In the spirit of compromise and in the light of the revision just made by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the sponsors of the draft resolution contained in document A/53/L.18, and going along with the will of many delegations to reach a compromise text, my delegation will not insist on i…
It is regrettable indeed that the international community, in the body of the General Assembly, is forced to keeping examining this item on the agenda, despite the promulgation and adoption of six successive international resolutions all calling upon the United States to end its economic, commercial…
I have asked to speak in exercise of the right of reply to respond to statements made here this afternoon by His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait. The Foreign Minister of Kuwait spoke of many issues relating to Iraq. Unfortunately, he spoke of them either in a partial way or in …
I would like to take the floor to exercise my right of reply against the Israeli Prime Minister.
This morning the General Assembly listened to a series of lies from a man who, by all international standards, despises all international considerations and who presides over a Government which does the…
At the outset, my delegation would like to welcome the report of the Secretary-General [A/52/211] before us, which deals with the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin. We are very happy with the recommendations adopted at the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Co…
My delegation wishes to begin by welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization that we are considering today. We commend the highly praiseworthy efforts that went into preparing the report. But we believe that it might have been more useful had it avoided certain gene…
Excuse me for having to ask to speak a second time, but it will not be for too long. I would merely like to mention the most recent comments of the representative of Turkey to the effect that the no-fly zones in both northern and southern Iraq are something imposed in accordance with Security Counci…
At the outset, I would like briefly but collectively to respond to all the remarks that were made and the criticisms levelled at us by a number of representatives of countries here. Allow me to begin with the question of weapons. All the world knows that more than 400 inspection teams have visited I…
For reasons beyond our control — the economic blockade to which our country has been subjected — we were deprived of our vote in the Committee. Had my country been able to vote on these draft resolutions, we would have voted against draft resolutions I, II, IV, VII and VIII, on the situation of huma…
