My delegation naturally associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
I should like merely to say a few words as the representative of a member country of the group of Friends of the Secretary-General on the question of Haiti.
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Two delegations used today’s debate on the law of the sea as a pretext for once again bringing up the latest nuclear tests that France has had to carry out. In particular, they said, without of course furnishing the slightest proof, that these tests had harmful effects on the environment.
My delega…
In his statement this morning the representative of Libya challenged France, even if he did not name it, asserting that it was acting as a colonial Power with respect to certain Territories. My delegation strongly rejects the use of such language with regard to the situation of French Territories an…
In 1879, the Société de géographie de Paris convened an international congress, under the chairmanship of Ferdinand de Lesseps, to study the question of an interoceanic canal. The congress decided, in a resolution, to build a canal along a line that would link the Gulf of Limón, on the Atlantic, and…
The delegation of the Marshall Islands once again today brought up the question of nuclear tests, although this has nothing to do with the agenda item we have been considering this morning. It mentioned specifically the tests carried out in the Pacific by “a colonial Power” (supra, p. 29).
I will n…
Certain delegations, one of them in virulent terms, have once again today referred to the question of nuclear tests. In particular, it has been stated that the recent tests conducted by France were counter to the commitments entered into when the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was extended. In addit…
Two delegations have referred to France, though not by name, in connection with the recent nuclear tests it has had to conduct. One delegation in particular called on my country to carry out its tests “on its own soil”. In this connection, my delegation wishes to recall certain facts.
First, French…
A delegation referred again today to the question of nuclear tests in unacceptable terms that compel my delegation to recall certain facts once again.
First, our underground nuclear tests in no way affect the health of the population or the natural environment. Eminent international experts have co…
Several delegations today once again brought up the question of nuclear tests. Some made an effort to weigh their words carefully, but others did not show the same restraint.
The delegation of France wishes to emphasize once again that the judgements levelled in this fashion are not an objective as…
Several delegations mentioned the question of nuclear tests. Their statements have prompted the French delegation to recall the facts and to put the last series of tests by France in perspective that of a complete and final halt to nuclear testing.
The carrying out by France of the current programm…
