I wish to co-operate with the Assembly but on one condition, I have no objection to its avoiding taking a roll-call vote, but in that case my delegation, which abstained from voting in the Fifth Committee, would like its vote concerning the scale of assessments to be recorded as an abstention. The e…
Ever since its creation in 1962, the Special Committee against Apartheid has been engaged in a constant review of all aspects of South Africa's apart- heid policy and its international repercussions, studying ways and means of promoting concerted international action to ensure the elimination of apa…
In the statement made recently by the delega- tion of Spain in the debate of the Second Committee, we have already outlined our position on the proposal of the Group of 77 concerning global negotiations, and we have publicly stated our positive agreement to it. Now let me explain in greater detail t…
The delegation of Spain expresses particular appreciation for the two reports submitted to the Assembly on Tuesday hut by, respectively; the Special Committee against Apartheid [A/33/22 and Co".1] and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention against Apartheid in Sports [A/…
The 30 years since that historic day in Paris when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have not passed in vain. Since that time, th~ membership or our Organization has increased threefold. The meaning of human rights has evolved, they are more widely implemented and …
This Assembly has once again taken up the question of Palestmii, a recurring subject which, in the view of the Spanish delegation, is always of exceptional importance in relation to the solution of the conflict that for so many years has beset the Middle East.
3. My delegation wishes once again to …
This year once more the General Assembly is studying the situation in the Middle East. However, this year there is a new atmosphere. On the one hand the more difficult aspects of a very complex situation seem to be coming to the fore, as well as tha numerous obstacles that we shall have to overcome …
The Spanish delegation is following with very keen interest the debate on the policy of apartheid of the Government of South Africa. The reports of the Special Committee against Apartheid, of the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, which was held in Lagos last August and in which Spain pa…
Acts infringing the security of international civil aviation constitute, in my delegation's view, a serious threat to the global interests of the internationa! community, since the orderly operation of civil aviation redounds to the benefit of all peoples and is vital for the promotion ofrelations o…
First, I should like to convey the condolences of the Sparush delegation to the representatives of the United Arab Emirates on the very tragic death of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ofthat country.
93. Tne fact that we are considering the question of Namibia in plenary meetings and the …
Last year, in regard to the request by the Comoro islands for admission to membership in the United Nations, my delegation fully supported General Assembly resolution 3385 (XXX). Apart from our wish to see that country enter our Organization, we could not have acted otherwise, in view of the fact th…
