I should like to begin by congratulating the Asian-African Legal Con- sultative Committee on its twenty-fifth anniversary. The Committee was set up 25 years ago by seven Gc,vern-
ment~ as a follow-up to the Bandung Conference. Since then it has grown into a committee of 40 member States spread out …
The Nether- lands delegation joins in the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo.iles. On 14 December 1960 my country voted in
253. In the meantime, the Netherlands attaches the greatest importance to the work of t…
My dele- gation, on an earlier occasion, abstained in the vote on a draft resolution which contained the most recent substantial pronouncement of the General Assem- bly on the Falklands dispute. Then, as on this occa- sion, the Netherlands could not support a text nn which the outcome of the negotia…
I have the hon- our and privilege of reading to the Assembly the follow- ing message from Her Royal Highness Princess JUliana, former Queen of the Netherlands. Honorary Chairman of the Netherlands National Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons:
"In this Year. a genuine awareness …
The Netherlands fully subscribes to the common explanation of vote of the 10 member States of the European Community made by the representative of the United Kingdom. With this in mind, my delegation wishes to explain our national point of view on the draft resolutions in somewhat greater de- tail.
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I have the honour of making the following statement on behalf of the 10 member States of the European Community.
121. The United Nations has a particular responsi- bility for Namibia. The world community has repeat- edly indicated that the illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa must be broug…
The repre- sentative of Luxembourg gave an explanation of vote on behalf of the nine members of the European Com- munity, which my delegation of course fully endorses. In view of the particular concern which the policies of apartheid arouse in my country, I should like to explain in somewhat more de…
Again this year the General Assembly will discuss apartheid against the background of continuing danger to peace and stability in southern Africa. Ongoing negotiations about Namibia and Southern Rhodesia still hold out hope for a peaceful transition to independence and genuine ma- jority rule for th…
The Permanent Representative of France has already given an explanation of vote on behalf of the nine members of the European Community with regard to the resolutions the General Assembly has adopted. My delegation will therefore make only a brief statement to explain its vote on those draft resolut…
The Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany has just set out the views of the nine countries of the European Communities and has therefore also set forth the views of my country. Because of the importance of this subject, however, my delegation wishes also to make a national stat…
