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“In conclusion, may I express my confidence that at this commemorative session the General Assembly will consider the items on its agenda in a constructive manner and will adopt decisions responding to the challenges ahead.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We are gratified by the support and assistance of the world community, donor countries and international organizations, which continue to play an important role in consolidating these positive beginnings. However, the hardships of transition are still being acutely felt as, inter alia, our gross national product is quite far from its pre-crisis level, living standards are in decline and poverty is on the rise. Under these circumstances, my Government, in addition to mobilizing its own resources to the utmost, is compelled to seek further assistance from outside. In this regard, we look forward to the fifth donor meeting, to be held in Tokyo early next year.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The progress achieved in resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula has had a positive bearing on the prospects of overall settlement in that part of our region. Mongolia, in line with its foreign-policy priorities, is endeavouring to participate more actively in the process of regional integration. We trust that this stance will enjoy greater support from other Governments. More than five years have elapsed since Mongolia embarked upon the road of democracy and economic liberalization. A solid foundation for a new political fabric and its legal guarantees has been laid down. The economic decline has been checked, and signs of recovery are being discerned.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“My delegation also expresses its satisfaction at the recent agreements regarding the former Yugoslavia, which give us hope for the eventual solution of the protracted crisis there. 17 We believe that the Eleventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, which will take place in Colombia shortly, will outline the tasks of the Movement in the years to come and will make its contribution to the efforts of the world community aimed at solving a host of interrelated problems of strengthening international peace and security and promoting development and progress. It is of great importance that with the strengthening of peace, stability and economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, the contours of regional and subregional cooperation are becoming more pronounced.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“A zero-yield comprehensive test-ban recently announced by the United States Administration will, in our view, speed up the negotiations on the treaty so that it may be concluded next year. We wish to express our concern over the slow pace of ratification of the chemical weapons Convention, which is unnecessarily delaying its entry into force. We call upon those countries that have not yet done so to ratify the Convention as soon as possible. Mongolia welcomes the interim agreement on the second stage of autonomy reached by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel within the framework of achieving the full realization of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination. That agreement represents a major step towards consolidating the peace process in the Middle East.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The disarmament agenda was highlighted this year by the Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which considered the operation of the Treaty and decided on its indefinite extension. Among the important objectives and principles aimed at strengthening the nuclear disarmament process with practical measures, special mention should be made of those related to the conclusion of a comprehensive test- ban treaty. It is, however, deplorable that two nuclear- weapon States Parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, contrary to the commitments undertaken, are conducting nuclear tests and have announced their intention to continue them.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“There is no need to emphasize the importance of that Convention to countries like Mongolia, which is a geographically disadvantaged, land-locked developing country with an unfavourable road and transportation environment. The Mongolian delegation expresses its hope that the General Assembly will at its present session endorse the recommendations adopted last June by the Second Meeting of Governmental Experts from Land-locked and Transit Developing Countries and Representatives of Donor Countries and Financial and Development Institutions. We believe that the World Trade Organization will facilitate the integration of developing countries into the international trading system and ensure the protection of their interests through benefits derived from the trade- discipline mechanism.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Mongolia highly appreciates the international community’s understanding of the problems and hardships faced by countries in transition and the support for their efforts to integrate into the world economy. We deem it important that the General Assembly has decided to consider this issue at its fifty-first session. My delegation hopes that the report on this subject to be prepared by the Secretary-General will take due account of the characteristics of all countries — in particular, geographic location, climatic conditions and infrastructure development, among others. We applaud the entry into force of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, which is widely acclaimed as one of the historic achievements of United Nations cooperative efforts.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“It is Mongolia’s considered view that expansion of the Security Council should be based on the principles of fairness and equitable representation. This should be ensured by, inter alia, the admission of countries with a global reach, like Japan and Germany, as well as representatives of developing countries. It is important to take specific steps to ensure the full implementation of the resolution on the protection and security of small States adopted at the last session. Mongolia welcomes the Secretary-General’s report on the specific development needs of small Member States, and expects that the ideas and recommendations that it contains will be duly reflected in the activities of the United Nations.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Despite the difficulties encountered and the growing complexity of their missions, the peace- 16 keeping operations have largely succeeded in places where they have intervened for the purposes of restoring peace and normality. The failures suffered by the United Nations should not, however, frustrate its efforts in the future. Lessons drawn from these failures should help the Organization to weigh its potentials and limitations realistically and to act within mandates that are clear and attainable. If the Security Council is to reflect today’s realities and to live up to the challenges ahead, the reform process — democratization of its working methods and the introduction of greater transparency into its activities — should be further intensified.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Mongolia fully supports the efforts of the Non- Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 to call the attention of the international community, and of the Group of Seven in particular, to the question of addressing these acute problems. It goes without saying that this common objective can be attained only through joint North-South action. The persistence and proliferation of wars and crisis situations testify to the fact that conventional attitudes towards the use of force as a standard means of settling disputes have not been done away with and that the worth of the human person and his or her right to life continue to be denied. Against this backdrop, the United Nations has seen over the last few years a marked expansion in its activities in the area of peace-keeping, peacemaking and preventive diplomacy.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Here, I wish to emphasize the urgent need for reform to take in the entire system of the United Nations, including the Bretton Woods institutions, by, inter alia, increasing the effectiveness of organizations in the economic and social fields, as well as improving their coordination. Momentous post-cold-war change has, in fact, failed to embrace international economic relations — an area of major concern to the United Nations. The persisting inequities and imbalances, as well as protectionist tendencies, the growing external-debt burden, the inability to participate equally in international decision-making and declining official development assistance flows, weigh heavily on the efforts of the developing countries effectively to address the pressing socio-economic problems that they face.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“In this regard, the Secretary-General’s stimulating reports “An Agenda for Peace” and “An Agenda for Development” and their subsequent supplements help greatly in revamping our concepts of peace, security and development, as well as in our collective reflection on our future. The United Nations has served as a catalyst for convening a series of global conferences — conferences on the protection of children, on the environment, on human rights, on population and social development and on the advancement of women — resulting in the formulation of common strategies and specific platforms for action, now and into the twenty-first century. In order to ensure the full implementation of this comprehensive strategy of sustainable human development it is imperative to streamline the existing machinery for multilateral cooperation.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Mongolia, for one, which steadfastly sided with the Allied forces and other peace-loving nations during the Second World War, and made its humble contribution to the great victory, was until 1961 prevented from exercising its legitimate right to join the world Organization. The upcoming solemn celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations by the largest ever gathering of world leaders demonstrates that the international community, by associating its present and its future with the United Nations, is placing its hopes and aspirations in the Organization. We hope that the special commemorative meeting will be crowned with the adoption of the visionary document reaffirming the underlying purposes and principles of the Charter and outlining forward-looking strategies commensurate with the challenges of the new millennium.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“It can be said that at the heart of these accomplishments lies the international community’s growing realization of the prevalence of global priorities and the objective trends in historical developments, along with the wisdom of mastering the philosophy of fine-tuning the differing interests of States. However, the book of the Organization’s half-century history does not consist exclusively of success stories. There are chapters portraying the set-backs and failures of the United Nations when it was effectively handicapped by the then prevalent ideological antagonisms and military-bloc confrontation. There were times when sovereign States could not exercise their right to become Members of the United Nations.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The world Organization has throughout served as a powerful engine for bringing about dramatic changes both in the domain of international relations and in the development process of nations. The United Nations is to be credited with impressive accomplishments in strengthening international peace and security, marshalling the efforts of the international community to put an end to colonialism and apartheid, ensuring the independence and sovereignty of developing countries and supporting their socio-economic development, advocating human rights and fundamental freedoms and protecting and preserving the environment, as well as in promoting education, culture, science and health.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“This coincides with the golden jubilee of the founding of the United Nations, which embodies in its Charter the aspirations of our forefathers who, having stood actual witnesses to the horrors of a most devastating war, pledged to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and settle international disputes by peaceful means. At the time of this historic celebration it is only fitting to pay tribute to the architects of the Charter, whose vision inspired it with continued viability and validity. 15 The family of the United Nations has come to embrace 185 sovereign States, a fact that unequivocally attests to the genuine universality and validity of its underlying purposes and principles.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“May I be permitted to offer to His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral my sincere congratulations on his election to the high post of President of the golden fiftieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that, under his able stewardship, the Assembly will succeed in advancing the noble aims and objectives of our Charter. I wish also to record my delegation’s profound appreciation to his predecessor, Ambassador Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire, who presided most ably over the various activities of our Assembly during the forty-ninth session. The year 1995 is to be singled out for its landmark anniversaries. The fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War is being observed worldwide with a renewed sense of comprehension of its painful lessons.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Today we are continuing our reforms in line with our democratic Constitution of 1992. In keeping with its foreign policy concept, Mongolia will continue to endeavour to make its own contribution to the common cause of developing friendly relations and cooperation between nations and ensuring peace, security and progress.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“My delegation hopes that the ongoing deliberations in the Working Group on this issue will be intensified and successfully concluded by the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. We commend and support the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in his efforts to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Secretariat. We are confident that the Secretary-General will persevere in his reform process, and wish him every success in his future endeavours. The Mongolian people is approaching an auspicious event, which will be observed this coming November — namely, the seventieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic, which represents an important juncture in restoring our independence. My people has accomplished since then an arduous journey marked by ups and downs.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The United Nations has exerted a great deal of effort, and it can be credited with impressive accomplishments, especially in the areas of peace-keeping and humanitarian assistance. Nevertheless, many Member States have voiced their concern over and criticism of the restructuring of the United Nations and have stressed the need to ensure a proper balance in its activities. We can well understand the justified criticism that our Organization is disproportionately preoccupied with peace- keeping and security issues at the expense of its urgent development agenda. We expect that with deliberations on and the subsequent adoption of the Agenda for Development there will be less grounds for such criticism. The composition of the Security Council and its methods of work do not reflect the realities of the time.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Considerable progress has been achieved in implementing the Jakarta Final Document, which epitomized the new strategy of the Movement in the post-cold-war era. The Cairo Ministerial Conference, held last June, contributed to the enhancement of the Movement’s activities. Here, I should also like to mention that this Conference emphasized the need to augment the Movement’s efforts with a view to adequately responding to common problems facing the developing countries. I wish to make a few more comments on the United Nations. In the wake of the cold-war policy that limited the capacity of the United Nations to implement fully the purposes and principles of its Charter, new opportunities have opened up before the world Organization. All at once, the eyes of the world, full of hope and expectation, have turned to the United Nations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In an effort to contribute to the establishment of an effective verification system for the future comprehensive test-ban treaty, Mongolia has expressed its interest in being part of the global seismic monitoring network. We stand ready to cooperate on this question with the interested parties. The unchecked arms trade and its increase to global proportions, and especially its extension into volatile and unstable regions of the world, is fraught with dangerous consequences. We believe that it is high time for the United Nations to take a close and comprehensive look at the issue with a view to formulating the legal parameters of the conduct of States in this respect. In recent years the role and influence of the Non- Aligned Movement in world politics have grown.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Bold steps are needed, particularly by the nuclear- weapon States, to solve the mutually interlinked problems of the indefinite extension of the non-proliferation Treaty and the conclusion of a comprehensive test-ban treaty in 1995, as well as credible security assurances for the non- nuclear-weapon States. 6 It is gratifying to note that the five nuclear-weapon States supported Mongolia’s declaration of its territory as a nuclear-weapon-free zone and expressed their intention to respect that status. The Non-Aligned Movement has also welcomed that initiative as a commendable contribution to regional stability and confidence-building.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We hope that the United States-Cuba bilateral agreement on the immigration question will prove to have a far-reaching impact on resolving the outstanding issues between these two countries. We commend the peaceful manner in which the goal of restoring democracy in Haiti was achieved. The wars that continue to rage in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Afghanistan and the tragedies in Rwanda and Somalia testify to the highly complex nature of these problems and remind us again that the efforts of the international community to resolve them should by no means decrease in intensity.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We hope that the new leadership of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the other parties concerned, bearing in mind the international dimensions of the problem, will display great responsibility in addressing the problems at hand. The agreement between the Government of Tajikistan and the opposition group on a temporary cease- fire constitutes a first, important step towards national reconciliation in Tajikistan, and should be built upon. Last year’s truly historic developments in the Middle East paved the way for the positive steps that we are witnessing today in the efforts to bring peace to the region, inching towards a comprehensive settlement of the Middle East conflict.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“An important factor contributing to these trends is the development of Russian-Chinese relations and cooperation within the framework of friendly partnership. Mongolia welcomes the recent agreement between Russia and China not to target each other with strategic nuclear missiles; we see this as a development that augurs well for stability and confidence-building in the region and beyond. The maintenance of good- neighbourly relations with these two countries is of paramount importance to Mongolia, and today these relations are based on new Treaties on friendly relations and cooperation. As opposed to the headway made in resolving and preventing crisis situations in Asia, there seems to be no discernible shift for the better on the Korean Peninsula.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We trust that we will receive support and understanding from the parties concerned. However, this is not to say that we are pursuing a lopsided approach to overcoming the crisis and implementing structural economic adjustments, relying solely on outside assistance and ideas. It goes without saying that the only way, eventually, is in the development of equitable and mutually advantageous cooperation. Proceeding from this premise, we endeavour to attract foreign investment, including private investment, and to create the necessary legal, economic and other conditions. For any State, and for small States in particular, peace and stability in their respective regions are of vital importance. By and large, positive trends are prevailing in our region, despite the continued existence of hotbeds of conflict and tension.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“A great deal has been accomplished in laying down the legal foundations for societal life. Yet underlying problems continue to persist. At times, we face a situation in which one problem succeeds another. The fuel and energy sector is in a critical state. The living standards of the population continue to decline; poverty and unemployment are on the rise. There is a severe shortage of internal financial resources. In order to make substantive progress in overcoming these and other difficulties, foreign aid will continue to play a decisive role for some time to come. In this respect, we are looking forward to the fourth donor meeting to be held in Tokyo this November. As hardships seem to persist, the practice of holding regular donor meetings under the auspices of Japan and the World Bank remains essential.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“This Summit, taken together with the recent International Conference on Population 5 and Development and the future conferences on women and on human settlements constitute an intertwined continuous process of international consensus building. Mongolia is advancing along the road of reforms, relying on the active support of the donor community and of international organizations. The International Monetary Fund-supported enhanced structural adjustment facility programme is in its second year of implementation. There is a positive trend towards checking economic decline and inflation and stabilizing the national currency. The role of the private sector in the national economy is growing considerably. Relying on the experience of the years of transition, we are on our way to finding effective ways and means for the State-governed economy.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In this regard, I wish to emphasize that commitments, especially those related to the flow of financial resources and the transfer of technology, have to be faithfully honoured. As a country exposed to drought and desertification, Mongolia welcomes the conclusion of the negotiations on, and the signing of, the international Convention to combat desertification. The convening of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen next year is a clear manifestation of the fact that social issues are being brought to the centre of the international agenda. We trust that the Summit will serve as a powerful engine for marshalling political will at the highest level and will bring about a viable action programme to effectively address social challenges.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round and the ensuing decision to create the World Trade Organization represent an important step towards a fairer trading system. We hope that the entry into force of the Convention on the Law of the Sea will facilitate the solution of problems confronting, above all, the least developed, land- locked and geographically disadvantaged States. The post-Rio period has registered a welcome shift towards the broadening of international cooperation in addressing environmental issues. Nevertheless, we have to admit that there is a significant disparity between the importance that the international community attaches to this problem and the actual results of the work done in protecting the environment and halting the ecological crisis and remedying its consequences.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In the case of Mongolia, aside from such handicaps as a low level of development and a disadvantageous geographical location, our economy, in fact, finds itself dependent on another crisis-stricken country in transition. We believe that the time has come to make every effort to resolve the external debt problem of developing countries, taking into account the vital interests of their socio-economic development and the urgent need to lay the foundation for equitable economic cooperation. On the other hand, it is incumbent upon the creditor nations to display the political will to deal resolutely with that intractable problem. One might add that the realistic assessment of the underlying political and economic causes of the multiplying debt burden should be borne in mind in addressing this issue.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In this regard the establishment of the South Centre will have a significant bearing on the strengthening of the foundations of such cooperation. The problems facing the countries in transition and the need for international cooperation to overcome them have found, in our view, a proper reflection in the “Agenda”. In order to ensure the success of transition, which has a direct bearing on the future of world developments, it is only fair that greater attention be given to enhancing the effectiveness of international cooperation towards that end. Furthermore, this cooperation should be tailored to the yspecific conditions of countries in transition.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
““An Agenda for Development” is expected to promote people-centred sustainable development through, inter alia, a meaningful North-South partnership. In this connection, it would be advisable that the targets of earmarking 0.7 per cent of the industrialized countries’ gross national product (GNP) for official development assistance and allocating 20 per cent of that assistance for human priority concerns be reflected in that “Agenda”. We also wish to see included in the “Agenda” the idea of allocating 20 per cent of the budget of the developing countries for the aforementioned purpose. An active South-South cooperation is of vital importance for the sustainable development and self- reliance of the developing countries.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“It is against this background that we see the special significance of this session of the General Assembly, which is to lay a sound foundation for the anniversary. The Secretary-General’s report entitled “An Agenda for Development” is a highlight of this session of the General Assembly. My delegation expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for producing a thought-provoking report which offers a comprehensive approach to development and innovative ideas for consideration. We hope that the upcoming discussion of that report will help in the search for an adequate response to persistent inequalities and imbalances, as well as ways to combat the abject poverty, external debt burden and environmental degradation that negatively affect the developing countries.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“As part of the world-wide preparations for this event, a committee has been established in Mongolia to coordinate national activities. The fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the demise of the cold war, the advent of a new era of mutual trust and partnership among nations and the emergence of unprecedented opportunities to implement the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. This anniversary will serve as an important moment of reflection on the Organization’s 4 past, the lessons from both its successes and its failures and the tasks ahead of us. The world community expects the anniversary session next year to be crowned by the adoption at the summit level of a visionary document embodying its hopes and aspirations and outlining meaningful objectives for the new millennium.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“This historic event testifies to the fact that the purposes and principles that guide the United Nations, including that of respect for human rights, can be translated into reality. A number of other meaningful positive developments have taken place on the international scene over the last year, events that are inextricably linked to the tortuous emergence of a new atmosphere in the wake of the cold war. None the less, instability continues to plague various corners of the globe, bearing witness to the extreme difficulty of finding solutions to problems; hence the urgent need to harmonize our efforts and enhance the role of the United Nations. The international community is on the threshold of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“May I offer you, Sir, our sincere congratulations on your election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. We are confident that under your able guidance the General Assembly will make significant progress on the important issues before it. We express our deep gratitude to Ambassador Samuel Insanally of Guyana for his admirable work during his presidency. At the outset, I wish to extend our heartfelt felicitations to the Republic of South Africa, which has begun its advancement along the road of democracy by dismantling the apartheid regime of racial discrimination and has assumed its rightful place in the community of nations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“The detailed report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization is a lucid illustration of that point. Mongolia fully supports the efforts designed to reform the United Nations, especially to restructure and revitalize the activities of the General Assembly and to ensure that the composition of the Security Council reflects the changing realities of the day and the dramatically increased membership of the world Organization. Today, the United Nations is wrestling with many problems and trying hard to ensure that it is able to meet the many challenges of a rapidly changing world. It goes without saying that the success of this undertaking will depend on painstaking efforts and, above all, on the political will and greater realism of Member States.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“This would not only contribute to economic recovery but would also help make future cooperation with our partners mutually advantageous. The revised Foreign Investment Law creates favourable conditions for such investment opportunities. Furthermore, we consider that active involvement in regional economic cooperation is an essential factor in fulfilling the tasks of transition. With this in mind, we are interested, for instance, in becoming a member of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (APEC). We hope that the States members of that organization will find it possible to understand and support our position. The United Nations has emerged as an important focal point of international efforts and has assumed greatly increased responsibilities in the areas of peacemaking, peace-keeping and peace-building.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“The present Government has set itself the task of checking the economic decline within a two-year period. And the target seems to be within the realm of the possible. We associate these gains primarily with the understanding 12 General Assembly - Forty-eighth session and support of the international community. In recent years a donor community in support of Mongolia has emerged. A donor meeting sponsored recently by the World Bank held its third round in Tokyo, in which 23 countries and 6 international organizations took part. Grants and soft loans by donor Governments significantly help in alleviating the present difficulties, and lay a new basis for future development. In addition, we are keenly interested in attracting private-sector investment in Mongolia.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“Suffice it to say that virtually all the houses of worship - sanctuaries of spiritual life - over 700 in all, were destroyed, and the traditional script of the Mongols, an important cultural heritage of mankind, was buried in oblivion. The task is now to rectify this wrong. This is a nation-wide task requiring enormous efforts and resources; we cannot leave it to take care of itself. For all the problems, Mongolia’s democratic reforms are steadily gaining ground. The new democratic system of governance proclaimed in the 1992 democratic Constitution is being consolidated. The first-ever direct presidential elections, held last June, culminated in the choice of a President put forward by the new political parties. The legal foundation of the ongoing reforms is being strengthened. It has come to embrace all the key aspects of societal life.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“It is of great importance that the parties to the Treaty, especially the nuclear-weapon States, honour their commitments and refrain from any action that might undermine it. Mongolia is entering its fourth year of democratic reforms. We, like many others in our position, are facing formidable challenges. As an underdeveloped, land-locked country inadequately integrated into the world transportation network, with a high vulnerability to natural calamities, Mongolia is experiencing added difficulties in its transition. In addition to the political and economic reforms there is the onerous task of dealing with spiritual renewal. During the years of the socialist experiment, we Mongols were forced to abandon our centuries-old traditions and cultural heritage.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“As a country uniquely positioned between the two nuclear-weapon Powers, Mongolia attaches exceptional importance to this issue. That is precisely why my country last year declared its territory a nuclear-weapon-free zone. In this context Mongolia welcomes the idea of turning Central Asia into such a zone. The issue of the timely and full implementation of agreements on the reduction of nuclear weapons and the complete prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons should not escape the priority attention of the world community. The cessation of nuclear-weapon tests and the strict observance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is acquiring special importance. We support the indefinite extension of the NPT at the review Conference in 1995.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“It is of the utmost importance that the Vienna Conference on Human Rights, held last June, was able to reach an agreement on the indivisibility of economic, social, cultural, political and civil rights, and on the need to respect and implement them on an equal footing. It is gratifying to note that with the demise of the cold war, propaganda on disarmament issues has faded away and a businesslike atmosphere of cooperation has taken shape. Earlier this year the Treaty on substantive reductions of strategic offensive armaments was concluded between the Russian Federation and the United States. Also, a commendable initiative with respect to a moratorium on nuclear testing took shape. The Geneva Conference on Disarmament has decided to commence negotiations on a comprehensive test-ban treaty.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“As a country where desertification is a major challenge, Mongolia deems it necessary that a convention on that subject be concluded by 1995. Mongolia believes that the observance of human rights in accordance with universally accepted norms is essential in promoting equitable cooperation among States. Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms can in no way be reconciled with biased criteria which divide countries into big and small, developed and underdeveloped, majority and minority groups, or along ethnic, racial and religious lines. Furthermore, Mongolia proceeds from the premise that human rights and fundamental freedoms, as universal values, do not recognize borders.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“My delegation believes it important that following serious consideration by the Assembly, at this session, of the Non-Aligned Movement initiative on the reactivation of the North-South dialogue to strengthen international cooperation for development a positive decision be taken in this regard. It is of signal importance that we maintain the momentum gained at the Rio Conference on Environment and Development through effective follow-up, at both the international and the national level. We commend the dynamic role of the Commission on Sustainable Development as a central political forum for the monitoring and review of the implementation of Agenda 21. Mongolia recently ratified the Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biodiversity; our national plan of action to implement Agenda 21 is being formulated.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“The concept of development and its practical aspects will certainly be enriched by the Secretary-General’s interim report on an agenda for development and its upcoming discussion during this session. Now is the time resolutely to address the long-standing agenda relating to economic disparities between the North and the South, including eradication of poverty, debt relief, elimination of trade protectionism and an early and successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round. In this regard, Forty-eighth session - 7 October l993 11 Mongolia welcomes the meeting of the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of Seven last July in Tokyo, which represents a first step towards re-launching the North-South dialogue.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)
“It is widely recognized today that the concept of development has acquired a multidimensional character encompassing not only economic growth, but also political, social and environmental aspects. Moreover, greater emphasis is being placed on the human dimension of development, as in the final analysis the well-being of people stands as a true measurement of development. We believe that the United Nations is the only, and irreplaceable, mechanism to translate this concept into reality. In this respect, the United Nations-sponsored world conferences on population and on women and the World Summit for Social Development are called upon to open up better prospects to that end. No lasting solution to today’s various problems can be sought unless the developmental challenges are adequately addressed.”
1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)