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THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS O'KENNEDY

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1977-09-24
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1978-09-24
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  1. “But we must now, I feel, ask ourselves a further question: are we prepared to face, together, as truly united nations, a series of major problems which have forced themselves upon our attention with a new urgency as problems for the world community as a whole? 9. It seems to me that arms control and disarmament in particular are issues where we need a new sense of collective responsibility. This" is vital because, as the Secretary-General points out, if we stumble once again into a world conflagration all our other hopes and activities will be in vain. While the Charter does not impose disarmament as an absolute obligation or specify exactly how it should be brought about, we know well that we do face a time-table. 10. It is a time-table imposed by the steady build-up of probabilities.”

    1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)

  2. “Already at the current session there are some indications of modest progress on major issues such as the Middle East, southern Africa and Cyprus—though it would, of course, be unwise to be too optimistic. 7. We also see an important mediating role for the United Nations-through the actions of our Secretary-General, for example, or by the provision of peace-keeping forces in situations of conflict or potential conflict. Ireland has welcomed and supported such efforts in the past and we will continue to do so in every way open to us. 8. These are all good reasons to value our membership in the Organization and make it for each of us a pledge of our common commitment to peace, justice and the right of each member of the human family to a life of human dignity.”

    1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)

  3. “We know that the United Nations is not perfect; but it has a valuable-and indeed essential-role to play in world affairs. It is a meeting-place which is now almost universal in membership; and States from all corners of the world which belong to different regional groups find here that they have so much in common. They may come to understand—if not necessarily agree with-each other through formal and informal exchanges; and States in dispute with each other can explain their respective positions and seek the support of the world community in resolving these disputes. 6. Indeed the mere fact that the opening weeks of the session bring government leaders here from all around the world and oblige them to focus their attention seriously on major world problems can be so valuable in itself.”

    1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)

  4. “I should also like, following his election last year, to voice my Government's confidence in the Secretary- General, Mr. Waldheim, whose deep concern for this Organization and for the preservation of peace is so clearly manifest in his latest report on the work of the Organization. 4. Since I have very recently taken office as Foreign Minister and since this is the first time I appear as representative of my country before this General Assembly, I think it is appropriate that I should reaffirm the commitment of the new Irish Government to the principles and the Charter of the United Nations. 5. Ireland has always strongly supported this Organization since we were admitted in 1955, and my Government will continue to do so.”

    1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)

  5. “1. I should like first, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. It is a source of particular satisfaction to me that you should take the chair in the year when Yugoslavia is host to the review conference of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, and in the year in which, after many years of fruitful contacts between our two countries, Ireland and Yugoslavia have entered into formal diplomatic relations with each other. 2. I also wish to extend a warm welcome to our two new Members, the Republic of Djibouti and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. This represents a further significant step towards that universality of membership which we all wish to see and which can be one of the major strengths of this Organization. 3.”

    1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)