The consideration by the General Assembly of the item concerning implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security is this year taking place in special circumstances. It is the tenth anniversary of the adoption of that Declaration. The resolution just adopted by the Ge…
The Soviet delegation believes that the consideration of this item on peace, stability and co-operation in South-East Asia at this session of the General Assembly is very timely and appropriate. A' constructive discussion of this problem would undoubtedly help to normalize the situation in that part…
In the broad range of items discussed every year by the General As- sembly in the course of its regular sessions, the situation in the Middle East occupies a special place. It is a prob- lem that affects the fate of the peoples of a whole region of our earth.
16. The Soviet Union is seriously conce…
An objective criterion for the evaluation of the work of any General
234. This session has taken place in conditions of a worsening international political situation and increased danger of an outbreak of nuclear war. We can say without hesitation that concern at this turn of events has been the le…
The delegation of the Soviet Union considers the discussion in the Gen- eral Assembly of the so-called item on the situation in Kampuchea totally improper and, therefore, from the out- set we opposed the inclusion of this item in the agenda of this session. This discussion being carried on against t…
For many years now, the United Nations has been making regular and in- sistent eff{)rts to eliminate the policy of apartheid being practised by the ruling regime in South Africa. The Se- curity Council has frequently severely condemned the South African racists, and in resolution 473 (1980), of 13 J…
Mr. Presi- dent, the head ofthe Soviet delegation, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. A. A. Gromyko, will in his state- ment before the General Assembly be able to congratu- late you on your election to the exalted post of Presi- dent of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly.
9. Toda…
The United Nations, which arose as a result of the victory of peace- loving States and peoples over the aggressive forces of fascism and militarism in the years of the Second World War, solemnly proclaimed in its Charter its determination:
" ... to save succeeding generations from the scourge of wa…
First of all I should likc to extend a sincere welcome to the delegation of the PLO, which has come here especially to take part in this discussion, headed by Mr. Farouq Q?ddoumi, whose constructive and substantial statement before tile Assembly serves as an ~mportant contribution to the considerati…
The discussion of the question of the situation in the Middle East in all its aspects in the General Assembly is coming to an end. This discm:sion, undertaken on the initiative of the Arab r countries, and the consideration during the present session ~, of certain individual aspects of the Middle Ea…