Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. We are confident that under your skilful guidance the Council will be able to fulfil its responsibilities successfully. I should also like to pay tribute to your p…
At the outset I should like to reiterate our thanks to the Government of Denmark for having acted as host to the World Summit for Social Development at Copenhagen, which gave us the opportunity to discuss in depth the issues related to social development with the aim of pursuing strategies for susta…
Last year and the year before, my predecessors began their statements on this same agenda item with a tribute to the two architects of the Middle East peace process: President Arafat and Prime Minister Rabin. This year, I was prepared to follow suit and to do so joyfully. However, the grievous loss …
As a nation with a rich cultural heritage, Turkey is particularly pleased that the Assembly is once again, under agenda item 22, considering the important issue of the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.
Having taken note of the valuable report of the Director-Gen…
Today, after far too many millennia of wars, oppression and violence, the world stands poised at the threshold of the “culture of peace”.
The human family can leave behind its ugly ages of ignorance and arrogance in order to start living in the lovely house of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi said:
“My hous…
As my Foreign Minister stated in the general debate earlier in the session, the fiftieth anniversary is the most opportune time to engage in self-
The central issue before us is the enhancement of the representative character of the Security Council. The new international political environment requ…
We are happy to see positive developments in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The adoption of the agreed basic principles of Geneva and New York, and the ongoing peace talks in Dayton, foster our optimism. However, we are aware of the fact that there may be stumbling blocks and set-backs on t…
Fifteen years ago, in 1979, the General Assembly designated 1985 as International Youth Year. The themes of the Year were participation, development and peace. In 1985, the General Assembly also endorsed guidelines for producing specific measures addressing the needs of young people. These guideline…
Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of
For a long time now, the blatant violations of relevant Security Council resolutions on Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular resolutions 824 (1993) and 836 (1…
