I have the honour to speak on behalf of the delegations of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
238. The Nordic Governments have consistently and actively supported the process of decolonization. They have contributed to the efforts of the United Nations to eradicate colonialism and help c…
It is with profound sadness that, on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, I pay tribute to the memory of two outstanding leaders: the Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Mr. Deng Xiaoping, and His Excellency Mr. Cheddi Jagan, President of the Coope…
The position of my delegation has been reflected in the explanation of vote just made by the presidency of the European Union. We have voted and shall vote accordingly. However, as Finland is the Co-Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk conference until the…
The draft resolution before us, submitted by the Trust Committee for the United Nations Fund for Namibia, will, when adopted, bring to a close an important chapter in the long process that led to the independence of Namibia and its admission to membership in the United Nations.
The draft resolution…
Let me begin by stating that Finland associates itself with the statement of the European Union just delivered by the representative the presidency of the Union. In this statement I shall therefore touch only on some aspects of the Agency’s work which are of particular relevance to Finland’s relatio…
To begin, Sir, let me thank you for the opportunity accorded to my delegation once again to address the Council on the important and tragic matter which is before the Council.
After some very tense moments in February this year, the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina seemed to be i…
Today, on the occasion of Human Rights Day and the forty-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I have the pleasure and honour to speak on behalf of the Governments of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The Nordic countries have traditionally been defenders of hum…
In recent years we have seen events and developments in the world which would have been labelled wishful thinking only five years ago. The most recent and the most welcome was the historic handshake between Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat. The Declaration of Principles signed by Israel and …
I am addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
The Nordic Governments welcome the fact that a full-fledged debate has now been launched on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Se…
Let me start by saying that Finland, at present a member of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), very much appreciates the leadership that Director General Hans Blix is providing the Agency as it faces the
While many issues on the Agency’s agenda merit our attent…
I too wish to speak in connection with the problem touched on by previous speakers, relating to paragraph 27 and the limited distribution of documents, and to make not a formal proposal, but a reasonable suggestion. Perhaps those countries which over the years have paid their assessed contributions …
Last year Finland co-sponsored the draft resolution which initiated the cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). This year the General Assembly has taken a step further as it has unanimously invited the CSCE to participate in the Assembl…
The disappearance from global affairs
of the East-West division has removed the threat jf a global nuclear
confrontation over the Middle East. That is a very good development. At the
same time, regrettably, there is no real peace in the region. The
Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts …
Allow me to offer you. Sir, and the
Assembly the apologies of my Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Mr. Jorma
Huuhtanen, who indeed had arrived in New York over the weekend but then was
recalled to Helsinki by the Prime Minister for urgent cabinet negotiations
this afternoon. He asked me to…
In the vote in the First Committee on draft resolution C in the report of the First Committee, concerning the strengthening of the security of the non-nuclear-weapon States, the Finnish delegation abstained. It did so because of certain formula- tions contained in operative paragraph 1 of that draft…
My delegation voted forthedraft resolution indocument A/31/436 just adopted by the Auembly. We did so because the Finnish Govern- ment gives its full support to the principle of transferring real resources to developing countries on an increasingly predictable, aaured and continuous basis. We are th…
