The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, one of the greatest achievements of the United Nations in the codification and development of international law and the promotion of international cooperation, will enter into force on 16 November 1994. The 1982 Convention, rightly described as an…
It is a great pleasure for me to participate in this debate under your presidency, Sir, on the anniversary of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), traditionally celebrated as the day of Africa’s liberation and when the Security Council is ready to close once and for all the fil…
Allow me first of all, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Algeria, to offer you our heartfelt congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. Your unanimously recognized attributes guarantee success for our deliberations at a time when the Council is once again having …
I should like to convey, at the outset, our thanks to the Secretary-General and to the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the two reports they have presented. Their two reports provide useful information on the recent developments of the…
On the initiative of a limited number of countries, among which I am happy to mention Algeria and Guyana, the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security was inscribed on the agenda of the General Assembly in 1979. This appeal by the international community…
It is a great pleasure for me to speak today as Chairman of the Group of African States on a question to which the delegations on whose behalf I am speaking attach great importance.
At the outset I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, which is a new milestone in the positive d…
I wish to begin by associating my delegation with the statement made this morning by the Chairman of the Group of 77.
Permit me next to pay a tribute to Mr. Jan Eliasson, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for the high quality of the report before the Assembly on strengthening of the…
It is an honour and a privilege for me to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/48/L.22, entitled "Emergency action to combat locust infestation in Africa", on behalf of all the African States Members of the United Nations and also of the following States: Belgium, Canada, China, De…
President Ndadaye, God rest his soul, on 4 October just past declared from this very rostrum that he wanted, just shortly after the victory of democracy in his country, to convey a message from his people to the international community, a message of peace, friendship, fraternity and solidarity.
In …
I should like, first, to express our appreciation to Ambassador Sardenberg, the President of the Security Council, for his introductory remarks. His presentation to the General Assembly of the report of this principal organ is in itself a sign of a new spirit of cooperation, which we welcome wholehe…
The scheduling by the General Assembly of high-level plenary meetings to examine the status of and prospects for international drug control marks an important advance in the international community’s growing awareness of the global nature of the narcotics scourge and of the need for a constant impro…
Algeria fully endorses the support for this Organization and for the efforts of the Secretary-General that was expressed anew by the Permanent Representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. It also endorses the Movement’s observations, suggestions and proposals as part of a consi…
I should like first to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. The useful and relevant information that it contains makes a valuable contribution by setting the stage for our current delib…
