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first: 1980-09-24
most recent: 1989-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
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“When that conference comes let us make it an opportunity to assess what we shall have done between now and then to protect our environment rather than an assembly to lament our failure to protect our planet.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“all countries it is evident that the industrialized countries have the most to contribute not only in mitigating the damage which they are causing to the global environment but also in assisting developing countries. The deliberations during this session on a conference on environment and development present the industrialized countries with great and timely opportunities to demonstrate the political will that is so vital in laying the basis for a successful conference. It is our hope that such a conference will set in motion the desired momentum towards genuine international co-operation on the environment and sustainable development.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“These contributions, which among other things include the reaffirmation of our commitment to the strengthening of international co-operation for the protection of the environment, demonstrate the importance developing countries have attached to this issue. Kenya has taken significant steps to protect its arable land from soil erosion, by reforestation, reclaiming marginal land through the use of severely constrained financial resources and raising public awareness of the dangers involved, and mobilizing people through the spirit of self-help. We have also done our best to protect our regional marine environment. As the Secretary-General emphasized in his opening statement at the last session of the Economic and Social Council, while the challenges facing us are the responsibility of.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“The Committee for Development Planning has noted that environmental damage in affluent societies is a consequence of excessive development and unrestrained demands for even larger goods and services resulting in huge quantities of waste. On the other hand, in the developing countries the most fundamental environmental problems are a consequence of poverty with the ever-increasing struggle for food and energy resulting in the accelerated destruction of forests, the degradation of the soil and the depletion of water resources. Issues of economic development cannot therefore be separated from environmental issues. At our recent meeting in Caracas we, the Group of 77, devoted a lot of time to discussions on the contributions developing countries can make in global co-operation on the environment and development.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“The preservation and the protection of the sanctity of the environment should be the primary responsibility of all nations - big or small, developed or developing. North or South. We in Kenya have the singular honour of hosting the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Our own President, His Excellency Mr. Daniel arap Moi, has taken a decisive lead in preserving our common heritage, the wildlife, and protecting the environment. As he pointed out in his address to the opening session of the recent UNEP Governing Council: "... environmental problems are human in origin and global in nature; their solution would therefore require both human intervention and global action and co-operation".”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“Africa's debt-service obligations and stagnant export earnings restrict the imports that are necessary for the revival of investment and the utilization of existing agricultural and manufacturing capabilities. Urgent action is therefore required regarding the Secretary-General's suggestion in his report to this session on the work of the Organization that it is necessary to review the decisions of the Toronto summit aimed at alleviating the debt burden of low-income countries, especially African countries, where the results have so far been disappointing. Finally, my delegation would like to add its concern to that already expressed by other delegations concerning the degradation of our environment.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“(World Economic Survey 1989, E/I989/45, p. 29) The external constraints on Africa's recovery have become more binding. Africa's external debt rose from $220.1 billion in 1987 to $210 billion in 1988. The scheduled debt ratio now amounts to about 40 per cent of export earnings. Overall commodity prices fell by nearly 13 per cent in 1988 while import prices continued to rise. Today Africa is a net exporter of financial resources while new loans are out of reach and tied to rigorous adjustment policy requirements. African economies are dominated by primary goods-producing sectors and characterized by small manufacturing sectors that are overly dependent on imported raw materials and intermediate goods, producing almost entirely for domestic use.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“The initiative taken by the Group of 77 in calling for a special session of the General Assembly devoted entirely to international economic co-operation, in particular to the revitalization of the economies of developing countries, was indeed timely, It will provide an important opportunity for arriving at a consensus on development. Simultaneously, the elaboration and establishment of a new international development strategy for the fourth United Nations development decade should provide measures for securing an improved international economic environment to support the efforts of developing countries. Africa has faced the most prolonged and serious economic crisis in history. As the Survey clearly and correctly points out: "Africa's economies remain highly vulnerable to circumstances that are largely beyond their control".”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“It is our hope that efforts to deal with these negative transfers will be strengthened. The problems of debt and net transfer of resources from developing countries to developed countries are tightly linked to the problem facing developing countries in the field of international trade. The most viable and effective strategy to debt solution and revitalizing sustainable growth in developing countries must provide for increased export earnings for developing countries as an important component. Yet the trend in the multilateral trading system is towards increased strains. The ongoing multilateral trade negotiations provide an important opportunity to reverse this trend and to strengthen the system.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“In spite of endless and strenuous adjustment efforts and debt rescheduling, the prevailing international financial and monetary system has made it virtually impossible for the affected developing countries to cope with the burden. Such decisions as those of the Toronto summit have made little or no impact and need to be strengthened. Massive net financial resource transfer from the capital-importing developing countries to developed countries has deteriorated, increasing to more than $32 billion in 1988 as compared to a previous annual range of from $20 billion to $25 billion. This has added to the burden of building the needed basic infrastructure set-up, particularly in Africa, to increase the productivity of their economies, including the capabilities for dealing with the harsh external environmental shocks.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“As the Economic Survey rightly puts it: "In a global view, it is an anomaly that the richest country in the world is absorbing a large part of the savings of other countries instead of attributing to the flow of capital to the rest of the world." It is our hope that during this session we shall make progress in building the basis for the redirection of capital investment flows towards developing countries in the years ahead. The debt problem which emerged in almost all developing countries in the early 1980s has now proliferated and become a persistent crisis, halting growth, disrupting social order and increasing the threat to political stability in many developing countries.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“The expectation that the benefits of growth in the world economic output would trickle down and spread to more developing countries has not been realized. Under current trends, prospects for the future point to a deterioration of the situation. What we need is an environment of improved international economic co-operation based on the reality of the growing interdependence among national economies. We believe that this session presents many opportunities for finding ways and means of managing such interdependence. Developing countries must play a more meaningful and beneficial part in the world economic activity and decision-making. The benefit of global growth and expansion must be enjoyed by all the nations of the world.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“But we remain hopeful that the improved relations and intensified bilateral negotiations between the super-Powers as highlighted here by President Bush on Monday will have a positive impact on the global disarmament efforts and lead to the easing of tension in the world as a whole. As we approach the end of the decade of the 1980s, the world economy continues to cause concern. According to the 1989 World Economic Survey, global economic output grew by the high rate of 4.3 per cent in 1988. World trade increased by an even faster rate of 8.3 per cent, exceeding the rates achieved in the 1970s. But virtually all the benefits of the expansion in world output and trade accrued and continue to accumulate in favour of the industrialized countries.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“It is now incumbent upon the Afghan people, however, to settle their internal problems without interference or pressure from any quarter so that peace and tranquillity can return to that country, which has suffered for so long. In all these aspects, Kenya firmly remains unswerving in its commitment to the right of all peoples to determine their own future, free of outside interference or pressure. It is Kenya's belief that disarmament is a moral imperative of the international community, if the basic objective of maintaining international peace and security is to be achieved. The continued accumulation of sophisticated and lethal nuclear and conventional weapons continues to threaten the survival of mankind.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“Similarly, we are heartened by the continued search for a solution to the Cyprus question and also by the regional initiatives undertaken by the Presidents of Central America to achieve a peaceful climate in that sub region. In the Korean peninsula, we support the admission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. We are also encouraged by the renewal of the dialogue and contacts between the two Koreas, with a view to achieving the peaceful reunification of their two countries for the mutual benefit of all Korean people. We wish them the best of luck in working out the modalities for attaining this cherished goal. The Korean problem will be solved only by the Korean people themselves. In Afghanistan, we note with satisfaction the successful implementation of the Geneva Accords.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“We support all efforts of the Arab League to resolve this tragic crisis and call on the entire international community to fully respect Lebanon's territorial integrity and its right to exercise its sovereignty within its internationally recognized boundaries. Kenya welcomes the positive developments that have been made in the search for a solution to the Kampuchean problem. We welcome Viet Nam's decision to withdraw its troops from Kampuchea by the end of this month, and fully support all efforts undertaken by the countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to arrive at a just and lasting solution to the problem.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“Kenya remains deeply concerned that no positive developments have been recorded regarding the Palestinian question. The world has witnessed a rapid deterioration in the overall condition of the Palestinian people. We are convinced that no just and lasting peace can be achieved in the Middle East until the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people are recognized, including their right to self-determination and to a State of their own, as already proclaimed. We commend their leaders for the positive steps they have taken towards a resolution of the Palestinian question. We continue to be distressed at the dangerous escalation of violence in Lebanon, and we urgently call for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Lebanese territory and for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire as advanced recently by the Arab League.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“That poses a serious threat to both regional and international peace and security. Pretoria's persistent acts of aggression and destabilization against front-line and other neighbouring States continue to wreak havoc on their economies while the influx of refugees escaping Pretoria's brutality further strain limited resources available for social development. Kenya urges the international community to provide financial and material assistance to front-line and other neighbouring States in order to assist them in reducing their economic dependence on South Africa, thereby lessening the impact of Pretoria's destabilization. Encouraging developments in some spheres of international relations only serve to underscore the need to do wore in areas where little or no progress has been made.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“We remain convinced that, unless immediate and effective pressure is applied on Pretoria, peaceful change will not be possible. We are equally convinced that the only means at the disposal of the international community to effect positive change is through the imposition of comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime, in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. As President Bush told us on Monday here in this Assembly, "freedom, once set in motion, takes on a momentum of its own"; "we must bring peace to the people who have never known its blessings"; "Make no mistake, nothing can stand in the way of freedom's march." (A/44/PV. 4) The odious policies of apartheid are the main source of conflict in the southern Africa region.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“We in Kenya expect the new leadership to take truly positive and progressive steps towards a humane society in which all peoples, regardless of race, can live in harmony. However, until that time, we remain gravely concerned that, despite repeated calls for change, the racist Pretoria regime has continued to enforce its abhorrent system of apartheid and has continued to deny its black majority population its inalienable right to self-determination. We demand the immediate release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, the lifting of the State of Emergency, an end to the brutalisation of the black population, including innocent children, the engaging of the press and the unbanning of the African National Congress of South Africa, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania and other political organizations.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“The laws as drafted then were to facilitate the continued rule of Namibia by South Africa. The racist regime in South Africa, to use the words of President Bush, "failed to see the love of freedom that was written in the human heart". (A/44/PV. 4, p. 52) We hope that the amended laws to be published soon will make possible free and fair elections in November. Thus Kenya urgently calls on the international community to put pressure on South Africa to abide fully with resolution 435 (1978) in order to avoid a situation where the elections lead to more chaos and suffering rather than the peace we so dearly desire. With regard to the situation in South Africa itself, we are hopeful that the change in leadership will not be merely a change in persons.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“We urge all Members of this body to extend similar support and to work towards a better world in which human suffering can be alleviated and wanton waste of resources avoided. Kenya fully supports and highly commends the Secretary-General and his staff for their exemplary work in the implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1 .8) on Namibia, but we are gravely concerned at South Africa's continued refusal to abide by the spirit and letter of that resolution. The presence of the brutal counter-insurgency Koevoet forces, in Namibia was maintained long past the deadline for their disbarment, and the laws and proclamations relating to the electoral process and the Constituent Assembly were drafted in terms that were incompressible even to the educated elite.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“Javier Perez de Cuellar, and I express my delegation's sincere appreciation of his untiring efforts in promoting the objectives of the United Nations. The important contributions this Organization made towards resolving regional conflicts in 1988 have been further expanded in 1989 to include the independence process for Namibia. Similarly, there are encouraging signs that the United Nations will be required to play a pivotal role in the resolution of the Kampuchean problem and the crises in Central America. Those heavy responsibilities cannot be effectively carried out without the full support of all members of the international community. Kenya wishes to put on record its total support for all United Nations efforts aimed at securing international peace.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“The international political scene continues to undergo encouraging and positive developments in the search for solutions to regional and global problems. The past few years have witnessed previously inconceivable progress in long-standing disputes and conflicts and much of this progress has been the result of a renewed optimism and faith in the relevance and role of the United Nations. This Organization, whose fundamental principle is the maintenance of international peace and security, has consistently striven to demonstrate the superiority of negotiations and mediation over confrontation in the conduct of international relations. The increasing success in global acceptance of this process is in no small measure due to the effective and outstanding leadership of the Secretary-General, Mr.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“My President, Mr. Daniel Arap has directed me to convey to you, Mr. President, his best wishes for a successful forty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I should also like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of this body. Africa is proud to see one of her illustrious sons occupy this lofty chair. You can, Sir, count on my delegation's full co-operation in the discharge of your duties in directing the affairs of the Assembly. I should also like to convey to your predecessor, Mr. Dante Caputo, former Foreign Minister of Argentina, my delegation's sincere appreciation for the exemplary manner in which he presided over and guided the affairs of this Organization during its forty-third session.”
1989-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 44 (1989)
“I should like to conclude my remarks by reiter¬ating Kenya's total faith in the principles underlying the Charter of the United Nations and our belief that in the end the nations of this world will have to swim together—or sink together.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In this and other forums we have consistently condemned the activities of mercenaries. In the recent past we have witnessed increased use of mercenaries against the territorial integrity and independence of many developing countries. We cannot stress strongly enough the need to bring this heinous crime to an end through concerted international action. AH those participating in mercenary activities belong to States, and urgent measures are required to outlaw mercena¬ries and to stop their activities permanently. Peace- loving people everywhere are anxiously awaiting action to eliminate this heinous crime. We cannot afford to disappoint our peoples. 251.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“One of the historic events of this decade has been the adoption of the Convention on the Law of the Sea. The occasion not only marked the emergence of a new legal regime governing the exploration and exploitation of the seas, the sea-bed, and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof; it also demonstrated clearly the importance of equitable compromise in the interest of all mankind. The Convention has been the result of hard negotiations over a period, of many years, and it is Kenya's hope that even those coun¬tries which were not able to support the Convention at its adoption will find it necessary and possible to support it in future in order to ensure uniformity in its implementation and use. We also hope that the same spirit displayed by nations at the adoption of the Convention will be demonstrated by their ratification of it. 250.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“More assistance from FAO and the World Food Council would be greatly appreciated, particularly by the food-deficient coun¬tries of the developing world. 248. I wish now to turn to the issue of special eco¬nomic and disaster-relief assistance. My Government commends the efforts of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator. We reiterate our full support for the activities of that Office and call on all donor countries to increase their contributions to that important body in order to enable it to deal more efficiently and promptly with disasters, wherever and whenever they occur in the disaster-stricken and disaster-prone areas of the world, especially in Africa. The Kenyan delegation will continue to attach special importance to this problem and to participate actively ininternational deliberations on it. 249.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Kenya calls on the international community to extend the technical and financial assistance necessary for the implemen¬tation of the Lagos Plan of Action in its entirety. 247. Africa also faces acute food problems, as recent reports have shown. Food and agricultural production has drastically declined in recent years, owing, inter alia to changes in climatic conditions, inadequate investment in the food sector, and lack of storage facilities. The international community must take urgent collective measures to alleviate the critical food shortages and attain collective self-sufficiency in food, to increase food and agricultural production, food storage, and food security, as well as to increase capital from external resources. We look forward to greater assistance from both bilateral donors and multilateral sources.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We condemn protectionism in all its forms, and we believe that at the sixth session of UNCTAD, to be held in 1983, serious attempts will be made to tackle all the critical issues encountered by the international community in the Held of trade and development. My delegation therefore calls upon the Assembly to take concrete action at this session to ensure the success of the sixth session of UNCTAD. 246. The critical economic situation facing Africa, which is the least developed of all the continents, requires concerted international action. It was in this spirit that the Lagos Plan of Action for the Imple¬mentation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa was adopted.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We there¬fore hope that this process will be intensified in order to ensure positive results from this forthcoming UNIDO Conference in Nairobi. 244. We are aware of the report submitted to the Assembly on the work of the fifth session of the Commission on Human Settlements and of the two sessions held this year by the Governing Council of UNEP. The important recommenda¬tions of those sessions need to be implemented, and for that to be done adequate financial resources are necessary. My delegation therefore calls on the devel¬oped donor countries, and others in a position to do so, to make substantial contributions towards the implementation of the planned activities in the fields of the environment and human settlements. 245. Kenya would like to see a substantial increase in the trade of developing nations in manufactures.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“These have included the intensive negotiations held among 18 countries of eastern and southern Africa, including my own country, which resulted in the signing in Lusaka, in December 1981 of a treaty establishing a preferential trade area for that African region. 243. With regard to industrial development, we wel¬come the recommendations of the sixteenth session of the Industrial Development Board and call for their early implementation. We note with appreciation the full recognition in the Industrial Development Board's report on that session of the significance of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa. As the Assembly knows, Kenya will play host to the Fourth General Conference of UNIDO, in 1984, and the success of that Conference will depend to a large extent on the attitude nations display during the preparatory process for it.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Kenya has repeatedly called on developing nations to intensify their activities at subregional, regional and interregional levels and in all fields. It was in this spirit that we participated in the formula¬tion and adoption of the Caracas Programme of Action, the implementation of which has been enhanced by the North-South meetings held during this year, which included the meeting of the Group of 77 held last month in Manila to review the imple¬mentation of the Caracas Programme of Action. In certain regionsalso new initiatives for interregional and subregional co-operation have emerged.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It is regrettable that, three years after the conclusion of the Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development no substantial agreement has been reached on the establishment of a permanent United Nations financing system for science and technology for development. My Government calls urgently for the early resolution of the unresolved issues in the Vienna Programme of Action through intensified negotiations within the appropriate United Nations bodies, including the Intergovernmental Committee for Science and Technology for Development. 242. Of particular importance to my country as a developing nation is the question of economic and technical co-operation among developing countries themselves.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Turning now to the question of science and technology for development, I should like to stress again the significance which my Government attaches to the strengthening of the capacity of the developing countries in the fields of science and technology. We have always been keenly interested and have actively participated at high governmental levels in international conferences and good-will missions constituted to discuss issues of science and technology for development, especially of the developing coun¬tries, because we believe that science and technology are crucial vehicles not only for the implementation of the Third United Nations Development Decade, but also for the early attainment of the new inter¬national economic order.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In this regard, the role of the United Nations must be recognized, and bilateral arrange¬ments for raising funds should supplement, but not replace, multilateral arrangements. Secondly, United Nations activities carried out in implementation of the Nairobi Programme of Action must be well co-ordi¬nated. In this connection, my delegation deems it necessary to establish a secretariat which would also service an intergovernmental body, which the Assembly should designate, for new and renewable energy sources. The delegation of Kenya stands ready to participate actively in the discussions of this item now and in the future. 241.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Noteworthy among the actions of the Assembly at its thirty-sixth session were the decisions concerning the financial and institutional arrangements for new and renewable sources of energy, which have to be finalized at this session of the Assembly. The Interim Committee established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 36/193 met in Rome in June of this year, but it did not succeed in its primary task regarding the immediate launching of the imple¬mentation of the Nairobi Programme of Action. It is thus clear that at this session the Assembly has to take certain fundamental decisions as a follow-up to the Nairobi Conference on energy. First, we have to decide on the question of mobilization of financial resources for harnessing new and renewable energy resources.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“On that occasion, I said, infer for It is our hope that the United Nations Con¬ference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, to be held at Nairobi in August 1981, will offer the world community a rare opportunity to find alternative solutions to our energy problems. 240. As you will recall, that Conference was held in Nairobi as planned, and its outcome was the Nairobi Programme of Action for the Development and Utiliza¬tion of New and Renewable Sources of Energy.for As you also know, the Assembly last year took some important decisions on the Nairobi Conference on energy pursuant to the provisions of Assembly resolution 35/204.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“That trend in the world economic situation paints a very gloomy picture of the eco¬nomies of the developing countries, which are adversely affected by external factors. 239. Energy is undoubtedly an essential element of the development process, but it continues to be a very serious problem, particularly for developing nations like my own, Kenya, which are most adversely affected by the energy crisis. The need to shift the dependency of nations from petroleum to a greater reliance on alternative sources of energy was one of the points I stressed when I addressed the Assembly on 7 October 1980.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The effects of the deepening reces¬sion hurt the developing countries the most, because it is those countries that experience acute problems of balance of payments, falling per capita income, rapidly rising unemployment and high rates of inflation, to mention only a few. Those problems are magnified by the reluctance of the developed countries to acknowledge the importance of multilateral co-oper¬ation in the solution of international economic problems. The transfer of resources in real terms to developing countries has been steadily declining and the growth of the gross domestic product in the developing nations has decelerated to a level of 0.6 per cent from an average of 5.5 per cent achieved during the 1970s.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In our statement to the General Assembly at the 27th meeting of the thirty-fifth session, my delegation expressed concern at the unilateral suspen¬sion of the then ongoing South-North working level contacts by North Korea and urged the South and the North of Korea, the two parties directly con¬cerned, to resume the dialogue immediately in accordance with the letter and spirit of the joint communique of 4 July 1972 in order to ease tension and to improve relations. No progress seems to have been made so far, and my delegation would like to renew that appeal. 238. The Government of Kenya is gravely concerned about the critical situation in which the world economy finds itself today.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We also note with continuing disappoint¬ment and deep regret that the conflict between Iran and Iraq has not ended, in spite of intensive efforts from many quarters. We hope that the two non- aligned nations will allow good sense to prevail and will cease the senseless hostilities that have taken such a toll in human lives and untold economic disruption. In the same vein, we support the aspirations of the Korean people for the peaceful reunification of their country.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In such a political climate, no progress can be made on disarmament negotiations. We therefore call on all States, in particular the nuclear Powers and other militarily significant States, to demonstrate the political will and firm commitment necessary for the implemen¬tation of the recommendations made and the decisions taken in the field of disarmament. 237. As stated earlier, the international political situa¬tion has not taken a turn for the better. We are disap-pointed that despite the Organization's call for the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Kampuchea and of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, no movement in that direction has been taken by those concerned. Similarly, the United Nations resolutions on Cyprus continue to be ignored, and the intercommunal talks which we have supported appear to be unnecessarily protracted.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The outcome of that special session will of course be interpreted differently by different Govern¬ments, but in the opinion of my Government, the results of that session were too meager to confer upon it the label of success. Most regrettably, at the second special session on disarmament held in June and July of this year the Assembly failed to elaborate and adopt a comprehensive program of disarm¬ament. On reviewing the implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the first special session, at the second special session concrete and practical proposals for removing the impediments to progress in disarmament negotiations could not even be agreed on. 236. The continuing deterioration of the international situation and the intensification of the arms race have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear catastrophe.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Hence, for us in Kenya, the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace is not a political slogan; rather, it is imperative for our own security in our attempts to safeguard our territorial integrity. In this spirit, Kenya supports the call for an international conference to consider all the aspects of this problem. We urge all the maritime States to co-operate fully in the preparations for such a conference. 235. This regular session of the Assembly is taking place soon after the conclusion of the second special session on disarmament. I expressed the views of my Government on that matter when I addressed the Assembly at the 19th meeting of the twelfth special session.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“I wish to reiterate here Kenya's conviction that no lasting peace in the Middle East can be achieved without due recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to inde¬pendence and to a sovereign homeland of their own. Once again, Kenya calls for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli and all other foreign troops from Lebanese territory, in the interest of peace and stability in the region. 234. I wish to make some observations on another matter that continues to be of concern to the Organi¬zation. Kenya has supported in the past and will continue to support in the future the proposal that the Indian Ocean be designated a zone of peace.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“That indiscriminate killing of innocent people, including women and children, in the refugee coups in Beirut is a gross viola on of human rights and accepted international law and morality. As my Presi¬dent said in his statement on the tragedy, this callous and barbaric act against defenseless Palestinians, coming as it did soon after the evacuation of Palestinian military personnel from Lebanon, shocked the con¬science of the world and must be vigorously con¬demned by all peace-loving nations. President Moi has repeatedly stated that Kenya values human life and will always condemn acts which destroy life.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The situation in this area has remained tense, with violent conflicts flaring up, over the past three decades and that long-standing conflict is still not resolved. Despite the efforts of the international community over the years aimed at finding a peaceful solution, intransigence has not given way to compromise. Instead, one community has sought to annihilate another community. In the past three months, we have all witnessed a new onslaught launched by Israel in total disregard of all the rules of international law and morality. Israel arbitrarily and militarily occupied the sovereign State of Lebanon, a State Member of the United Nations. The destruction of life that has taken place in Lebanon leaver us all shocked and horrified, particularly with regard to the recent massacre of Palestinian refugees in Beirut.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We have the rather anomalous situation where those whose efforts for the inde¬pendence of Namibia are being spurned by South Africa are at the same time those who are protecting South Africa with vetoes against the stronger action called for by South Africa's intransigence. Something must be done to end that anomaly. 232. We in Africa have come a long way in our struggle to liberate our continent from regimes based on race and colonialism. We will not stop in our drive at the border of Namibia. That should serve as a clear message to South Africa and its friends. 233. I will now draw the Assembly's attention to one of the most dangerous areas on the international scene today. I refer to events in the Middle East, specifically in Lebanon.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)