As my delegation is speaking for the first time, allow me to extend our warmest congratulations to Mr. Udovenko on his election to preside over the General Assembly. Our congratulations also go to his predecessor, Ambassador Razali Ismail of Malaysia, for the skill with which he guided our work duri…
First of all let me say, Mr. President, how pleased the delegation of Cameroon is to see you presiding over the Security Council at a time when Angola, which has long- standing historical ties to Portugal, has entered a decisive stage in the process of peace, unity and national reconciliation. We ar…
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General, and through him the entire Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, for the quality of the reports that provide the basis for the debate on agenda item 24 of the General Assembly, entitled “Law of the sea”.
A reading of the aforementioned repor…
It is my honour, in my capacity as the Chairman of the African Group, to comment on the progress of cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which has over the years been very useful in the promotion of development in Africa.
Over the past 35 years, Africa…
I am speaking on behalf of the African Group to introduce draft resolution A/51/L.24 on “Assistance to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Liberia”. As we are all aware, Liberia has been one of the hardest hit African countries for several years now. It has suffered a fratricidal civil war whic…
It is with deep emotion and sadness that the African Group, on whose behalf I speak, has learned of the death on 9 November 1996 in Washington of Mr. Paul Lusaka, who, during his tenure as Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Zambia to the United Nations, assumed the very important functions o…
On behalf of the African Group, I wish, like the speakers before me, to express our deep condolences to the Government and people of India for the loss of human life in the cyclone that recently struck the country.
I am speaking in reference to agenda item 25, entitled “Cooperation between the Unit…
In accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 50/160 of 22 December 1995, our delegations met from 16 to 20 September 1996 within the framework of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agen…
My delegation is speaking on agenda item 37, which deals with the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic. The two previous speakers have demonstrated very eloquently the raison d’être for the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and especially its importance in strengthen…
