May I join preceding speakers in congratulating and welcoming back to the international community and, in particular, to the General Assembly the South African delegation to the United Nations, led by the Honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alfred Nzo.
My delegation has no doubt that the n…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I am sure that, with your immense diplomatic skills, a lot will be achieved. May I also take this opportunity to express my delegation’s thanks to your predecessor, the…
The question of apartheid in South Africa has been on the international agenda for more than four decades. Throughout that period the United Nations has been unrelenting in its ardent opposition to the spectre of apartheid, which was designated a crime against humanity. To be sure the United Nations…
Allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate the recipients of the Human Rights awards this morning.
My delegation is happy to be associated with other delegations in celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Secretary- General’s report (A/48/506…
Allow me to take this opportunity to express my delegation’s sincere thanks to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for his lucid report of 20 July 1993 on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Cou…