My delegation would like to state that when the draft resolution on Puerto Rico was put to a vote at the 1201st meeting of the Special Committee on 20 August 1981, India abstained on each of its operative paragraphs and on the draft resolution as a whole.
We are pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. It is fitting and proper that it is under Botswana's presidency that the Security Council will be approving the establishment of the enlarged United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III). This decision wi…
First of all, may I join in the tribute that has just been paid by the General Assembly to Mr. Bradford Morse of the United States, who served the United Nations well in several capacities.
The United Nations Fund for Namibia was established in 1970 to provide assistance to the people of Namibia du…
I am pleased to present an interim report on the consultations on funding of operational activities for development within the United Nations system, which was authorized by the General
Assembly in its resolution 48/162 regarding the restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the eco…
The delegation of Pakistan has ceased to surprise. Its focus on India has become somewhat tiresome, its arguments too evidently motivated. The portion of the statement of the representative of Pakistan relating to India was anchored in paragraphs 541 and 542 of the Secretary-General’s report in docu…
I am happy to speak today, when we have, to some extent, achieved one of the objectives that we had set for ourselves at Rio. Along with the establishment of the Commission on Sustainable Development and the drawing up of the Programme of Action on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing …
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan will not be surprised that his statement today has forced a reply from India. For Pakistan, as would have been obvious this morning, India is an obsession. For India, Pakistan’s histrionics are merely an annoying distraction. We do not want the General Assembly’s tru…
My delegation has already expressed its views on agenda item 42, entitled "The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina", including the draft resolution contained in document A/48/L.50.
India fully supports the efforts being made by the international community, and particularly the two Co- Chairmen of t…
My delegation has just voted in favour of the draft resolution. I would like to state, however, that our positive vote is without prejudice to India's well-known position on the representation of Kampuchea in the United Nations by so-called Demo- cratic Kampuchea, which happens to be a sponsor of th…
