As it did in the First Committee, the Sri Lanka delegation will once again vote in favour of the draft resolution now contained in paragraph 7 of document A/33/431 on the establishment of a nuclear- weapon-free zone in South Asia. This vote reflects Sri Lanka's continuing support of the concept of e…
I should like at the very outset to say how happy my delegation is to partici- pate in this meeting to commemorate the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Com- mittee. My happiness is all the greater since my Government holds the office of Chairman of the Commit- tee f…
I am honoured to address, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, this high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS. Our main focus at this meeting is to review and debate the progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the twenty-…
I consider it a great honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of Sri Lanka under your presidency, Sir, on this important subject.
As I am sure it is in other parts of the world, so also in Sri Lanka our culture has taught us to hold the family unit in sacred esteem, to regard the child as …
As this Assembly is aware, since the tragic events of 1974 affecting the Republic of Cyprus, a group of non-aligned countries at the United Nations have, in a Contact Group, made every effort to negotiate with all the parties concerned and to present a draft resolution for the consideration of the A…
Development and international economic co-operation is indeed one of the major issues of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. In the field of international economic relations the present mood is one of disap- pointment, dissatisfaction and frustration. No real pro- gress has been achie…
Mr. President, during the general debate, the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka will pay you a well-deserved tribute. For the time being, may I be permitted to say that Sri Lanka is very happy and proud that you are the President of the thirty-fourth session.
315. Sri Lanka has voted in favour of the r…
If you, Mr. President, and the representatives would look at the vote on the second ballot, you will see that it is quite clear that we might even have a third inconclusive ballot. However, I am confident that if you, Mr. President, would suspend the meeting for about 10 minutes so that we could hav…
Mr. President, I find that some of the ballot papers which have been distributed do not contain the name of Mr. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka. I have seen the ballot paper of the representative of Viet Nam and it does not contain that name. I would ask you, Mr. President, to examine the ballot papers, as…
It is my privilege as Chairman of the group of non-aligned countries to in troduce draft resolutions A, B and C in document A/33/L.11.
42. The question of Palestine was inherited by the United Nations over three decades ago. Since then this question has remained before this body without a solution…
The Palestine problem was inherited by the United Nations in its first years of existence. The responsibility for seeking a just solution of the Palestine problem was accepted by the United Nations. After investigating many different possibilities) the United Nations proposed the partitioning of Pal…
The struggle against apartheid is one of the corner-stones of the policy of the non-aligned movement. The non-aligned countries have never compromised in the struggle to bring about an abandonment of the policy ofapartheid, a policy which has made southern Africa one of the most dangerous and volati…
Since its inception the United Nations has evolved certain standards against which a nation's performance in the field of human rights can be measured. In 1962 the General Assembly urged the adoption of wide-ranging measures against.South Africa to bring about the abandonment of the policies of apar…
It is a tragic irony of fate that the Middle East, the cradle of three of the world's greatest religions, continues to be a region of attrition and conflict. Each year the United Nations approaches the agenda item "The situation in the Middle East" and each year delegations depart for their holidays…
Last Friday the racist regime in South Africa completed an infamous process which it has had the twisted arrogance and callous cynicism to call an election. As a token of its respect for democracy and as a curtain-raiser to the election, the security forces of the racist regime arbitrarily arrested …
Apartheid is a facet of the old world order which has enabled a minori- ty to raise their standards of living at the cost of pover- ty, misery and deprivation of rights for the majority of the people in southern Africa. Despite our recognition of apartheid as a crime against humanity, it has con- ti…
