;e times the United States amount in the entire strategic realm. 154. It is no "race" when the Soviet Union over 1 the past decade developed and deployed four genera- tions of intercontinental ballis…
I will be brief in introducing this draft amendment (A/78/L.91).
Our delegation believes that civil society organizations must be able to participate in the Summit of the Future to ensure that their voices are heard and that their input is provided. Partnership with civil society is essential if we…
The United States joins others in congratulating the Permanent Representatives of Saint Lucia and Romania on their appointment as co-Chairs for the seventy- eighth session. We look forward to their direction and leadership on this critical item.
The United States would like to highlight three succe…
Like the delegation of Turkey, the United States delegation was sh\lCked by the statement made today by the ~inister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden. His discussion of Central America was the most appalling of all. He said Hit is obvious that a foreign Power -the United States-plays a crucial role whe…
I must take strong exception to the diatribe delivered this evening by the representative of Nicaragua and to the earlier parody of it by Grenada. In 1981 in the general debate the representative of Nicaragua charged that the United States was preparingto invade Nicaragua. In the Security Council du…
In conclusion, I would say that it is the response of the United Nations and States around the world which will help determine whether these attacks continue and prolif- erate, or are halted forever.
The Assembly has just adopted one of the most important- perhaps the most important-resolutions before the thirty- sixth session of 'the General Assembly. Though this sim- ple, procedural resolution merely extends the mandate of the Group of Experts to Investigate Reports on the Al- leged Use of Che…
This draft resolution is improper and disruptive. The item was before the First Committee, where Iraq, as its represen- tative just stated, joined in the consensus for a procedural resolution on the Middle East nuclear-free zone.
52. If there were merit to the ideas contained in the draft resolutio…
I wish to express the appreciation of the United States delegation for the Director General's comprehensive and excellent re- port on the activities of the Agency over the past year. This report raises many subjects and issues which we all will be discussing and considering during the year to come.
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I lis- tened with surprise and regret to yesterday's remarks by the Co-ordinator of the Junta of the Government of Nic- aragua. We have sought to establish a dialogue with Nic- aragua and continue to hope and to try. But our efforts are met only by rhetoric, distortions and misrepresenta- tions.
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba yesterday [l2th meeting] accused the United States Government of using biological warfare against the people of Cuba. The world had already heard this charge, that the United States had spread among the people of Cuba a dread epidemic- dengue fever.
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As the United States has made clear in the Credentials Com- mittee and in other arenas, we support the acceptance on technical grounds of the credentials of the representative of Democratic Kampuchea. They are in clear compliance with the requirements of the rules of procedure, as recog- nized by th…
The United States Government-a Government founded on the proposition that all men are created equal-has al- ways opposed apartheid and has always voiced such posi- tion consistently, clearly and unequivocally. We have done so in the General Assembly and in other arenas and on every occasion when the…
At the 51st meeting I spoke to the Assembly in praise of IAEA and in regret about the trend towards politicization in that as in other United Nations specialized agencies, all of which have important missions to fulfil. As I spoke such politicization continued, and in a rather disorderly manner.
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My <Jelegation has co-sponsored an amendment, A/37/ L.IS/Rev.l, to draft resolution A/37/L.13/Rev.1. Our amendment is simple in content and straightforward in concept. It does not address the many serious objections we have to other parts of the draft resolu- tion. Instead, it points to objections w…
