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“At the outset I have pleasure in extending to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral and to his friendly country, Portugal, my sincere congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly for this session, which marks the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, when the Organization is celebrating its golden jubilee. In wishing Mr. Freitas do Amaral success in conducting the proceedings of this session, I assure him of my delegation’s readiness to cooperate fully with him towards achieving the desired objectives. I should like also to take this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to Mr. Freitas do Amaral’s predecessor, Mr. Amara Essy, for his dedicated and sincere efforts in guiding the proceedings of the last session. It is also a pleasure to express my deep appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“As it approaches the end of the twentieth century, mankind longs for a world in which international relations will be governed by the principles of equality, justice and the renunciation of the use or threat of force. Mankind longs for stability and peace based on solid foundations of understanding, good-neighbourliness and non- interference in internal affairs as a means of consolidating the ideals of justice, security and peace amongst all nations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Proceeding from this, Bahrain looks forward to contributing to such efforts should it be elected to a term on the Security Council. The ability of the United Nations to prevent disputes and to maintain world peace depends greatly on the credibility of the principles of the Charter, which should, as a basic rule, guide the discussions and decisions of the United Nations, and particularly of the Security Council. If it is perceived that application is selective, credibility will suffer and the moral authority which is a basic feature of the Charter will be weakened. Notwithstanding certain failures, the many great successes the Organization has achieved in many parts of the world deepen our conviction that the United Nations an indispensable guarantee for a future in which our hopes for international peace and security will be fulfilled.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“To that end, it behooves us as Member States to make available to the Organization the capability and the necessary means which would enable it to face all the challenges ahead. The Organization should develop itself into an effective instrument capable of coping with global changes. A number of important steps should therefore be taken, including above all gaining the support of the Security Council for the desired reforms. The growing number of Member States and the emergence in the international arena of new influential Powers justify such reforms. It should be noted in this respect that a growing number of Member States have begun in recent years to assume effective roles in the work of the Organization and to contribute to the maintenance of world peace and security.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We are deeply encouraged by the good offices of the Secretary-General and hope they will lead to a solution that may be satisfactory to both communities, especially now that both sides have declared that they accept, in principle, a set of confidence-building measures. In a few months, we shall see the dawn of 1995. In that year we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. Although the Organization coexisted with political polarization during the cold-war era, the peoples and Governments of the world continued to be loyal to it for five decades. They are now counting on the Organization to contribute to the formulation of a new world order for the future.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We appeal to all Afghan factions to put the national interests of the Afghan people above all other considerations by putting an end to the fighting among them, pursuant to the provisions of the Mecca agreement of 1993. Among the appalling developments in Rwanda this year were the dreadful massive massacres committed in tribal strife within the nation. For our part, we support the efforts exerted by the international community with a view to repatriating the refugees and displaced persons and to putting an end to the tragedy resulting from the civil war. As far as the Cyprus question is concerned, we are interested in seeing the obstacles to settlement removed.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We believe rather that the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the one that deserves reparations and should be rewarded for accepting the peace plan advanced recently by the five-party Contact Group — a plan rejected by the Serbs. Through its President, Mr. Alija Izetbegovic, the Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina also accepted the proposed postponement of the lifting of the arms embargo against it for another six months, a position that indeed warrants appreciation by the international community and all peace-loving nations. 7 With regard to the situation in Afghanistan, we are deeply concerned over the escalation of fighting between the parties to the dispute.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Although in all its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 900 (1994) and 913 (1994), the Council has affirmed the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and political independence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, none of these resolutions have yet been enforced. The Security Council is now in a dilemma, since developments have shown the great difference between adopting resolutions and taking action to implement them. The adoption by Security Council of resolution 943 (1994) which relaxed the sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro was, in our view, tantamount to rewarding an aggressor whose credibility has not been demonstrated.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In pursuance of their policy of fait accompli through the seizure of more territory, the aggressors persist in preventing delivery of humanitarian relief supplies, violating the sanctity of and destroying places of worship and carrying out “ethnic cleansing”. The unabated aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a clear test of the effectiveness of the United Nations and its role in providing protection to populations. The Serb aggression against Sarajevo and Gorazde has shown the extent to which the Security Council is intentionally avoiding ensuring that its own resolutions are implemented against the Serbs.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Bahrain also supports the recent League of Arab States resolution calling for the establishment of a ministerial committee to follow, along with the Secretary- General of the Arab League, the situation in Somalia and developments there, and to maintain appropriate contacts with a view to finding a suitable solution to the dangerous state of affairs and to achieving national reconciliation, in the interest of Somali unity and the well-being of the Somali people. The plight that has afflicted the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the last two and a half years persists with full intensity. This year, the Serb aggressors have continued relentlessly to commit appalling massacres, killings, torture and rape against unarmed Bosnians, in flagrant disregard of the rules of international humanitarian law that outlaw such practices.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“With that in mind, the State of Bahrain calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to the invitation by the United Arab Emirates to seek a settlement of the dispute over those islands through serious bilateral talks and through other peaceful means available for the settlement of disputes between States by mutual consent. The situation in Somalia is still precarious despite all the good offices and sincere efforts of the United Nations, the League of Arab States and the international community at large. While we voice our concern over the situation in that sister nation, we maintain that it is the Somali parties themselves that have the primary responsibility for the achievement of peace, the protection of Somali national interests and the rebuilding of the institutions of a unified Somalia.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“As we call on Iraq to comply with the requirements of international legitimacy, we express at the same time our insistence on Iraq’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity and our sympathy with the brotherly people of Iraq, who are beset by difficult economic and living conditions. It is our hope that these conditions will change once the causes for them have been removed. It is regrettable that the dispute between the United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Republic of Iran in relation to the question of sovereignty over the islands of Abu Moussa, Greater Tumb and Lesser Tumb has not abated, because it adversely affects the security and stability of the Gulf region.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Territorial and boundary claims aimed at changing the present boundaries of States are matters of concern to my country. It is our conviction that the ideal means of dealing with such issues is to respect the existing and generally recognized borders between States, and to settle all differences that may rise by peaceful means acceptable to both sides. Accordingly, we stress that Iraq should implement Security Council resolutions relating to Kuwait and should officially recognize Kuwait’s sovereignty and release all Kuwaiti and other prisoners of war and detainees.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Mutual security and vital interests should involve all parties that are called upon to take part in peacemaking and mutual development. In this context, all steps by all parties should be taken in a measured, balanced and equitable manner. My delegation wishes to express its support for the Syrian Arab Republic in insisting on its right to regain sovereignty over its territories in the Golan that have been 6 occupied since 1967. We also call on Israel to withdraw completely and unconditionally from southern Lebanon, pursuant to Security Council resolution 425 (1978). The past has taught us that inequitable peace is the shortest way to more crises. This must be realized by all those who are interested in the future well-being and stability of the region. Security, stability and political balance in sensitive regions are important.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“It is hoped that the negotiations will lead to complete Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories, including Holy Al-Quds, the Syrian Arab Golan and southern Lebanon. While we affirm our deep interest in the achievement of peace and development in the Middle East region, the State of Bahrain, as expressed by His Highness Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa at the opening of the third session of the Consultative Council last week, “deems it incumbent upon it to stress that the ensuing peace should be comprehensive, the security mutual and the development common.” His Highness continued: “All peoples and countries of the region should reap the tangible results.” It is our conviction that the peace process should be comprehensive and integrated, for it would be futile to focus on achieving peace and development in one part of the region while leaving unresolved problems of others.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We welcome these developments and hope that they will constitute a first positive move towards a comprehensive and just peace on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and the other resolutions of international legality and the land-for- peace principle. We view these steps as a breakthrough in the attempts to achieve peace, and we hope that they are the beginning of the solution to the question of Palestine and of the process of enabling the Palestinian people to secure their legitimate national rights, including the right to their own independent State. It is our hope that, in the context of the peace process in the region, efforts on the other tracks will yield positive results so that the process may be concluded successfully.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Bahrain welcomed the signing of the Declaration of Principles between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel on 13 September 1993 and regarded it as the first step toward a comprehensive peaceful and just settlement in the Middle East. Since that historic event there have been other developments in the peace process. Among these was the signing, in Cairo on 4 May, of the self-rule Agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel. This was followed by the Palestinian self-rule authority’s arrival in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. The Jordanian and Israeli sides also were able to sign the Washington Declaration on 25 July this year.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“I should like to reaffirm here our full support for the policy of freeing the Middle East region from nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and, accordingly — bearing in mind its capability in this field — we call upon on Israel to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We are confident that the elimination of such destructive weapons will be of benefit not only in the area of peace and security but also in the areas of development as the resources saved as a result of reduced expenditure on armaments could be diverted to economic and social areas, thus enabling the peoples of the region to raise their living standards and secure a better life for future generations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The significance of the Cairo Conference was due to the crucial human-life-related issues that it addressed, such as the family and family planning, productive health, the relationship between the environment and inhabitants and other issues that concern countries, both rich and poor. Bahrain, which participated in that Conference, has endorsed such provisions of the Final Document as are consonant with the magnanimous Islamic law, our social values and our national legislation. The Middle East is one of the regions that have experienced particularly severe and bloody wars and hostilities. The longest of these was the Arab-Israeli conflict, which repeatedly threatened regional and international security. This fact underlines the need to establish the order of relations between the States of the region on a basis of co-equal security.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The profound apprehension, in terms of history and civilization, of man’s crisis in modern times leads to the conviction that enlightened dialogue sows the seeds of cooperation and association between the various nations 5 and races that yearn for security, tranquillity and stability, even if they are at variance in their cultures and in their outlook in respect of the human being, life and the universe. The polemics to which the final document of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo have given rise are evidence of that variance. This reality underlines the need for dialogue, especially since we are at the threshold of the twenty-first century.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The third requirement for the establishment of a new world order is fulfilment of the need of peoples to come closer to each other, to be better acquainted with each other through cultural and social interaction with a view to reinforcing the noble human values and ideals ordained in monotheistic religions. The world is experiencing an important epochal transformation as communities shift their focus from individual States to regional groupings, such as the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf and the European Union. This phase is expected to lead to another, in which interaction and cohesion between States and regional groups, with their diverse cultures, is enhanced, with the ultimate goal of creating a world that is economically, culturally and intellectually interrelated.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Although an understanding to curb the increase in nuclear stockpiles has been reached as a result of certain concerted efforts, those stockpiles have yet to be adequately reduced. It is regrettable that the world has become capriciously involved in another dilemma of a different type. I refer to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related technology through their acquisition by illegitimate means. Such arsenals and the phenomenon of proliferation must be eliminated if the international community is to ensure that international peace and security may be maintained.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The nightmares generated by stockpiles of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, continue to haunt humanity and to cause great anxiety throughout the world in view of the threat that such weapons pose to the human race and its security. In the wake of the bipolar era, and as an inevitable result of the cold war, the international community has turned its attention to the question of disarmament. There is an urgent and growing need to put an end to nuclear terror and to weapons of mass destruction. During the past few years many people, in both the developing and the developed countries, have demanded that an end be put to the race to acquire nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“With regard to the peaceful settlement of disputes, the Secretary-General’s proposals, as set out in his report “An Agenda for Peace”, should be employed by the international community to maintain international peace and security and to develop the means whereby the capability of the United Nations to engage in preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping may be strengthened and made more efficacious. Preventive diplomacy is undoubtedly an effective instrument for preventing the outbreak and escalation of hostilities between States that would use or threaten to use force. Disarmament is an important requirement for the maintenance of world peace and security.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The history and experience of the United Nations in the field of international peace and security, which was overburdened by the feverish political polarization which prevailed during the cold war era, should serve as an incentive for the international community to build on the content of the Charter with a view to developing a globally acceptable and supportable mechanism that would be able to take firm action, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter, with respect to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace and acts of aggression. It is possible, in this respect, to develop a pattern of cooperation between the Security Council and regional organizations in matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Meanwhile, we voice our concern that multilateral conventions concerning the liberalization of trade could be thwarted by the use of environmental issues as a means to raise protectionist taxes on international trade, with a view to reducing the use of certain commodities in world markets. The second fundamental principle for the world order, in our opinion, is the achievement of peace and security throughout the world. It should be based on three basic elements: the establishment of a feasible collective-security system, the peaceful settlement of regional and international disputes and disarmament.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Encouraging signs of change appeared on the horizon early this year with the signing of the final document of the Uruguay Round in Marrakesh and the establishment of the World Trade Organization. We hope that the objectives of the said Organization will be translated into concrete reality for the benefit of all humanity. We believe that the terms and framework of the Uruguay Round should translate into access to markets and expansion of international trade to cover all States. In addition, the World Trade Organization should contribute effectively to the establishment of a non- discriminatory trade system.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Those countries are beset by economic problems that are primarily external and are manifested mainly in indebtedness, the decline in the prices of commodities including oil, high interest rates, the decline in investments, fluctuation of the rate of exchange, scarcity of cash flows and international trade barriers. The world is now in need of an equitable international economic order that would enable all States, small and large, to reap the benefits of experience and great accomplishments in the economic field. In spite of economic disagreements between States, the economic situation will improve with firm political will and the 4 genuine desire on the part of all States to solve the economic problems of the world today.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Economic growth is a central element of comprehensive development. Although the world economy’s performance has improved, relatively speaking, its growth rate still falls short of the rates of the 1970s and 1980s. During 1993, the growth of the world economy has not exceeded one percent, nor is it expected to grow more than two-and-a-half percent during this year, according to economic projections. Economic problems that plague the world economy continue to have adverse effects on the economies of developing countries — in particular, on their development process.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Hence our conviction that the Secretary-General’s “An Agenda for Development” and his call for a new vision are an attempt to cast the development process, with all its human and material complications, in a new form that would meet the basic needs of developing countries. We would like in this connection to welcome the forthcoming World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen next March. We attach great importance to that summit, as it should have the potential to fulfil expectations in the field of social development in accordance with the provisions of Article 55 of the Charter. The significance of the summit is underlined by its programme of work, which addresses three important issues: the alleviation of poverty and eradication of need, the creation of employment opportunities and the promotion of social integration.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“It is the safety valve for peace. We understand that the concept of development means, basically, the achievement and sustaining of socio-economic progress. While some developing countries have been able to overcome some of the obstacles to their economic and social development, most of them are still caught in the vicious circle of economic problems. If we look back 25 years to consider a 1969 study entitled “A Study of the Capacity of the United Nations Development System”, we are likely to realize how optimistic that study was and, in contrast, how frustrating is the present condition of development in developing countries.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The other trend is the inclination towards globalization, especially as the new technology and current communications revolution have narrowed the distances between various parts of the world. The amazing pace and speed of these changes call for new visions so that the present can be managed and the future’s dimensions charted. The desirable structure of the global world order should, in our view, rest on the following basic principles. First, the creation of a new vision for all aspects of development. Second, the development of an internationally agreed-upon mechanism for the maintenance of world peace and security. Third, cultural and civilizational interaction among nations. Comprehensive development is a cornerstone of world peace. As the Secretary-General has said in his report, development is a fundamental human right.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Change is a law of nature. However, the accelerating pace of change that we witness nowadays is unprecedented; it has sent tremors into the otherwise monotonous progression of events and has made the present era a historic one. It is only by virtue of our understanding of history as the link between past and present that we are able to fathom for even a little while what goes on around us. Watching the dramatic changes that took place over the past few years, one could detect two dominant yet contradictory trends in the course of those changes. One is the fragmentation that has occurred in certain regions of the world, causing the emergence on the political map of new States on ethnic and cultural bases.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The Secretary-General’s report “An Agenda for Development” prompts us to reflect anew, as we approach the twenty-first century, upon the future of international 3 cooperation in all its aspects. The need for such questioning undoubtedly gains an air of urgency at a time when the features of the international post-cold war order have yet to take a clearly identifiable shape. As the international community witnessed profound changes in the wake of the 1815 Vienna Conference, the big powers and others met to establish patterns for relationships amongst States within the framework of a global order, to be buttressed by an international consensus. Yet the current international period, fraught with a host of interlocked variables, is noted for the absence of a similar consensus whereby the features of the new world order could be identified.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“It is also my pleasure to take this opportunity to convey our sincere congratulations to the Republic of South Africa on regaining its full membership in the United Nations after its liberation from apartheid, trusting that it will resume its role as active member of the international community. I avail myself of this opportunity as well to mention with appreciation the persistent efforts and tireless drive of His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary- General of the United Nations, to enhance the role of the United Nations in international affairs and to further the Organization’s noble objectives. We also note with appreciation his sincere and continuous endeavours in the field of development and international economic cooperation, to which the content of his report “An Agenda for Development” bears witness.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“It is my pleasure at the outset to extend to you as President of the Assembly at its forty-ninth session, Sir, and to your fraternal country, Côte d’Ivoire, my sincere congratulations on your election to preside over this momentous international assembly. I should like to assure you of the cooperation of my delegation. We are confident that your experience in the affairs of this Organization will enable you to conduct the work of this session with competence and efficiency. I should also like to express our appreciation to Ambassador Samuel Insanally, who conducted the proceedings of the last session with great skill.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Such problems should be dealt with in the light of the objective realities of the world we live in with all its successive developments, so that the solutions devised for them may be applicable in the current atmosphere of inter-State rivalries. We are confident that, with political will, material support and moral encouragement, it will be possible for the United Nations to perform its role in steering the ship of hope towards the shores of security and peace we all seek.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“Yet everyone would like to see the United Nations made able to achieve practical solutions for world problems. Forty-eighth session - 6 October 1993 9 For it is our conviction that any blood shed by a hand prompted by an ethnic bigotry or racial hatred would be a clear indication of our failure to respond to the aspirations of all our peoples. It is in this context that we call for resorting to reason in trying to understand the new phenomena and to deal with political, economic and social problems in a rational and dispassionate manner. The time has come for issues relating to international and regional security and development to be put in their proper realistic perspectives, without any idealistic flights of fancy.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“It may be appropriate to stop here and wonder whether the United Nations has done all it should to address the problems that have surfaced due to this major transformation in world order? Has the machinery which we and many others have called for been made available to the world Organization to enable it to fulfil its role in a manner that is compatible with the developments of our time? Even if the United Nations has moved as we had hoped, have the Member States made available to it the material and moral resources to enable it to take effective action to address all of the world problems, wherever they may appear? We do not believe anyone in today’s world searches for the Utopia described in Plato’s Republic or Farabi’s Ideal City.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“We hope that the International Conference on Population and Development scheduled to be held in Cairo next year, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 47/176, will adopt recommendations that may ensure the resolution of urgent population and development problems in the next decade. Several years have passed since the world first witnessed that novel, unique situation in the history of international relations, namely the ending of bipolarity. The result of this is that the world now stands at the crossroads of history, where it faces difficult challenges. This is especially so because certain evil tendencies have caused the eruption of volcanoes of malevolent hatreds and racism, which have destroyed many hopes and shattered the expectations of millions of people to achieve security and prosperity for future generations.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“Our planet faces man-made environmental threats whose consequences are unpredictable. The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro was an important step towards world partnership in combating those environmental threats. We should like, in this context, to reiterate our support for the efforts to contain the threats to our environment, and we hope that the programmes adopted by the Rio Summit, especially those included in Agenda 21, will be implemented. The attention focused on population problems stems from the tremendous density of population in some countries and the adverse effects that density has on development. We welcome the efforts by the United Nations and particularly by the United Nations Population Fund, to address such issues.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“Over the past decades, the world has been focusing on economic development owing to the immediate and speedy returns it generates for the world economy. Voices have been raised in the United Nations, in recent years, urging that attention should be paid to social development as well. This has led to the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 47/92, in which it decided to convene a World Summit for Social Development early in 1995. We hope that those in charge of preparations for that conference will reach agreement to further those objectives of the Charter set out in Article 55, relating to the promotion of higher standards of living, conditions of economic and social progress and development as well as to the resolution of international economic and social problems.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“So long as the world economy continues to stagnate, the urgent social problems connected with the economy, in the areas of population, health, housing and environment, will continue to defy solution. Any change in the world economy, whether it be negative or positive, affects every State. The world economy stands in need of the political will that should lead all the States of the world, especially the developed countries, to cooperate in solving those problems that face us all. This makes it incumbent upon us all to strengthen the role of the United Nations, as the Organization that has continued for about half a century, to embrace the countries of the world with the distinctive and varied experiences each and every country has gained in the areas of developmental coordination and cooperation.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“Although the fires of the cold war have been put out and have become something of the past, we cannot but voice our concern over the numerous difficulties which continue to beset the world economy. The gap is still wide between the average per capita income in developing countries and that in developed countries. In 1992, that figure was over $18,000 in the developed countries, while in the developing countries it did not exceed $800. There are distressing indications that the rate of world economic growth lags behind the rate of world population growth. The continuing social deterioration and lack of economic security which result from continuous political upheavals will undoubtedly impede economic development in the long term.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“We also commend the constructive efforts of UNTAC in carrying out its mandate in Cambodia. South Africa is now going through a significant and crucial phase in its march towards political reform. The main features of this reform are the agreement on the drafting of a new constitution, the formation of a new 8 General Assembly - Forty-eighth session transitional multi-party Government, and the agreement to hold constitutional elections in April 1994. These developments demonstrate the sincere desire of all parties in South Africa to turn a new leaf in their relations. We support the reforms currently under way in South Africa and welcome Nelson Mandela’s call, in his recent address at the United Nations, for lifting the economic sanctions now in place against South Africa.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“We are encouraged, however, by the efforts of the Secretary-General to bring the two Cypriot parties closer to agreement. Despite the remaining obstacles that obstruct the settlement of this problem, it is our view that the good offices of the Secretary-General should continue until a solution that would be satisfactory to both parties may be reached. With regard to the situation in Cambodia, positive results have been achieved, and the United Nations, through the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), has been able to restore political stability to that country. We should like on this occasion to extend our sincere congratulations to the people and Government of Cambodia on the outcome of their efforts in pursuit of national reconciliation and peace.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“It is regrettable, at a time when the features of a new world order are beginning to take shape, that Central Asia should be in the grip of a situation of instability that threatens to tear it apart. Internal strife continues without let up in Tajikistan and Georgia and the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan has grown even more vicious. In this connection, my delegation supports Security Council resolutions 822 (1993) and 853 (1993), which reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and of all other States in the region and the inadmissibility of the use of force for the acquisition of territory. We reaffirm our endorsement of the efforts made by the United Nations and regional organizations to restore stability in that region. For years, the Cyprus problem has continued to defy solution.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“That, surely, sends the wrong message to all those who do not believe in the system of international collective security and could give rise to a surge of violence and extremism that would have an adverse effect on the United Nations endeavours to contain existing and potential conflicts in the world. The international community is duty-bound to move urgently to stop the aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to safeguard the legitimate rights of its people, to force the aggressors to comply with the principles of international legality, to prevent any demographic change or any territorial gains through the policy of fait accompli pursued by the Serbs and the Croats, and to enable the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to exercise the right of self-defence by lifting the embargo on arms supplies to it.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“Despite all the efforts deployed in an attempt to contain the conflict, we see no glimmer of hope that aggression against that country will cease. The Serbian side rejected the Vance-Owen peace plan, while the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina accepted it. Massacres and acts of aggression against Bosnian cities continue unabated, and the Serb forces have committed the most atrocious crimes of genocide and "ethnic cleansing" in open defiance of the international community. Yet the Security Council has not taken any effective measure to suppress the aggression or to enable the legitimate Bosnian Government to defend itself.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“The international arena has witnessed some development, this year, in relation to the situation in Somalia. Although that situation continues to irk the conscience of the international community, the United Nations has been able, through the efforts of a large number of its members, to restore peace in most parts of Somalia. Security Council resolution 814 (1993) has had a positive effect in improving the situation after the drawn out suffering experienced by the people of that country. We should like to voice support for United Nations efforts to rebuild the political, economic and social infrastructure of Somalia. We hope that the Somali people will be able to reach comprehensive national reconciliation between the various factions. The world has been following the tragic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)