The situation in and around Afghanistan has cast, for the major part of this year, a long shadow on the international political horizon giving rise to complex scenarios of political pressure and diplomatic power-play.
104. While the reality' of the situation in the region still remains grim, the de…
The debate on decoloni- zation in the General Assembly this year is particu- larly significant as it take') place on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the his- toric Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The United Nations has reaso…
In India, we accord high importance to disaster risk reduction issues — it is a central public policy issue. We have significantly increased the funding earmarked for disaster risk reduction. We have brought about landmark changes in our financing architecture in order to support the entire spectrum…
The report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/49/2) follows the familiar pattern. It is a valuable compendium of the papers that emanated from the Security Council during the period 16 June 1993 to 15 June 1994, with a bland narration of the sequence of events. Historians and researc…
The item we are con- sidering this morning is not an altogether new one. Last year as well as earlier this year, however, the proposal for a discussion of this item had a rough passage in the General Committee owing to opposition from certain quarters.
46. In the course of the last 12 months, my de…
I should like to express the view ofmy delegation in regard to any future procedure on the suspension of meetings. I thiuk it might be better practice if, once ballot papers have been dis- tributed, the meeting is not suspended. Yesterday my delegation did not raise any objection to the pro- cedure,…
I had hoped that the represen- tative of Pakistan would restrain himself. Apparently there is on his part a misunderstanding of the Simla Agreement. The Simla Agreement provides a bilateral basis for the settlement of all issues between India and Pakistan. It also enjoins upon both Governments that …
It is my privilege, on behalf of the group of 77, to introduce seven draft resolutions under agenda item 55 (a), entitled "Development and international economic co-operation: report of the Committee of the Whole established under General Resolution 32/174".
59. The first of these draft resolutions…
It was on I October that the Foreign Affairs Adviser to the President ofPakistan referred to the State ofJammu and Kashmir, an integral part of India, and this obliged the Minister for Foreign
24 Security Council resolutions 38 (1948), 39 (1948), 47 (1948) and 51 (1948).
25 Agreement on Bilateral …
I apologize to you, Mr. President, and to the Assembly for taking the floor for the second time today on the same question. With your indulgence, I should l,ike to cl~rify s?me matters t~at have been raised dunng the diSCUSSIOn of the IndIan amendment that is also sponsored by many friends [A/34/L.3…
The weeks preceding the resumption of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly to consider the question of Namibia w. . -ssed an unprecedented international effort aimed at a peaceful transition to independence in Namibia. Never before had the international community shown such unity and det…
