32/8 GA
32
Session
| Draft symbol | A/32/320j |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 32/8 |
| UN Document | 32/8 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/32/PV.56
Speeches following this vote (16)
The President
I shall now call on those representatives wishing to explain their positions.
Mr. Herndl
It is with a sense of satisfaction that I am speaking now on the resolution which the
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General Assembly has just adopted by consensus. Indeed, that resolution constitutes an important step on the road towards preventing acts of violence directed against the passengers and the crew of civil aircraft and eliminating air piracy in general, acts which by their very nature are contradictory…
Mr. Alarcon
When, several years ago, the General Assembly considered for the fIfst time t1L~ question of so-called aerial hijacking, my Government explained why it was not in agreement with the attempts to solve the question through multilateral arrangements.2
11. Similarly, my Government rejected all attempts to confuse terrorism with revolutionary violence and to use this item as a tool against the legiti…
Mr. De Pinies
Acts infringing the security of international civil aviation constitute, in my delegation's view, a serious threat to the global interests of the internationa! community, since the orderly operation of civil aviation redounds to the benefit of all peoples and is vital for the promotion ofrelations of friendship among States. Any attack against the safety ofa civil aircraft is a threat not only to…
Mr. Herzog
My delegation has participated in the consensus on this resolution because Israel, as a principal target of the forces ofinternational terror, is only too aware of the urgency of this problem. However, let me say at the outset that the resolution is a disappoL,ting one. It is weak, for it is a compromise with the forces that back and imance acts of terror. Th~ resl1lt ofthis compromise is a bare …
Mr. Wolff
My Governme .,,.. holds the view, as it has for many years, that the
ent~: world community, without exception, has an immediate and direct interest in taking effective collective action against hijacking and other unlawful acts which interfere with civil aviation.
39. It is appropriate, and most timely, that the United Nations has given serious attention to this issue, which, like all piracy, c…
Mr. ERNEft.1ANN
Yesterday morning I spoke at length in the Special Politicai Committee~s 14th meeting on behalf of the nine States members oJ the European C01ill11unity, and I shall confine myselfto adding a few words on their behalftoday.
52. Our Governments welcome the quick action taken by the United Nations and the position which this Organization.has adopted against the crime of aerial hijacking. The nine …
Mr. Sibahi
In associatmg itself w~m. the consensus, my delegation supported the resoJutio~iadopted by the Gen~ral Assembly a few momefi~'; ago In Us fmal amended form. We should like to explain our action, which was based upon the following position.
61. The Syrian Arab Republic supports every international effort to put an ~nd to acts which threaten the safety of international ctt'il aviation. We cOiiderr…
Mr. Barreiro Maffiodo
Paraguay is gratified that consensus has been reached in this Assembly on the resolution entitled "Safety ofinternational civil aviation".
68. My delegation believes the step that has been taken is merely the fust step, but it is an indispensable one in attacking the roots of on~ ofthe saddest and most degraded activities witnessed today, that of terrorism. Whatever the means or the occasion, vi…
Mr. Meerza
The delegation of India is very happy and satisfied over the positive response which the United Nations has given to a matter of urgent and humanitarian interest to the world community as a whole, namely, the promotion and assurance of the safety of international civil aviation. My delegation also made a statement at the 15th meeting of the Special Political Committee, where the consensus resolut…
Mr. LIN Chao-nan
At the 14th meeting of the Special Political Committee held on 2 Novem]Jer, the Chinese delegation expressed its approval of and support for the draft resolution concerning safety of internatioml1 civil aviation. At the same time, we stated our reservations on the three Conventions, those of Tokyo, The Hague and Montreal, mentioned in operative paragraph 3 of the draft resolution. The Chinese del…
Mr. Mendoza
The delegation of El Salvador was one of the
78. Despite the fact that ·the hijacking of aircraft and other acts perpetrated in various parts of the world against
ci,,~il aviation are obvious manifestation& of international terrorism, consideration of which is included in the agenda of this Assembly's Sixth Committee [item 118/, we feltit desirable to include in the Assembly's agenda this new s…
Mr. Diez
My delegation wishes once again to place on record in this General Assembly its views on the question of the safety of international civil aviation.
- 89. To us one of the fundamental purposes of the United Nations is international co-operation. Communications, knowledge, trade and exchanges between States and individuals are both the means and the ends of that co-operation.
90. Today, one of t…
Mr. Zachmann
My delegation would like to underline what has been expressed by a number of representatives here and in the Special Political Committee: that it is necessary in the :nterest of peaceful relations between States to guarantee safety in international civil aviation without ~ny risks.
105. The German Democratic Republic for humanitarian and political reasons condemns air piracy and the taking of ho…
The President
I call on the representative of Cuba who has asked to speak in exercise of his right of reply.
Mr. Alar-Con
I regret to have to take more of the time of the Assembly but I feel compelled to make some remarks concerning the latter l'art of the statement ofthe representative of the United States, Congressman Wolff.
113. First of all, I shall say that my country neither encourages nor promotes the hijacking ofaircraft or vessels. and that we have demonstrated tllis not by°rhetoric from a rostrum but with…
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