South Africa's policy of ra- cism has been the concern of the General Assembly since its very first session when the delegation of India brought it to the attention of the Ur.ited Nations in 1946. Since then the United Nations has been involved in a most frus- trating endeavour to secure justice for…
At the outset, I would like to convey the warmest greetings from His Majesty the King and the people of Bhutan to the General Assembly. Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session and assure you of my delegation’s full…
I bring the warm greetings of His Majesty the King and from the people of Bhutan.
Allow me to convey our congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, President of General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. He may rest assured of Bhutan’s full support as he steers us through the session…
On behalf of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/76/L.6/Rev.1, entitled “Graduation of Bangladesh, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Nepal from the least developed country category”. On behalf of the G-77 and China, and in submitting the draft r…
I thank the President for convening this important debate.
My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by Ambassador Menissa Rambally, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia, on behalf of the L.69 group of developing countries (see A/71/PV.42).
We meet again to deliberate on a su…
At the outset, I have the honour to convey the warm greetings of His Majesty the King and the people of Bhutan. I congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session and assure him of my delegation’s full support in the discharge of his respon…
I thank the President for having convened this important meeting.
My delegation associates itself with the statement made on behalf of the L.69 group by Ambassador Menissa Rambally, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia (see A/70/PV.43).
We are confident that we will make meaningful progress on …
At the outset, I should like to convey to the members of the General Assembly the warm greetings of His Majesty the King of Bhutan. I should also like to congratulate you on your election, Mr. President, and to assure you of my delegation’s full support in the discharge of your responsibilities. I a…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the L.69 Group by Ambassador Rambally of Saint Lucia.
The decision adopted by consensus today (decision 69/560) is a reflection of your leadership, Sir, and your commitment to take the process of Security Council reform forward. …
I wish to begin by conveying the warm greetings of His Majesty the King of Bhutan. It is an honour for me to be present in this grand assembly of nations. Great men and women of our time have graced this rostrum. Yet the magnitude of the challenges we are called on to address today remains formidabl…
I offer my delegation’s congratulations to the President for his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and assure him of our support and cooperation. My delegation would also like to convey our appreciation to his predecessor, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, f…
The people and the Government of Bhutan are deeply distressed at the deliberate destruction by the Taliban of the centuries- old statues of the Buddha in the Bamiyan province of Afghanistan. We consider the unique Buddha statues of Bamiyan to be not only a priceless heritage of the Afghan people but…
Here we are, once again, dwelling on the question of Cyprus, which looks as though it will turn into yet another perennial feature of General Assembly debate-an obstinate 'problem with no encouraging signs of a just solution in the offing.
157. Cyprus first became a focus for United Nations attenti…
First, may I sayhow heartening it is for us,who have continually condemned the policies of apartheid, to find for the first time the debate on apartheid taking place in the plenary meetings of the General Assembly.
82. In 1975, the General Assembly adopted resolution 3411 D(XXX) by 99 votes to none…
The United Nations continues to face a serious deadlock over the issue of Namibia's indeI?endence. South Africa, controlled by a regime which has httle regard for international law, public opinion or
~uJ'!lan rights, has imposed a reign of terror upon the mdIgenous population of Namibia. That regim…
