When the General Assembly, by its resolution 32/174, established the Committee of the Whole, after a lengthy and disappointing process of· North-South con~
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18. Inspired by that hope, the representatives of our countries have worked steadfastly and have devoted their best …
Mr. President, I do not feel that it is appropriate to continue to take up the time ofthe Assembly, and I am quite pleased to follow the course you have outlined and what my colleague from the Dominican Republic had said, namely, that we should postpone further balloting.
We would prefer the two ballots stipulated in the rules of procedure to be held.
SS. The PRESIDENT: We shall therefore proceed with two more unrestricted ballots.
56. We shall now take the second unrestricted ballot. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot paper the name of one country fo…
I just want to state that Ecuador is one of the . four candidates submitted for three posts by the Latin American group with an absolute majority of 22 votes out of 27 within that group.
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Had the representative of Bolivia not spoken, we ourselves would not have spoken either.
25. I should just like to mention that precisely in order to maintain the unity ofthe Latin American group, and in full
e·~ercise of our rights as a member country, we pressed the candidature of Ecuador among …
My delegation will vote in favour of all the draft resolutions on apartheid under agenda item 27 with one exception.
b6. My country fmds repugnant the very concept of racial discrimination, which constitutes in itself a crime punishable under our law. The very idea of discrimination in our interdep…
The delegation of Ecuador considers that IAEA provides an efficient service and one which is greatly needed by the developing countries; but, furthermore, it fulfils a unique and essential functiQn in the arta of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, which are always closely linked with the dangers o…
The delegation of Ecuador wishes to repeat here the views it has held regarding the question of Palestine, and particularly those that touch upon draft resolution A/32/L.39, which corresponds to resolution 31/20 of last year.
10. May I recall that th, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, when s…
The delegation of Ecuador wishes to express its appreciation to the delegations which have honoured it with their vote in the elections to the Economic and Social Council. It also wishes to point out that it had every right to take part in those elections, since its candidacy was notified to the ple…
On behalf of the Latin American group, I wish to reiterate that for the vacancy on the Security Council there is a single candidate endorsed by the group: Jamaica.
In view of the result of the voting, I should like, on behalf of the Latin American group of States and having consulted the two countries concerned, to ask that the voting in this election be resumed next week, at a date to be decided by you, Mr. President.
14. The Chairman of the Asian group, on …
On the thirtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights we are commemorating not only the adoption of a document approved by the international community as it was in 1948 as a common denominator for the aspirations of peoples, but also the solemn "assumption of a commitment by peop…
