Madam President, may I join those who have already congratulated you on your assumption of the presidency for this month. May I also thank the outgoing President of the Council. Our thanks also go to the delegations which took the initiative that has resulted in our being here today.
Without wishin…
Speaking on behalf of the European Union, I wish to say that it took a very active part in the debate on following up the United Nations New Agenda for the development of Africa. The links between the European Union and Africa are such that everything concerning the African continent is also of grea…
The European Union joined in the consensus on draft resolution I, which proclaims 1996 the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. We are pleased that the resolution is universal in scope and that it decides to devote the year 1996 to the struggle against poverty and want throughout the w…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union.
The European Union attaches great importance to the quest for a solution to the external-debt problems of the most seriously indebted developing countries. The Union welcomes the fact that late in the work of the Second
However, we feel that the resol…
The European Union supports the relevant measures the Secretary-General is requested to take to increase the Organization’s focus on countries with economies in transition. We take note of the explanations given by the Secretariat during the informal consultations relating to this point. We believe …
The European Union did not oppose the consensus on the resolution on strengthening the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). We do, however, want to stress that operative paragraph 7 should not be interpreted as a vague call for the holding of meetings at UNEP headquarters without considering…
It is my honour to address the Assembly on behalf of the European Union concerning draft resolutions III and IV under this item.
The European Union will join in the consensus on these two texts, as it did in the Second Committee, although we have difficulties with both. Clearly, cooperation for dev…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Montenegro and Serbia; as well as the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine a…
