As in previous years, my dele- gation win support the draft resolutions on Namibia out of respect for the strong feelings of the people of that Territory and of the African continent as a whole. However, that does not mean that we agree with every single provision of the draft resolutions, some of w…
Once again the General Assembly is seized of the question of the Middle East, but certainly the scenario is different from that of the most recent past years. The possibility of a Geneva meeting between the parties concerned has been seriously raised again and, as a consequence, this year's debate a…
This year's debate on the policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa takes place against two backdrops, each of which lends poignancy and throws into greater relief a situation which sinks lower and lower in the respect for human dignity, in the guaranteeing of personal liberties and in…
Item 26 deserves more attention and interest than seems to be accorded to it by the Assembly. Many countries with a colonial past will fmd, if only they take enough interest, that their citizens can spend their time most profitably abroad in visiting museums where they can see displayed objets d~rt,…
The question of Cyprus, which seems to be running the risk of becoming a permanent item on the General Assembly's agenda unless the resolutions on it are duly respected, is of concern to my country for several reasons. We feel what one might call a spiritual affmity, nurtured by geography, history a…
I have only a very short statement to make. In a spirit of solidarity wc supported the 10 draf L resolutions concerning apartheid. This, how- ever, does not necessarily mean that we agree with every single word or sentence contained in the preambular or
A long time ago I read Alan Paton's epic, cry the Beloved Country, and 1was shocked then, as I am now, that such an incredibly false philosophy as apartheid should be practised, much less endured. Yet year after agonized year has passed since then, year after year have we from this rostrum denounced…
