The United States wishes to explain its position in reference to priority (b) of the medium-term plan and the budget outline, which calls for
“Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nat…
Having supported the people of El Salvador in their efforts, first to achieve peace and now to rebuild their society and consolidate democracy, the United States is proud to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/50/L.72, which establishes the United Nations Office of Verification (ONUV). The United Nat…
The United States is pleased to join consensus on the draft resolution before the Assembly.
In September 1993, Israel and the PLO signed a historic Declaration of Principles, which began the process of bringing peace between Palestinians and Israelis. The next major step came in May 1994, when the …
The United States delegation will oppose the proposed motion for no action on the French amendment. We believe that the French amendment will at least temper an inappropriate use of the International Court of Justice, a respected legal institution, for what can only be seen as political purposes. Th…
My Government is pleased to be a sponsor of the draft resolution on the law of the sea (A/49/L.47) and to support its adoption. The United States has long been committed to the goal of a comprehensive and widely accepted treaty on the law of the sea. Failure in 1992 to achieve consensus on the regim…
An occasion for reconciliation has been abused by a representative whose remarks were wrong in law and an insult to the Security Council: an insult to its members, who have consistently voted to sustain United Nations resolutions that sanction a State supporting terrorism, and an insult to the memor…
On behalf of my Government, I am pleased to note the dramatic improvement in the human rights climate in Haiti since the deployment of the multinational force in Haiti, on 19 September 1994. Because of the efforts of the multinational force, authorized by the Security Council in resolution 940 (1994…
Mr. President, in response to your repeated appeals, I shall be brief. To paraphrase President Lincoln: the world will little note nor long remember what I say here, but it will never forget what the people of South Africa have achieved.
Today’s vote is timely reaffirmation of the dramatic changes …
This year’s debate comes at a historic moment in South Africa. Over 300 years of exclusive white political domination ended earlier this month when the multi-racial Transitional Executive Council began oversight of key Government activities.
This has been a year marked by dramatic developments, dev…
With the sixtieth ratification of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, we have entered a new phase in our search for a convention that can achieve broad acceptance within the international community. The fact that the Convention will enter into force on 16 November 1994 should s…
The United States is pleased to address the question of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. The Agenda is one which we endorse and which we consider vital to expediting Africa’s stable, viable growth and its integration into the community of developed nations. T…
The United States strongly supports the African initiative to condemn the action by elements of the military against the democratically elected Government of Burundi. We have demanded and continue to demand that the elected Government be restored to full power and that all elements of the military r…
