I should like at the outset to take this opportunity to convey our deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Singapore in connection with the tragic losses suffered
as a result of the aeroplane crash that occurred yesterday.
I wish to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri of Finland on the …
I perfectly understand the frustration people must be feeling over the very unfortunate continuation of this conflict, which could and should be resolved by peaceful means.
It is a fact that actually it is the Government of Ethiopia's unilateral and forcible alteration of the borders established be…
My delegation reiterates its highest appreciation of the Secretary-General's concern for and initiative on Africa, and commends his succinct report on the measures taken and results achieved concerning good governance and social and economic development in Africa. We further support, in essence, the…
I do not want to belabour the point, but want only to say that war, whether waged by fighting or by words, as it is here, is not going to get us nearer to a peaceful resolution of a border conflict that can and must be resolved peacefully. I think that what is most important at the end of the day is…
It was bewildering to listen to the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia as he described his country as a victim of Eritrean aggression, a victim which had no choice but to wage war in self-defence. It is a case of the thief crying “Thief!” In fact, it is Ethiopia which has systematically committed aggressi…
I am honoured to address the Security Council at this meeting to consider the
My Government has presented in writing its considered reaction to the last resolution concerning the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia — resolution 1226 (1999) — and I need not repeat it here. Needless to say, the con…
I simply want to remind this Assembly that I have just heard the threat of the use of force. This threat has continually been made by the leaders of Ethiopia: that Eritrea must unilaterally withdraw from lands that are in dispute, lands that are quite clearly within Eritrean boundaries but the Ethio…
I would hate to turn this Assembly, which is discussing the question of conflict and economic problems in Africa and how to resolve them, into a forum more like a court, where declarations are made to an audience that does not have direct access to the truth.
I would like to take the Ethiopian repr…
