S/8446] SC
23
Session
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Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.1432
Speeches following this vote (8)
The President
Several representatives have indicated that they would like to address the Council after the vote. The first speaker inscribed is the representative of the United Kingdom, Lord Caradon, on whom I now call.
69. Lord CARADON (United Kingdom): I would first wish to thank the’secretary-General for his report. He has not failed to recognize the continuing dangers when he reminds us that “there are st…
Mr. Shah1
Mr. President, 1968 has been a year of hope for Cyprus. For the first time in four and a
79. My delegation should like to pay a sincere tribute to the representatives of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey for their statesmanlike statements in this debate and for the spirit of restraint, conciliation and goodwill in which they have spoken.
80. The report of the Secretary-General mentions many measures, i…
Mr. Ignatieff
The Secretary-General’s latest report on the United Nations Operation in Cyprus does indeed, as several of my colleagues have pointed out, offer new grounds for hope that a political settlement of that island’s problems can be attained before many months have passed. It is, of course, particularly encouraging that a dialogue between leading personalities of the two communities in the Island has n…
Mr. Borch
When I spoke in the Council on 18 March this year on the occasion of the latest extension of the mandate of UNFICYP (1398th meeting], I expressed satisfaction that the period leading up to that meeting of the Council had been one of the quietest since December 1963 and that, although no tangible progress towards discussion between the parties directly concerned had as yet been made, there was a m…
Mr. Csatorday
The Hungarian delegation wishes to explain its vote on the resolution the Council has just adopted.
101. We have read with great interest the report of the Secrefary-General on the United Nations operations in Cyprus. We noted that the Secretary-General was in a position to report: “. . . the relaxation of tension in Cyprus which set in at the beginning of the year has continued during the perio…
The President
I now call on the representative of Cyprus, who wishes to exercise the right of reply.
Mr. Rossides
I am sorry to have to take the floor again, but it has been made necessary because of the remarks made by the representative of Turkey, which I believe call for a reply and for a statement of the position of the Government of Cyprus on certain matters.
107. First, I should like to deal with the question of the arms. It must be made clear that Cyprus is ‘a sovereign State-it is so recognized in t…
The President
I have no further speakers inscribed, and therefore our debate is concluded. I am sure, from our unanimous vote in support of the resolution, that all members of the Council are gratified with the encouraging recent developments in the Island. We earnestly hope that all concerned, as the resolution clearly contemplates, will continue their efforts to resolve their differences in a spirit of goodw…
Vote Consensus — S/PV.1398
Speeches following this vote (5)
The President
I shall now call upon those speakers who have asked to address the Council after the vote.
105. Lord CARADON (United Kingdom): In speaking in explanation of my vote in favour of the resolution just adopted by the Council, I have deliberately chosen to speak after the vote. We all agree that today our task is not to encourage controversy or to deepen dispute. Today we all wish to emphasize the ne…
Mr. Buffum
At the outset of this statement, I should like to add my voice to yours, Mr.President, and to those of the other representatives at the Council table in welcoming to our midst the distinguished new representative of the Soviet Union, Ambassador Malik. Actually, after the ver’y eloquent statement of welcome and appeal just made by my good friend Lord Caradon, there is very little left to be said, …
The President
I call upon the representative of Cyprus.
140. It was not possible unilaterally to lift the restrictions at a time when there was tension, military preparations and the building of fortifications in the Island; armed Turkish Cypriot fighters ,could not ‘be allowed ,to move freely in those circumstances to transport military material for the construction of additional fortifications.
141, Yet, e…
Mr. Malik
Mr. President, thank you for giving me. the floor. I shall be brief. I should like to thank those representatives who have welcomed me and said kind words about me since I made my statement. I should also like to take this opportunity of stating that I listened with particular attention to the statements of the representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States who said that they agreed …
The President
There are no further speakers on my list wishing to address the Council after the vote; but before the meeting is adjourned I have an announcement to make to members of the Council. I have to inform them that, as a result of consultations, some members of the Council have requested that the meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning at lo:30 a.m. to consider, the question of Southern Rhodesia be adjo…
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