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Van Elslande

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS VAN ELSLANDE

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1973-09-24

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1976-09-24

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1. “419. Mr. President, I should like first of all to congratulate you upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. For the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights we are proud to have as President a man who has the courage of his convictions. 420. It was not my intention to mention in this statement the problem of the Middle East. Tragic circumstances compel me to do so. 421. With the prolongation of the cease-fire, the hope of a diplomatic, just and balanced solution was born, and Belgium had begun to believe that 1973 would at last witness the opening of true negotiations. The breach of the cease-fire sets back the chances of a negotiated solution and again plunges this region of the world into the horrors of war. 422. The situation is complex.”

   1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)