The debate on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples is of particular importance at this moment as it takes place during the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of that Declaration.
156. As a matter of fact, the s…
There is no doubt that the situation in the Middle East is constantly deterio- rating and poses a direct threat to peace and security. There is no doubt either that the causes of that deteriora- tion are the negation of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people, the continuing occupa…
The proclamation of the International Year of Disabled Persons is first of all an expression of understanding of the gravity of the problem of disabled persons and of.the need to take effective measures to solve it. The fact that there are about 500 million disabled persons in the world today is amp…
While not entering at this moment into an evaluation of the deterioration of the Middle East situation-which is a consequence of Is- raeli aggression and expansion, on which we shall have an opportunity to speak in a later debate on the Middle East-I should, however, like to point out some factors w…
Our position regarding the agenda item under discussion is well known. We have clearly explained our stance on several oCCaSi0i.1S in the United Nations and elsewhere. Our basic position in similar cases has always been, as it is in this case, in harmony with the principle of the rejection ofany use…
There is hardly any other issue in international relations with respect to which the international community has achieved a higher degree of agreement that it has on the rejection of apartheid and the need for its elimi- nation, as a system that degrades human dignity and threatens international pea…
As I am speaking for the firs~ time during this session of the General As- sembly, allow me to extend to the President my personal congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. My pleasure in doing so is even greater owing to our long friendship and my conviction that hi…
We cannot 'but note with regret that no substantive progress towards a solution of the Cyprus question has been made in the period under review. This question continues to figure in unchanged form on the agenda of the General As- sembly. This causes us serious concern and stimulates deeper thought, …
Practically and theoretically, all has already been said about apartheid, so that everything that could be added to it may sound a hollow repetition. All this has been synthesized in the definition that apartheid is a crime against humanity and mankind and a threat to world peace. However, we should…
Mr. President, the Chairman of the Yugoslav delegation, the Federal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, will, at an appropriate time, congratulate you on your election and express to you and to your country the feelings of our delegation. May I be allowed now to extend to you my personal congratulations …
The resumed session of the General Assembly as the first action ofinternational solidarity within the framework of the International Year of Solidarity with the People of Namibia, proclaimed symbolically on 4 May 1979, the anniversary of the massacre of innocent victims in the SWAPO camp of Kassinga…
The resumed session of the General Assembly as the first action ofinternational solidarity within the framework of the International Year of Solidarity with the People of Namibia, proclaimed symbolically on 4 May 1979, the anniversary of the massacre of innocent victims in the SWAPO camp of Kassinga…
One of the dominant issues of our time, which is characterized by a movement, unprecedented in history, for the comprehensive emanci- pation of men, peoples and countries, is undoubtedly the need to ensure the genuine protection of human rights in the broadest sense of that term. For this reason, th…
The situation in the Middle East continues to pose a serious threat to peace, because what is actually involved is one of the most acute focal-points of conflict not only in the region, but also over a wider area. In spite of the numerous demands and appeals of the whole international community for …
In accordance with its consistent policy, Yugoslavia has always advocated a peaceful political settlement of the Middle East crisis. Allow me in this cOllIlexi.on to quote the position expressed by the President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, in the message he addr…
The policy of apart- heid has been on the agenda of all the sessions of the General Assembly over a long period of time~ as this question undoubtedly constitutes one of the basic problems not only of the African continent but of the world at large as well. The fact that apartheid also figures on the…
The General Assembly has met again tr deal with the problem of Namibia in an atmosphere characterized by betrayed expectations and at a time when we have reached -as was recently stated at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Coun- tries at New Delhi-a critical moment of de…
We attach par- ticular importance to the International Year of the Child, for child care necessarily means care for a hap- pier future for the world. It is evident that we are now dealing not only with humanitarian problems in the nar- row sense of the word, but also with problems which, in the fina…
