Mr. President, there will be a more appropriate occasion for me to congratu- late you on your assumption of your high office. For the time being, may Ijust briefly summarize Austria's posi- tion on the issue that was before us. There can be no doubt about Austria's position on the abominable rec- or…
On addressing the General Assembly on the same issue last year," I ex-
100. Although minor corrections and improvements have been effected, the basic concept of the inhuman systemof apartheid, on which the precarious supremacy of a minority is based, remains unchanged. .
101. We are all aware of t…
The situation resulting from the policy of apartheid in South Africa has grown more serious than ever. Tension inside and outside that troubled nation has considerably increased and th~ perils implicit in a prolongation of that state of affairs have reached an alarming stage. .'
41. Inside South Af…
At the outset, allow me to express to the Director General of IAEA t Mr. Eklundt my delegation's 'sincere appreciation of his comprehensive introduction of the Agency's report for the calendar year 1977 and his most interesting and detailed description of this year's major developments in the field …
The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 30 years ago by the General Assembly constituted a milestone in a development which began at the turn of our centuI)', a development which received new momentum from the painful experience of the Second World War and the years preceding it.
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The closely-knit political, military and econonti~ system of the wcrld of today has made our planet very small, and perturbations arising anywhere on the globe cannot fail to have repercussions even in remote places. Some of them, through their nature and the efforts of the international community, …
