As the representative of the host country for the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, it is a great honour and privilege for me to speak in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of this Committee and to express my satisfaction that resolution 36/38 to this effect…
The Government and people of India take considerable pride in the fact that, 39 years ago, at the very first session of the General Assembly, our delegation was among the first to raise the question of Namibia, then known as South West Africa, in this forum. The question of 'Namibia thus belongs to …
It is indeed true that about an .hour ago there was under consideration the possibility that we might postpone the voting until Monday, but consultations are still in progress and I am not aware that we have actually' reached any final decision on that point. In the course of the last half-hour or s…
My delegation has two observations to make with regard to the report of the Credentials Committee. First, the General Assembly
36. The Government and people of India are deeply shocked by these tragic events. It is our conviction that an even bigger tragedy in West Asia cannot be averted unless the…
India ranks today among the three or four countries with the largest populations of Muslims in the world. Within India Islam has over the centuries become part of our composite cultural tradi-
tio~s. Our ties with the world of Islam have also been varied and multifarious. India's contacts with the …
I have the honour to introduce on behalf of the sponsors draft resolution A/36/L.25 on the programnle of work of the United Na- tions Council for Namibia. The draft resolution seeks to authorize the Council for Namibia to continue its work in the discharge of its mandate in accordance with General A…
While it voted in favour of the draft resolution just adopted, the delegation of In- dia wishes to place on record that this is without preju- dice to its well-known position on the question of the Non"-Proliferation Treaty and of full-scope or other -Us- criminatory safeguards.
Permit me, first of all, to express to you, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, our most sincere appreciation of the very competent and dignified manner in which you have conducted the proceedings of the Assembly, We are confident that under your able stewardship we will …
