The fact that so many delegations can muster the energy to speak once again on
Like those of most other Member States, the Austrian position on Security Council reform has been expressed in detail over the last four years. Our views have been incorporated in a working document that we submitted tog…
The debate on the Secretary- General’s report on the work of the Organization provides us with one of the few opportunities we have to look at the whole rather than at specific parts of our work. The United Nations is shaped by political realities in the world. Indeed, in large parts it can but mirr…
There is no peace without justice, no justice without law. In the case of the former Yugoslavia, this elementary truth has found its reflection in the establishment of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Commi…
The General Assembly is considering the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council for the fourth time without, I am afraid, any immediate solution within reach. This fact calls for an urgent reassessment of the objectives contained in resolution 4…
Since this is the first time I have addressed the General Assembly at this session, let me reiterate my Government’s congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President. The first three weeks of our work have already shown that necessary reform in the working methods of the Assembly is indeed…
I will try to abide by your appeal, Sir, and be as brief as possible.
Our exchange of views this week on public administration and development comes at a particular and important moment, following the discussion and identification of the complex and relevant role of government and public administra…
The Austrian delegation appreciates the fact that the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly was again introduced by the current president of the Council, who this month is the Permanent Representative of Oman. This follow-up to the initiative taken by the delegation of Brazil in Oct…
The challenge for the Security Council today, after the emergence of a new, cooperative spirit in international relations, is to become fully adjusted to the function the founding fathers of the United Nations expected it to fulfil: to bear the primary responsibility for the maintenance of internati…
This year’s report of the Secretary-General again contains an impressive overview of the manifold activities of the Organization. I should like to use the discussion of this “state of the Organization” report to advance a number of ideas of a general nature.
We all know, or should know, that the Or…
As we come to the conclusion of our debate on agenda item 37, I wish to make a few comments in my personal capacity as Coordinator of the informal consultations that were conducted in conformity with the procedure set out in resolution 48/162, “Further measures for the restructuring and revitalizati…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on the effectiveness you have shown in your conduct of the affairs of the Security Council as its President for the month of December.
By the presidential statement issued last 4 November, the Security Council decided to enhance the possibilities of c…
It is indeed a sad reality that the global need for humanitarian emergency assistance is more urgent today than it has ever been. More than 30 million people in countries in Asia, Africa, the Caucasus, the former Yugoslavia and Central America are in dire need of emergency assistance. They are the u…
Austria welcomed the submission of the Secretary-General’s report “An Agenda for Development”. Today we join others in expressing appreciation of the concrete recommendations that have been presented, which, we understand, are based on that report. The new document contains many thought- provoking, …
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to commend Egypt for its outstanding organizational efforts and its warm hospitality during the International Conference on Population and Development, held in September 1994.
We express our sincere appreciation to Mrs. Nafis Sadik and the member…
Madam President, I should like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November.
Austria has a long-standing tradition and active engagement in United Nations peace-keeping activities. We thus are deeply interested in effective cooperation and a clos…
War, aggression, human suffering and grave violations of human rights continue to
Numerous earlier attempts to bring about an effective cease-fire and to alleviate the intolerable humanitarian situation have again and again raised high hopes among the suffering people in Bosnia and Herzegovina; all…
Austria highly appreciates the fact that this report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, like the last one, was introduced by the Member State currently holding the presidency of the Council. This follow-up to the initiative taken by the delegation of Brazil during its presidency in Oct…
Before commenting on the comprehensive, informative and focused report which was presented to this General Assembly by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), I should like to take this opportunity to express sincere thanks and great appreciation to Mr. Hans Blix for h…
For the second time in recent years the General Assembly is considering the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council.
Since last year’s debate the Working Group of the whole has had an extensive exchange of views. During the general debate of th…
This is a great day for the United Nations. A dream has come true at long last.
As already stated by the Chairman of the Group of Western European and Other States speaking on behalf of all members of the Group and the President of the European Union, we warmly welcome the return of a democratic an…
