For seven years now, the General Assembly has felt compelled to consider the question of the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. My delegation deeply regrets that the two parties concerned have not yet been able to resolve this question.
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My delegation wishes first to thank you, Sir, and all the members of the Council for having granted our request to speak before this body in order to express our opinion on the item on the Council’s agenda today. The Laotian delegation also wishes to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the…
The presence of mines and other unexploded devices as a result of armed conflicts continues to be a subject of deep concern to the world community. In fact, as the Secretary-General has stated, there are an estimated 110 million mines buried in the ground in more than 70 countries. Every effort shou…
The Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACTC), which was established on 20 March 1970 in Niamey in the Republic of the Niger, was born of an ideal — that of bringing together countries that use French as a common language in a joint endeavour, and seems to express a new solidarity and a f…
“Of course, I am very scared, but what can we do? We have to farm to survive”, said a Lao mother who was injured in the head by shrapnel from a bomblet.
“Nobody at school told me it could be dangerous”, said an adolescent boy, sitting on a metal hospital bed, looking at the wounds to his shoulder a…
First, I would like to thank the representatives of Finland and of Thailand for their outstanding efforts in organizing so well the work of the Open-ended Working Group on the reform of the Security Council. With much skill and with great integrity, they have conducted the work in a generally satisf…
Like other speakers, I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. Aware as I am of your skills and broad experience in international affairs, I believe that the Council’s work will be fruitful. I also wish to congr…
On 23 December 1994, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution which affirmed its deep concern at the tremendous humanitarian problem caused by the presence of mines and at the fact that the number of mines being laid each year outweighs the number that could be cleared during the same …
On 14 May 1948, when the
On the whole, there have been positive developments in the situation in the Middle East, despite certain setbacks. After the signing of the Declaration of Principles in Washington in 1993, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization have continuously demonstrated their…
After more than two years of lengthy, not to say marathon, discussions in the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council, we have today arrived at an important stage.…
Here at its fiftieth session the General Assembly must once again take up the agenda item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. That embargo, which has gone on for more than 30 years now, has not only done …
On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly, at its second session, adopted resolution 181 (II), in which it approved the partition plan that provided for the end of the Mandate, the progressive withdrawal of British armed forces and the creation of the Arab and Jewish States scheduled for 1 October 1…
Next year the United Nations, the only global multilateral forum, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. This historic occasion will offer the international community an important opportunity to draw lessons from the past and to engage in an in-depth exchange of views on the role which our Organiz…
Once again the General Assembly is called upon to consider the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed against the Republic of Cuba. As we all know, that embargo, which dates back more than 30 years, has had an enormous effect on the living standards of the vast ma…
The General Assembly’s consideration over more than four decades of the South African Government’s policy of apartheid is this year entering its crucial phase. Undoubtedly, the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be well within reach. However, much remains to be done.
At their meeting held at U…
In its wisdom, the General Assembly last year adopted by consensus resolution 47/62, on the question of equitable representation on and
During this new era, as we witness the emergence of new power structures and a large increase in the number of Members of our Organization, it is fitting that the …
The convening of high-level plenary meetings to examine the status of international cooperation against the illicit production, sale, demand, traffic and distribution of narcotics and psychotropic substances is a clear reflection of how seriously the international community is approaching this impor…
