Sixty-two years ago, our predecessors, inspired by a shared aspiration to save succeeding generations from the scourge of conflict, created this institution, the United Nations, on the basis of a common faith: faith in the ability of humanity to resolve its differences peacefully. That faith is base…
In speaking on the situation in the Middle East, allow me first, on behalf of the Government and the people of Thailand, to express our condolences to the Government and the people of Israel for the untimely loss of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. To us, he was much more than just a leader of…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to discuss the financial situation of the Organization, and in this connection wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his statement to the General Assembly on 12 October 1994. My delegation has carefully examined his paper on ensuring a…
Last year, when my delegation participated in the general debate on this important agenda item, “An agenda for development”, we offered our view that there were four elements which we believed should be considered part of the main theme of an Agenda for Development”. These were that the Agenda shoul…
On behalf of the Thai delegation, let me first of all offer my sincere congratulations to Mrs. Nafis Sadik, Secretary-General of the International Conference on Population and Development and her colleagues in the Secretariat for the immense efforts they put into making the Conference a success. Mrs…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to participate in these deliberations on the new and important agenda item on mine clearance. We have heard many delegations stress the importance of this issue, in regard to which a draft resolution is before us.
In his report on the work of the Organization,…
I welcome the opportunity to
participate in the debate on this important agenda item. But, first, I should
like to express our appreciation to Mr. Maurice Strong and his colleagues in
the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) for their initiatives an…
