At the outset, let me thank Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid, for his statement introducing the Committee’s report (A/48/22). Over the years, the Special Committee, as the United Nations body entrusted with the monitoring of developments in South Africa…
The adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on 10 December 1982 marked one of the most important events in the history of the United Nations. It was the product of the collective endeavour of the international community. Furthermore, the Convention symbolized the interdepende…
General Assembly resolution 47/62 of 11 December 1992 requested the Secretary-General to invite the Member States to submit written comments on a possible review of the membership of the Security Council. Their views are before us in documents A/48/264 and Add.1, Add.2 and Add.2/Corr.1, Add.3 and Ad…
The Sri Lanka delegation wishes to congratulate the Secretary-General for presenting what he himself has referred to as
It is indeed a comprehensive overview of the manifold activities of the different organs and other bodies of the United Nations system.
In his introduction, the Secretary-General…
