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Oyono Ndong Mifumu

lines on the record: 32
first: 1994-09-24
most recent: 1995-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-general-debate

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“Secondly, we must provide the United Nations with a deeper-going capacity for genuine dialogue between the nations that make it up and speak to the world in a language of understanding. The necessary dialogue must be global and must encompass all aspects of international relations, be they economic, political or cultural. It is impractical to limit dialogue between nations, regardless of their size and power, since all the countries of the world must take an active part in the dialogue process in order to arrive together at a common and secure destiny, abandoning no one to the abyss of underdevelopment and abject poverty. This is the challenge of the next 50 years for our Organization. May God bless the United Nations.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“A few days before celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of our Organization, there still persists in the United Nations the spirit of a bipolar world dominated by suspicions on both sides, mistrust, discrimination, attitudes of superiority, a lack of political will to develop frank and sincere cooperation and a desire for hegemony in international relations. The response of the United Nations to the questions asked by those who spoke before me and to the challenges of the new changes on the international stage must contain two indispensable elements. The first is that the United Nations should represent the interests of everyone, by introducing certain structural reforms making it possible to attain the objectives for which it was created.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Nevertheless, all these global agreements — such as those of the recent World Summit for Social Development, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, and the latest agreements of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) — have served only to bring us to today’s sad impasse, which reveals the radical and irreconcilable attitudes of both sides. The so-called developed countries of the North and the developing countries of the South, divided by selfishness, ambition and intolerance, deprive future generations of a better world.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Poverty and underdevelopment breed violence and social and political instability. We therefore sincerely seek international relations characterized by mutual support and solidarity, not partisan pressure, in order to consolidate this climate that makes democracy and the development of our peoples possible. My second request, in accordance with what the developing countries have been asking for for over a decade, is that the current unfair international economic system be replaced.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“One cannot credibly claim to be helping the people of Equatorial Guinea by suspending cooperation in the educational, health and agricultural sectors. One cannot credibly claim to be helping the people of Equatorial Guinea by inciting the donor community to block projects of proven social effectiveness. We sincerely believe that one cannot help any people by depriving it of the resources and opportunities to improve its living conditions. My country lives in peace and order. We just need a friendly, sincere and respectful helping hand. We are told that there can be no development without democracy, and we agree. But our experience, which we believe has been shared by other developing countries, is that 24 democracy amid poverty and underdevelopment is a pipe dream.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Those circles planned and illegally financed the electoral campaign of the radical opposition, banded together in the Joint Opposition Platform (POC). They have created confusion by trying to manipulate the electoral results. Those same Spanish political circles are today trying to manipulate international public opinion by falsely accusing the Government of electoral fraud and violations of human rights. The recent report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Mr. Alejandro Artucio, suffices to give the lie to these accusations. My Government complies with the programme and recommendations of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. One cannot credibly claim to be supporting political reform in my country by stirring up antagonism and disputes between the political sectors of my country.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Under the pretext of supporting the democratic process under way in our country, those political circles, consisting of Parliamentarians, party and labour leaders, associations and pressure groups, clandestinely support, coordinate and finance secessionist movements and political parties standing in radical opposition to the legitimate Government of Equatorial Guinea. This overt interference is intended to bring about violent political changes in my country. Clear evidence of this interference can be seen in the current disinformation and discreditation campaign being waged from Spain by those political circles and communications media following the municipal elections held in my country on 17 September last.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Even graver is the support offered to the Self-determination Movement of the Island of Bioko, a secessionist group. In addition, a station of Radio Exterior de España has been created and aimed expressly at Equatorial Guinea to carry out a poisonous disinformation campaign deliberately intended to distort the socio-political reality of the country. The broadcasts of Radio Exterior de España are the most disruptive element in the country’s democratization process and constitute a Petri dish that spawns acts of violence and the destabilization of Equatorial Guinea’s social structures. We wish to apprise the international community of this matter, and we ask it to request the Spanish Government to put an end to this aggression perpetrated from its territory by the public entity Radio Exterior de España and by certain political circles.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We do not believe that a tragic breakdown of social and economic structures, such as has taken place in the brotherly countries of Liberia, Rwanda, Angola, Somalia and other countries and regions of the African continent, represents the best form of cooperation with and assistance to African peoples. I wish to declare before this forum of the international community that outside influences are engineering and instigating an internal conflict in my country that would have unforeseeable consequences. Indeed, some political circles and communications media are waging a campaign from Spain, the old colonial Power, to intensify the differences between the people of Equatorial Guinea, supporting some and harassing others, thus provoking divisions and antagonisms.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We have said yes to pluralism, democracy and participation. We have said yes to human rights, and we practise respect for human rights. We do not understand why different types of measures are applied to my country. We regret that instead of receiving moral support and solidarity to help us consolidate our achievements, we are subjected to economic blockades and the unilateral suspension of cooperative programmes agreed by convention. Instead of receiving understanding for what could be the result of deficiencies of structure or of democratic culture in the society of Equatorial Guinea as a whole, we are subjected to reproach, intimidation, threats and a humiliating and intolerable interference in our country’s internal affairs.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Since the beginning of the political transition the treatment meted out to Equatorial Guinea by certain States Members of the Organization has been utterly different from that granted to other countries in Central Africa and in the rest of the continent, whose political evolution has been similar to our own, involving in some cases tragic consequences; that leads us to suspect that the 23 disinformation and defamation campaign waged internationally against the Government of Equatorial Guinea is the manifestation of hegemonistic ambitions and struggles for influence that threaten not only the peace and social harmony that prevail in the country but also its territorial integrity. We do not understand how Equatorial Guinea’s democratization process differs from what is going on in other countries in our area.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“This programme was established and has been satisfactorily implemented since 1993, with municipal elections having been held on 17 September 1995. The Constitution and the electoral timetable that has been established provide for the holding of presidential elections in the coming year, 1996. However, despite these endeavours and despite my Government’s resolve to secure fundamental freedoms for our people on a firm foundation, foreign interests, for their own unavowed purposes, want to see the democratic process in my country shaped as the saying is “in the image and likeness” of those alien interests.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Following the ousting of the dictatorship and the one-party system, our Government, as early as 1979, adopted a consistent and comprehensive strategy which was a reflection of a national consensus in favour of a model of society for the future of our nation that would be based on peace, democracy and development. In this context we have undertaken a series of political reforms fully supported by all forces and currents of opinion in our society. Since 1992 the Government, following the lead of His Excellency, Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic and Head of State of Equatorial Guinea, has been responsive to the people’s aspirations to freedom, democracy and participation in the management of public affairs. With a population of only 420,000 the country has 14 legal political movements.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations we are bound to acknowledge that although the Organization has achieved certain successes in the area of preventing disputes among nations and has taken measures and initiatives to promote the resolution of certain conflicts, peace, security and development are not yet permanent features of daily life in our earthly home. The fall of the East-West ideological barriers artificially imposed by the cold war aroused expectations of an age of peace in the world. The spread of democracy and the new world-wide awareness of the importance of respect for human rights further heightened these expectations at the beginning of this decade. In this context my country, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, has striven to achieve these objectives of peace, security and development.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“In its first half-century, as a speaker has already said in this Hall, the United Nations has been a child of its time, the time of the aftermath of the Second World War. It came into being to work for peace, world security and development. Now we must determine whether these objectives have been achieved. Peace meant avoiding war and military conflict. Global security meant preventing the escalation of conflicts. Development meant mobilizing the financial resources required for the reconstruction of the world and to redress its underdevelopment.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“I take great pleasure today in addressing this distinguished world audience on behalf of the delegation of Equatorial Guinea in the context of the fiftieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. I wish first to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal on his election to preside over our work. I wish him every success in the presidency of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. He can always rely on the cooperation and solidarity of my delegation. This fiftieth session of the Assembly is taking place at a time when we are seeing a radical change of course — a needed one, in our opinion — in the life of the United Nations in today’s world.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“For all those reasons, we hope that the United Nations will continue to enjoy the full support of all of us in working to achieve a better world in the coming 50 years.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Fitting compensation must be forthcoming, particularly through the funding of alternative projects and technological cooperation. Within its modest financial means, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has been and remains ready to take action to improve its national environment as its contribution to the task of preserving nature throughout the world. The Government of Equatorial Guinea is also giving its constant attention to the struggle against the AIDS pandemic, and, thanks to the deep awareness of the people of Equatorial Guinea and the assistance we are receiving from international agencies, we shall spare no effort to control it effectively. From this rostrum we are appealing to the international community to join us in our efforts to speed and support work in these sectors.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The 1972 Stockholm Declaration established the foundations for some universal principles for the protection of the global environment and efforts to control pollution and combat desertification and deforestation. Reality, however, called for new initiatives, which culminated in the Rio Conference on Environment and Development. We hope that the results of that Conference will be of benefit to all and help ensure mankind's the sustainable development and future well-being. I should, however, like to emphasize the obligation of the developed and industrialized countries — which bear the greatest responsibility for the deterioration of the global ecosystem — to those countries that today are being asked to make the sacrifice of limiting their legitimate right to the use of the riches nature has bestowed on them.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We need the solidarity of the industrialized countries, on mutually agreed terms, if we developing countries are to find a definitive solution to our external- debt problem, the burden of which is another obstacle to progress and greater social development. It would be most promising if agreement could be reached on the mechanisms to solve this economic, financial and socio-economic problem. One such mechanism might be a re-examination of the idea of converting external debt into investment and into projects with proven social impact. The preservation of the environment and the fight against drug trafficking are questions that demand consideration.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“My country hopes that the new world scene will witness the implementation of procedures for sincere international cooperation on behalf of those countries that 15 need it most, those countries that are struggling not just to maintain the quality of life but often for their very survival. The poverty and misery in all the countries on Earth calls for action by others to remedy their plight. United Nations efforts in the maintenance of international peace and security contrast with the limited progress achieved in economic and social development. The global chasm separating rich and poor is steadily widening.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Interventions after the fact have been shown to have limited effectiveness. Some peace-keeping missions and operations in certain conflict areas have also undergone a qualitative change. It is therefore urgent to redirect the mechanisms through which the Organization functions and adapt them to the changes in today's world. We believe that in an increasingly complicated world, and with limited resources, international relations must be complementary. In this sphere the role of the United Nations has become even more decisive. It is hardly useful for some to attempt to monopolize the solution to the world's problems if we do not all feel sincerely involved. As an earlier speaker in the general debate noted, there can be neither peace nor justice if discrimination exists in international relations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“However, as the saying goes, “The master’s eye makes the horse fat” — in other words, however they may be assessed or distorted from outside, the realities in each of the countries in those regions exist independently of the interpretations placed on them. We in Equatorial Guinea believe that development and democracy can be promoted only in an atmosphere of peace. We therefore feel that the United Nations should put emphasis on its efforts at preventive action rather than those designed to restore peace or serve as a buffer. Measures such as the dispatch of evaluation or inquiry missions to individual countries can be more effective in avoiding conflicts like those currently taking place in such fraternal and friendly countries as Angola, Rwanda, Liberia, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia and so on.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We see some countries now using the international community’s demand for respect for human rights and democracy to mask activities that are aimed at subjugating developing countries such as Equatorial Guinea. None the less, we would like to point out that in the course of this year, certain donors, such as France and Spain and the United Nations Development Programme, have made a positive contribution to our democratic process by giving moral, technical and economic support to our efforts to consolidate democracy. They have done excellent work. We believe that the escalation of domestic tensions in many African countries today has a common cause: political intolerance, fuelled and promoted by foreign intervention in a country's domestic jurisdiction.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Everything depends on the colour of the lens through which one looks. There are some who, because of their own unconfessed interests prefer to continue to look at us through a dark lens; but we ask the international community to assess our actions in a neutral and objective way, without allowing itself to be influenced by third parties. We ask that you view us through a clear lens that will allow you to see the reality. Please do not misunderstand me. We are not against the contribution of the international community to the efforts of the people and Government of Equatorial Guinea for democracy and the promotion of human rights and freedoms, but we do believe that these objectives cannot be achieved by promoting and instigating ungovernability, anarchy and civil disobedience in the developing countries.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“This is the root cause of the disinformation campaign that is being waged against my country. Allow me to dwell a moment on this point. Because my country is being subjected to a systematic international campaign of disinformation through certain very well- localized media. Hence a negative image is being projected of my country, in total disregard of the efforts that have been made since 1979 by His Excellency Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, to restore the respectability and honour of my country after 11 long, bloody years of the dictatorship of Macias Nguema, who was overthrown without anyone helping us. Regarding this campaign of disinformation, there is a saying that I would like to reiterate here: “The truth is one, but untruth is manifold”.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“May I mention, among them: the law of political parties, the law of freedom of association and expression, our trade union law, the law of freedom of the press and printed matter, the law of freedom of religion, the law of complaints and petitions, and all the other laws that govern the electoral process. Therefore, the fact is that Equatorial Guinea today is a free, democratic and independent country where peace and stability prevail. With only 400,000 inhabitants, we have 14 political organizations that operate freely and democratically and constitute the pluralist expression of our peoples. None the less, as everyone knows, there are some who, because of their concealed interests, have attempted, and continue to attempt, to thwart the will of some of our political leaders in our democratic process.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In this grim international panorama, my country, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is endeavouring to preserve internal peace and political stability, and to maintain a strict policy of good-neighbourliness and cooperation with the other countries of central Africa. In this framework, we have been strengthening the internal socio-political structures that make it possible to coordinate an integral, democratic system that guarantees the individual and collective freedoms of our citizens. Indeed in 1991, the Government began a transition on the basis of established constitutional provisions and has been establishing the political environment conducive to political pluralism and a multiparty system. A number of 14 legal regulations now govern the exercise of pluralist democracy in my country.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“For the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the causes are all interdependent: poverty, inequality in relations among nations, unemployment, ignorance, and political and religious intolerance. This forty-ninth session of our General Assembly must therefore reflect deeply in order to find a global solution to these common denominators of all our countries. The Republic of Equatorial Guinea wishes to reaffirm here, from this rostrum, the confidence that it has placed in the United Nations and our conviction that this Organization is the ideal framework for resolving the difficult, delicate and complex problems confronting the international community.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“It is illogical and inconceivable to the peoples of our world that after the fall of the ideological borders that shaped the bipolar world, we should again be confronted with new burdens and contradictions. My country is deeply concerned at the negative effect of the wave of violence in many parts of the world today. In record time, we have seen evidence of many sources of tension and conflicts that wipe out many years of United Nations efforts. Everywhere panic and uncertainty prevail, owing to the intolerance and arbitrariness that are real threats to world peace. None the less, it would seem that we all want to close our eyes and act as though we did not know the causes of this instability.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Boutros Boutros-Ghali, our distinguished Secretary- General, for his deep commitment to the search for viable solutions to the problems and difficulties confronting mankind today. This forty-ninth session of the General Assembly is being held at a time when the international community is expressing its concern at the bleak panorama that the world offers us, and more than ever is proclaiming its right to preserve peace and the socio-political and economic stability of the world. This session of the General Assembly, therefore, must not disappoint these pressing aspirations of the human community, which has every reason to continue to consider the United Nations as the hope of mankind.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“I would be disloyal to the feelings of the delegation of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea if I did not from the outset join with the preceding speakers in expressing my best wishes to you and congratulating you on your well-deserved election to the Presidency of this General Assembly. I wish you every success and assure you of the complete cooperation of my delegation. Please convey my congratulations also to the other members of the General Committee, whose work is not always given due recognition. We also commend the work accomplished by Ambassador Samuel Insanally of Guyana, who presided over the last session of the General Assembly. And I wish to express special appreciation to His Excellency Mr.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)