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Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal

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first: 1998-09-24
most recent: 1999-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
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“I believe it is the earnest hope and keen desire of all the peoples of the world that the next century be far better in all respects, more progressive and prosperous, than the outgoing one. Where there is a will, there will surely be a way to achieve it. It is up to Member States to make the dream a reality. As the Secretary-General has underlined in his report, we can do it.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Today, international law is regulating many aspects of international relations. I agree with the Secretary-General that one of the greatest accomplishments of the twentieth century is the creation of an international code of human rights, to which the outgoing Decade has duly contributed. One of the practical results of the Decade was the adoption last year, on Mongolia's initiative, by the General Assembly of a set of principles and guidelines for international negotiations that could be useful in conducting negotiations to manage international relations, to peacefully settle disputes and to create new international norms of conduct for States. Fully conscious of the challenges that lie ahead, mankind still looks forward to the twenty-first century with great expectations and hope.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Continued gross violations of human rights make it imperative to speed up the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Mongolia highly appreciates and fully supports the efforts of the international community in this respect. Likewise, Mongolia joins other States in condemning terrorist acts that are taking the lives of an increasing number of innocent people in various parts of the world and supports every effort of Member States and of the international community as a whole to fight all forms of terrorism and strengthen the relevant international instruments. This year, the United Nations Decade of International Law is drawing to a close. The decade has been instrumental in drawing the international community's attention to the need for the codification and progressive development of international law.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“At the national level, Mongolia, in close partnership with the United Nations organizations and the non- governmental organizations, successfully organized the One-World Conference Series in 1998-1999. The aim of the six national conferences was to raise awareness at the grass-roots level of the commitments made at the global conferences and to ensure their integrated and coordinated follow-up. Mongolia is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and supports the strengthening of the existing international instruments in this field. We believe that the approval at this session of the draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women would mark an important contribution to the protection and promotion of human rights and the dignity of women the world over.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“In North-East Asia, efforts are under way to conclude a subregional agreement on transit transportation as a follow-up to the decisions of the 1997 Ulan Bator meeting on transit transportation. The conclusion of this agreement will create a legal framework for facilitating transit trade not only within the subregion, but well beyond it. Sustainable development, environmental degradation, illicit drug trafficking, HIV/AIDS, organized crime and other transboundary problems should be adequately addressed at the national, regional and global levels. The “+5” review special sessions of the General Assembly held or scheduled to be held as follow-ups to the United Nations summit conferences are important not only for assessing the work done, but also for giving a fresh impetus to the implementation of their objectives at all levels.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The expansion of international cooperation for development should place particular emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable countries, which find themselves more and more marginalized and insecure. Unfavourable geographical location serves as a major impediment to the development efforts of landlocked developing countries. The problems of this group of States demand the increased attention and support of the international 8 community. The steps that could ease the hardships of these countries were recently examined in New York at the fourth Meeting of Governmental Experts from Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Representatives of Donor Countries and Financial and Development Institutions. Its outcome should be endorsed by the General Assembly.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Mongolia believes that the high-level intergovernmental meeting on financing for development to be held in 2001 will be timely in exploring the various options of promoting financial stability and development. In this respect, relieving the debt burden of the highly indebted developing countries would be a form of contribution to their development efforts. We also attach great importance to the South-South summit and the tenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X), to be held next year. Mongolia supports the universality of the World Trade Organization. The new round of multilateral trade negotiations should facilitate the integration of the developing countries into the world economy.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“While appreciating the work done by the United Nations in the social and economic fields, my delegation would like to underline the importance of taking further effective measures to ensure the best utilization of the existing capacities and comparative advantages of the Organization. Therefore, it seems appropriate to stress the necessity of closer interaction and cooperation between the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other relevant international organizations. The financing of development represents a very sensitive and pressing issue that requires special attention on the part of the international community.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Many developing countries, particularly the least developed, not only fail to enjoy the benefits of globalization, but are being further marginalized. Therefore, the adverse effects of globalization should be addressed seriously and the United Nations should be more actively involved in the issue. The Asian economic and financial crisis has had significant socio-economic and security implications for the countries of the region. Though the situation is somehow stabilizing and the countries directly hit by the crisis are showing some signs of recovery, the international community should draw the necessary lessons from this crisis and consider ways and means of preventing such crises in the future.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Considering that only comprehensive arms-control and disarmament measures will be effective in ensuring international security, we, like many others, stand for prompt agreement on a new comprehensive and non- selective agenda for disarmament that will address the relevant issues in a balanced manner, taking into account, among other things, the need to prevent the development and use of new weapons as well as to demilitarize the global economy by reducing military budgets and shifting resources towards human-security programmes. Development issues continue to be the focus of attention of national Governments and international organizations and undoubtedly will be a major challenge in the forthcoming century. Globalization affects all States, though differently and unevenly.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The meeting proved to be useful in clarifying the pressing security issues, and it provided an opportunity for the first in-depth analysis and discussion of Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status in the light of its external security. We believe that identifying and defining Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status will contribute to enhancing predictability, stability and confidence in north-east Asia. My Government fully shares the aspirations to ban anti-personnel landmines and welcomes the entry into force of the Ottawa Convention. The illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons is a matter of growing concern for the international community. Therefore Mongolia supports the convening of an international conference to consider this issue in 2001.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Implementation of the main provisions of the resolution — in cooperation with other Member countries, including the five nuclear-weapon States, and the United Nations — is one of the major objectives of our foreign policy. The Mongolian Government has recently circulated a memorandum on this issue as an official United Nations document, in which it pointed out, inter alia, that the Mongolian parliament is considering the adoption of legislation defining its nuclear-weapon-free status. Recently Mongolia hosted a United Nations regional disarmament meeting, one of the agenda items of which was the issue of Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“That is why we believe that the establishment of nuclear- weapon-free zones in different parts of the world should be encouraged and supported. For its part, Mongolia is making efforts in this respect by declaring its territory a nuclear-weapon-free zone and taking the subsequent steps necessary to institutionalize its nuclear-weapon-free status. Last year the General Assembly adopted by consensus resolution 53/77 D on Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status. This was a 7 significant and encouraging event for Mongolia, testifying to the existence of broad international support for our objectives and efforts. The adoption of the resolution constitutes an important contribution not only to Mongolia’s security, but also — given Mongolia’s strategic location — to regional security.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Three years have elapsed since the adoption by the General Assembly of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test- Ban Treaty, which was a landmark event in the field of nuclear disarmament. Regrettably, this important international instrument has not yet come into force. Mongolia wishes to reiterate its call on those States that have not done so to sign and ratify the Treaty as soon as possible and thus contribute to the expeditious realization of its noble objectives. We sincerely hope that the forthcoming conference of the States that have ratified this Treaty will be conducive to taking the necessary measures to this end. It is our belief that all States, irrespective of their size and weight, can facilitate the attaining of the overall goal of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Nuclear disarmament also calls for speedy agreement on banning fissile materials for nuclear-weapons purposes. Mongolia continues to attach great importance to establishing effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. My delegation welcomes the outcome of the 1999 sessions of the Disarmament Commission and of the Preparatory Committee for the year 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Mongolia attaches great importance to the role of the Review Conference in strengthening the international regime of nuclear non- proliferation. It also favours the earliest possible convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Nuclear tests, missile technology developments, concerns over the anti-ballistic missile treaty — all point to the urgent need for invigorating our activities in this field. International arms control efforts need to be comprehensive and include all aspects of arms and military technology. Strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation regime stands out as one of the top priorities, due not only to the devastating nature of nuclear weapons and the enormous existing arsenal of them, but also to the negative effect they have on the disarmament process in general. Mongolia fully supports adopting multilateral norms restraining the development and possession of medium- range missiles and preventing their proliferation. We believe that progress on the START track will be helpful in advancing disarmament negotiations in all areas.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“My delegation stresses the importance of continuing the intra-Korean dialogue and the four-party talks for peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and in the Asia- Pacific region in general. We are concerned about the tension in South Asia and add our voice to that of the international community, which is calling on India and Pakistan to proceed to political dialogue and search for a peaceful solution to their dispute. Peace and stability are essential prerequisites for promoting economic development and social progress. That is why arms control and disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, remain at the top of the global agenda. Efforts to achieve further substantive progress in arms control and disarmament should be intensified. Agreements should be honoured and implemented.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“In this context Mongolia welcomes the resumption of the peace process in the Middle East, which in our view should lead to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region in compliance with the relevant Security Council resolutions and the principle of land for peace. Mongolia also duly appreciates the steps taken by the Security Council to address the emergency situation in East Timor and welcomes the cooperative approach of the Government of Indonesia regarding the establishment of a multinational force to halt and reverse the escalation of the human catastrophe there. The people of East Timor have overwhelmingly expressed themselves in favour of independence.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“International developments highlight once again the fragility of peace and stability in certain areas of the world and the need for concerted actions and for the 6 increased cooperation of States to prevent the outbreak of new conflicts, seek viable solutions to the existing disputes and promote further mutual understanding and trust among nations. While noting some positive developments in international relations, Mongolia is seriously concerned with the lingering zones of tension, ethnic strife and armed conflict in Africa, Asia and Europe. It calls on the parties involved to display restraint and seek peaceful solutions through political dialogue and negotiations.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Mongolia’s foreign policy activities aim to create a favourable external environment for implementing this development strategy. At the same time, my country is striving to make its contribution to strengthening international peace and stability generally as well as promoting dialogue and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Active participation in regional affairs — integration into regional processes coupled with consolidation of our bilateral ties with the countries of the region — is one of Mongolia’s foreign policy priorities. I am pleased to say that this year has been especially fruitful in this respect.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“That support and assistance continue to be an important factor in our reform and development efforts. The major thrust of Mongolia’s development strategy is to accelerate economic growth by further advancing macroeconomic stabilization and development of a private-sector-led economy. Mongolia is giving high priority to creating an economic system that is flexible, open, allows a free flow of foreign capital, ensures a competitive environment and is underpinned by stable government policies and a reinvigorated, modern financial sector that encourages economic growth. In pursuing this policy, my Government pays particular attention to the social dimensions of economic reforms, namely poverty alleviation, unemployment reduction and protection for the vulnerable strata of the country’s population.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“It is in this spirit that Mongolia will next week sign a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations on standby agreements whereby it would pledge to participate in future United Nations operations by contributing staff officers, military observers and medical officers. Mongolia is consistently pursuing its all-embracing democratic reforms and its transition to a market economy. Neither is easy. However, the Government and the people of Mongolia are strongly committed to the choice they made 10 years ago. From this rostrum, I would like to reaffirm that the democratic process in Mongolia is irreversible and that Mongolia’s foreign policy will remain constant. My Government greatly appreciates the support and assistance given Mongolia by the international community of donor countries and international organizations.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The 1999 report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/54/1) gives, in our view, a clear and analytical review of United Nations activities, its achievements and setbacks, and the challenges that lie ahead; it contains specific proposals on further measures to improve the Organization’s performance the better to serve the interests of its Member States. The Mongolian Government is supportive of the idea advanced by the Secretary-General in paragraph 61 of his report concerning the need to shift from a culture of reaction, to a culture of prevention.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Increasing globalization and interdependence make it imperative that the international community should redouble its cooperative efforts to meet existing and future challenges and ensure a more secure environment for all nations. Globalization and interdependence also demonstrate the growing importance of multilateralism in world affairs and thus the need to further strengthen and invigorate the United Nations and other international institutions. As a result of its reforms, the United Nations should become more viable and effective, addressing the world’s problems equitably.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“It is gratifying to note that our Organization is not only enlarging its ranks but is also making tangible efforts to restructure its activities in order to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness. This is a movement in the right direction. Further promotion of reforms is in the interests of the entire international community, especially the small and medium- sized States. Mongolia consistently supports United Nations reforms aimed at further strengthening the Organization’s role in ensuring international peace and security and promoting disarmament, development, social progress and the peaceful settlement of conflicts in various parts of the world.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The present session provides Member States with an opportunity to hold a serious and substantive review of world affairs and the role of the United Nations, with particular focus on the forthcoming twenty-first century. In this respect, I have no doubt that the deliberations here will be useful in preparing for the millennium summit and the Millennium Assembly next year, to which events the Mongolian Government attaches great importance. The United Nations is a truly universal organization comprising large and small, developed and developing countries. This year its membership reached 188 with the admission of three new members: I take this opportunity to convey the warm congratulations of the Mongolian people to the peoples of Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga on this auspicious occasion.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Mongolia stands poised at this historic juncture to make its contribution to the efforts of the United Nations to bring about a brighter and more secure future.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“On behalf of the Mongolian people and its Government, I take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to the international community, especially donor countries and international financial institutions, for their assistance to Mongolia since it joined the community of open societies and democratic nations. A century that has been full of dramatic and consequential events is drawing to a close. It has been a century of great social upheaval and experimentation as well as of unprecedented social progress and technological advances. We believe that a more promising millennium is in store for all humankind and that the world community will be able to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“We believe that the development and adoption of such a set of principles would contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of negotiations as the most universal instrument for international cooperation. 23 My Government continues to pursue its political and economic reforms. Mongolia?s commitment to the irrevocable realization of the principles of democracy, liberalism and market economy is irreversible, despite the great difficulties of the transition period. The future major policy priorities will continue to include, inter alia, strengthening of democratic institutions, enhancement of the basis of political stability, acceleration of privatization in the economic field, and social protection of the population, especially of its vulnerable groups.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Reform of the United Nations cannot be complete without the reform and expansion of the Security Council. In that connection, I would like to reiterate my Government?s conviction that the Council should reflect political realities, and, besides becoming more effective, its membership should be enlarged to reflect more equitable representation. It is our hope that the General Assembly debates on this important issue will soon result in concrete decisions. We believe that energetic efforts should be undertaken to make the Millennium Assembly an occasion for reforming and revitalizing the Security Council. On the proposal of Mongolia, the General Assembly is drafting a set of guiding principles for conducting international negotiations.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“As it confronts the many global problems before it and approaches the new millennium, the world community places great hopes in the activities of a strong and well-equipped United Nations. In that connection, Mongolia firmly supports the Secretary-General?s reform package. In implementation of decisions and recommendations of United Nations summit conferences on major global social and economic problems, and in support of the so- called silent revolution, my Government has adopted a national action programme for the twenty-first century and, in close partnership with bodies of the United Nations family and non-governmental organizations operating in Mongolia, is launching an ambitious project: the One-World Conference Series, which is aimed at ensuring an integrated follow-up to the world conferences and summits held in the early 1990s.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Since the adoption of the Declaration in 1948, those standards have been strengthened and further developed by numerous international treaties and conventions and have become truly universal. The legal foundations reflecting the world standard of protection and promotion of human rights were laid down in Mongolia?s 1992 Constitution. Since then it has been further developed and concretized by relevant legislation and the establishment of the necessary administrative and legal machinery based on United Nations human rights treaties and conventions to which Mongolia has acceded. At present preparations are under way for the establishment of a national human rights commission. A draft law to that effect has been submitted to the Parliament for its consideration and adoption.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Therefore, it resolutely condemns the recent terrorist bombings in Kenya, Tanzania and Northern Ireland and believes that international terrorism should be fought by joint efforts and in full accordance with the norms and principles of international law. It believes that acts of terrorism should be condemned wherever, by whomever and against whomever they are carried out. The fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an event of special significance. It is connected with the tremendous changes that have taken place over the last half-century in the concept of human rights and the practice of ensuring them. Thanks to the Declaration, unprecedented high standards have been set for protecting human dignity.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Likewise, Mongolia supports international efforts to curb the spread of conventional weapons, especially of small arms and light weapons. International peace and security will be strengthened when and if international law is strictly observed. We believe that international law should be strengthened as the core of security relations. In this connection, Mongolia welcomes the recent adoption by the Rome Conference of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. We are in favour of a truly independent court and look forward to its early establishment and coming into operation. This would constitute an important milestone in strengthening international law and justice. Mongolia condemns all acts of international terrorism.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Mongolia believes that non-nuclear-weapon States can, in their own way, contribute to strengthening nuclear security and enhance stability. In this context, it welcomes 22 and supports the efforts of the Central Asian States to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in their region. For its part, Mongolia is working to institutionalize its nuclear- weapon-free status, which would turn its territory into an area of peace, stability and predictability. All nuclear- weapon States, as well as the entire Non-Aligned Movement, fully support Mongolia?s efforts to institutionalize its nuclear-weapon-free status. Mongolia is in favour of strengthening the arms control and verification regimes set up by the Conventions on chemical and biological weapons. They will, in our view, given a genuine will to enforce them, strengthen international security.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Mongolia, situated between two nuclear Powers, stands strongly against any nuclear tests and, like other countries, expressed its deep concern and regret over the recent tests. Therefore, we welcome the declaration of the People?s Republic of China not to resume nuclear tests and express the hope that the latest encouraging signals from Pakistan and India will lead to strengthening the non-proliferation regime and moving closer to the objectives of nuclear disarmament. In this respect, Mongolia supports the eight-Power Declaration entitled “Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: the need for a new agenda”. Likewise, we express the hope that the negotiations on banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices will soon lead to the conclusion of a verifiable international treaty.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“As reflected in the general debate the situations in the Middle East, in the Balkans and in southern Africa are causing concern on the part of the international community. Mongolia supports solving those problems on the basis of negotiation, in the spirit of cooperation, without the use or threat of force. In this connection, we would like to reiterate that the Korean peninsula should be turned into a zone of peace, stability and prosperity in the interests of the Korean people, as well as the peace and security of North-East Asia. In another part of the Asian continent, in South Asia, the international community was shocked by nuclear tests that could exacerbate tensions and undermine the existing nuclear non-proliferation regime and the test ban.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Mongolia, following its centuries-old tradition of living in harmony with nature and the environment, declared 15 per cent of its territory — an area larger than Central Europe — a protected natural reserve. In the near future that area will comprise one third of its vast territory. Political stability is essential for economic development and fruitful cooperation. The end of the cold war was an important milestone in international relations that raises hopes for further strengthening peace and developing cooperation among nations. However, the post-cold-war years have vividly demonstrated that peace and stability need constant efforts by States to deepen mutual trust and to settle disputes by political means. Though some political flashpoints have been eliminated and problems solved, new ones are still arising.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“In many countries, especially those that are environmentally vulnerable, the question of protecting the environment is directly linked to their security and even ultimate survival. The changes in the world climate, its caprices that we see and feel, lead us to believe that greater attention and efforts are needed to cope with this ever growing and creeping danger, the effects of which are incalculable. Therefore, we believe that the first International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction should be followed by a second decade with greater focus on reaching the targets set forth, as well as strengthening existing mechanisms and creating, where necessary, new international mechanisms.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Bearing in mind the state of the world?s economy and the role that the United Nations could play, Mongolia supports the efforts to increase the role of the United Nations in economic and social development, especially of weak and vulnerable States, and in creating an effective mechanism of international cooperation for development. Likewise, it is in favour of convening international conferences on development financing and on partnership for development. Mongolia believes that the notion of development should not be limited only to economic growth. In this regard, we fully agree with the wider notion that is reflected in the human development reports. Economic development, like other human activities, is directly connected to the state of the world?s environment — in fact, with the future of mankind.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“The progressive marginalization of those countries is evident from the fact that the 300 million people who live in those countries share only 0.5 per cent of world trade, with the trend moving towards further decrease. Like other landlocked developing countries, Mongolia is taking measures to overcome the difficulties inherent to landlocked countries by closely cooperating with itstransit neighbours. In this regard, Mongolia is looking forward to concluding a subregional agreement with Russia and China that would facilitate transit transportation for all three countries and the subregion in general.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“We therefore believe that the world community, when searching for adequate responses to globalization, should take into account the challenges that these vulnerable States and those in transition are facing and take measures to facilitate their adaptation to the changing realities. 21 We believe that the international community should pay increasing attention to the situation of landlocked developing States. They are handicapped by their geographical location and remoteness from world markets, which, as experts point out, curtails their annual growth by 1 to 3 per cent at the very least. It is no wonder that of the 30 landlocked developing countries, 16 are among the least developed, with per capita gross domestic product of less than $400.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“We believe that the high-level meetings held last week in this Assembly will provide a good basis for serious, constructive and fruitful debate and decisions on these issues. After decades of virtual isolation from world development, Mongolia is taking active measures to integrate itself into the global economy on the basis of whatever comparative advantage it has. Though concrete steps have been taken in the past few years, including opening up its economy to the outside world and joining the World Trade Organization, the negative consequences of globalization, which are felt especially by the weak and vulnerable, including by the landlocked developing countries, risk marginalizing it economically, if not politically.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“So far, the future does not seem to be bright for some, especially for the least developed, the weak and the vulnerable, which could result in an even wider gap between the rich and the poor, between nations and within them. The increasing interdependence of States and its effects are clearly demonstrated by the Asian financial crisis, which spilled over to some other parts of the world, adversely affecting the world economy, exacting high economic and social costs and raising serious concerns about the operations of financial markets. We believe that the present financial crisis calls for the international community to create a crisis early warning system. Therefore, naturally, these issues are on the minds of peoples and on the agenda of this Assembly.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Allow me, Sir, to join preceding speakers in congratulating Mr. Opertti and the members of the Bureau on their well-deserved election, and to wish them every success in discharging their duties. May I also take this opportunity to express my delegation?s deep appreciation to Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko of Ukraine for his outstanding stewardship of the work of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. One of the pressing issues that mankind is facing today is globalization and the growing interdependence of States and their effects on international relations. These objective processes will to a great extent determine the nature of international relations at the outset of the coming millennium. They open up enormous opportunities and at the same time are fraught with grave challenges.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)