In taking the floor in this debate that has become a tradition, I should like yet again to voice Romania's dedication to ensuring an ever greater role for la Francophonie on the world stage and to strengthening its cooperative ties with the world Organization. We are delighted to see la Francophonie…
I should like at the outset to express the Romanian Government's satisfaction at the inclusion on the agenda of this session the item regarding the granting of observer status in the
The June 1992 Declaration establishing the Organization demonstrates the will of the participating States to develop…
My country fully subscribed to the statement delivered by the Austrian delegation on behalf of the European Union. Therefore, I will focus on some specific aspects.
Respect for human rights is a cornerstone of the United Nations that has guided the Organization’s activities ever since its foundatio…
Allow me at the outset to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your excellent performance in the exercise of this function.
Since my country has subscribed to the statement delivered by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union, I will brief…
On the threshold of the year 2000, we have an unprecedented opportunity to live in an open world — a world of permanent communication and interaction. Its perpetual movement cannot be stopped. Globalization cannot be assimilated to its mere economic dimension. Globalization means, above all, consecr…
My country subscribes to the statement made today by the delegation of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union. I will focus, therefore, on certain specific issues.
The World Summit for Social Development — organized two years ago in a post-cold-war international environment characterized by pro…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States for the month of January, I join the previous speaker in expressing to the Government and the people of the Marshall Islands our
The same sentiments go to the family of the late President of the Marshall Islands and to all those who…
For the third consecutive session, the General Assembly is examining the agenda item entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”. The work done since the last session, particularly the inter-sessional consultations und…
My country endorsed the statement delivered today by the Irish delegation on behalf
The World Summit for Social Development represented a landmark in development-related international cooperation. It created an unprecedented framework for a global social vision projected into the twenty-first centu…
Allow me first to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the high responsibility of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. Your well-known diplomatic skills give us full confidence for the success of the Council’s work this month.
I should also like to express o…
The United Nations has not thus far commemorated the anniversaries of the wars that have ravaged mankind in the contemporary era. It is busy enough dealing with current wars and conflicts, which, unfortunately, daily take a heavy toll in human lives and cause the widespread destruction of what the h…
The plenary of the General Assembly offers us today its generous framework to debate one of the items of utmost importance at the forty-ninth session: the Agenda for Development. In this context, my delegation wants to express its appreciation of everything that has been done to open the way this ye…
The agenda item “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe” offers this session good cause for satisfaction. The Secretary-General’s report (A/49/529), dated 17 October 1994, is an illustrative expression of the mutually beneficial and reinforcin…
