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first: 1989-09-24
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“This cannot be the case, however, unless comprehensive and integrated solutions are found to the existing problems on the basis of equality, justice and interdependency. The dialogue required for the achievement of that objective cannot take place without the political will, courage, wisdom and far-sightedness of all concerned. In conclusion, we should like to express our absolute conviction regarding the necessity of collective action in the current period of detente in international relations. That means, in our view, developing the activities of all the organs of the United Nations and giving those organs the required importance. In order to reach that objective, we need to cooperate and work together, hand in hand. May Allah lead us to our noble objectives and grant us the vision to see them clearly.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The real challenge that now faces the international community is narrowing of the ever-widening gap between the wealthy countries of the North and the poor countries of the South. It is that gap which is the real threat to world peace and security. The debt crisis is one of the products of the present international economic order. It is a phenomenon that resulted. essentially, from the structural imbalance of that order, and its failure to generate an appropriate developmental climate. We have an unshakable belief in the necessary collective interdependency and the organic interrelatedness of the international economic order, if it is to be an order whose aim is to mutually benefit all mankind.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“failure has caused a grave setback to the economic and social development of the least developed countries. Africa, with its feeble infrastructures, is the continent that has been most affected by that imbalance in the world economic situation. It is the continent that suffers most, because of the considerably diminished flow of economic assistance and investment and the imposition on its countries of unjust conditions that are not imposed upon the other groupings of the developing world. Moreover, the attempts to destabilize some regions of the continent aim, in our view.- at creating a geopolitical climate that would be compatible with the strategies of certain major Powers. We all know the potentials of Africa, a continent with a great wealth of untapped human and natural resources.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“It is important at this point to mention the failure of the industrial countries to honour their commitments, as embodied in international treaties and strategies pertaining to the flow of development assistance to the developing countries, and particularly in implementing the resolutions embodied in the the international strategy for the decade of the 1980s, which called for allocating 0.7% of their gross national income to official assistance to the developing countries. Instead of implementing those resolutions, the developed countries have blocked every attempt to adopt a new strategy for the decade of the 1990s. Furthermore, the industrial countries have failed to implement the programme for the 1990s, which was adopted in favour of the least developed countries in the 1990 Paris Conference. This.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The major cause of that deterioration lies in the negative and dangerous effects on international trade of the drop in exports of the developing countries as a result of the deterioration of prices of their primary commodity exports to the industrial countries. The horrendous negative effects of the debt crisis have been aggravated to the point where they not only threaten the prospects of economic and social development of the developing countries but also the very existence of those countries.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The present agonies of the people of Iraq under the conditions of an unjust economic blockade and the unending attempts to fragment their country's territorial integrity have resulted from disputes which, in our view, should have been settled by peaceful means within the regional framework, in order to prevent foreign interests from infiltrating the region and capitalizing on differences and disputes to serve their own strategic and economic designs. The international economic situation remains static. Indeed, its principal feature continues to be the unending deterioration of the economies of the countries of the South and the widening gap between those countries and the industrial countries.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The parties that are now engaged in promoting the escalation of that dispute especially in the mass media, are trying, in fact, to aggravate tensions in the Gulf region, which has suffered the unfortunate effects of the sad events that have swept over it during the past few years. We urge most strongly the containment of this dispute which should be addressed at the bilateral level in line with the operation of the old mechanism that was agreed upon in 1971 between the two parties. The Persian Gulf area has suffered a series of wars that have obstructed its development.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“If this does not take place, our nagging doubts that there is a scheme to erase the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the map of Europe will only grow. In addition, the policy of depriving the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the means to defend their very existence while the Serbian aggressors continue to receive arms without any interference from the United Nations, will cast strong doubts on the integrity and neutrality of the international Organization. Recently, a minor crisis has flared up between the two sisterly States of Iran and the United, Arab Emirates over certain disputed islands. We are disturbed by the fact that that dispute has been transferred from the bilateral context to regional and international forums. This will only exacerbate the conflict.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The actual handling of this issue has been flawed by the selectivity of the major Powers, especially the five permanent members of the Security Council. It is definitely short-sighted to deal with the problem only from a limited humanitarian perspective. What the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina need above all is the preservation of their identity side by side with freedom and protection from acts of displacement and extermination. We therefore consider that the resolutions of the Security Council on this issue are inadequate because they do not address the issue in its wider political and ethical context. Proceeding from this view, the Islamic Group has condemned Security Council resolution 770 (1992). In our opinion, complete military intervention by the United Nations is the only viable solution.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“All countries agree that the massacres, genocide, detentions and summary executions that are taking place there have no precedent other than what took place in the days of the Second World War. While the changes that swept over the countries of Eastern Europe have resulted in the emergence of new republics, we would have hoped that, in due course, those republics were going to join the world community of independent States and ensure the enjoyment to the full, by a'l their peoples, of religious and cultural freedoms. The appeasement of a belligerent majority is a clear case of bias in favour of the creed and cultural affiliations of that majority as opposed to the Islamic faith of a considerable number of the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Moreover, those attempts will eventually jeopardize the balance of power in the region, ensure absolute Israeli hegemony and open wide the doors to Israel's belligerent and expansionist intentions which aim at ingathering all the Jews of the world in a greater Israel. Another human tragedy that needs close attention is the question of the Muslim people of Bosnia and Herzegovina who are being subjected to genocide and liquidation under the very noses of those who call for the preservation of human rights and the protection of minorities. This situation, in our view, is the result of ancient and anachronistic ethnic and religious hatreds which should have disappeared by now.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The new Israeli Government has not yet proved its serious intent or demonstrated the political will to restore the rights of the Palestinian people and consequently restore peace and security to this sensitive region of the world. We consider that the convening of an international conference on the Palestinian question under full United Nations supervision is the only viable alternative. We further believe that the attempts being made with the aim of fragmenting the territorial integrity of Iraq are negative acts and examples of the unjust improper application of international norms.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Stability in Somalia cannot be achieved without comprehensive national reconciliation; one faction cannot have sole power, and we hope that the faction of Mr. Ali Mahdi will come to realize this fact. Several tragic multifaceted situations continue to beset the world such as the refugee problems and the plight of displaced and homeless persons. These problems are clearly manifest in Africa and the Middle East. The Palestinian people continue to struggle and strive for the establishment of their own independent State on their own soil at a time when bilateral and multilateral negotiations are being obstructed by procedural hurdles that have held back those talks and prevented the negotiators from addressing the substance of the conflict.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“We had expected the international community to recognize that role and develop it, as stability in the region is important, especially to its countries and for the welfare of its peoples which cannot be ensured without this desired stability. However, what happened instead was that a decision to send international forces to Somalia was taken, and the numbers of those forces have started to increase from one day to the next. It was our opinion that such forces should have been composed of contingents from the countries of the region itself, because we are worried that some countries from outside the region may pursue their own interests there by supporting one faction or another against the others and thereby enabling it to win the war.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“We hope that the World Conference on Human Rights that will be held next year will deal comprehensively with the issue in all its aspects. Another important issue that requires urgent attention is the situation in Somalia. The people of this sister country are victims of a bitter civil They have suffered its ravages. Since the convening of the minisummit of the States of the Horn of Africa on humanitarian issues, those States have performed and continue to perform their duty in searching for a peaceful solution to the differences between the warring factions in the dispute in Somalia. We look forward to the support of the international community for that role in order for it to achieve the goals spelled out at the Bahr Dar meeting.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“We agree also with the view that the political, civil, economic, social and cultural dimensions of human rights are indivisible, and cannot be selectively denied for contingent political motives. At the same time, we reject every attempt to use the human rights issue as a precondition for the provision of economic and social assistance as this leads to the marginalization of such rights on the economic, social and cultural levels. We emphasize that development and human rights are concomitant and interdependent. Hence the need for cooperation and multilateral assistance in the implementation of social and economic development programmes in the developing countries on the basis of the fact that the right to development is a valid, legitimate right that constitutes an indivisible part of fundamental human rights.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“It is the right of all peoples to freely establish their own political and economic systems and institutions on the basis of respect for the principles of national sovereignty, self-determination and non-interference in the internal affairs of others. In this context, reference should be made to the fact that the fundamental principles of human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights embody two components that balance out each other: the first relates to the rights and basic freedoms of the individual, while the second stipulates duties of the individual towards society and State. This balance between rights and duties is important, inasmuch as its absence leads to the negation of the rights of society as a whole and to instability, especially in developing countries.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Such States give themselves the right to dictate norms of human rights according to their own cultures, customs and social conceptions, and pass judgement on others accordingly. The promotion of human rights and basic freedoms will be properly achieved, as envisaged by those who wrote the United Nations Charter, only through international cooperation and not through confrontation or coercion. The upholding and implementation of those rights within national frameworks remain within the jurisdiction and responsibility of each Government individually so long as that Government properly performs its duties towards its citizens.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Regardless of the claims of interference and intervention for the protection of minorities, such behaviour is, in essence, no more than using the issue of human rights as a weapon against those countries which do not submit to foreign diktat, and as a means of shrugging off moral obligations towards the developing countries. We also notice that while the lofty ideal of human rights is being wielded as weapon, its use is characterized by a double-standard. The crimes and violations by allies are ignored, while accusations of human rights violations are trumped up against those countries that do not surrender their right to independent decision-making. We notice too that certain countries have set themselves up as the self-styled protectors of human rights even though they lack any moral grounds that may qualify them for such a role.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Therefore, it is our conviction that human rights are linked to the right of individuals and peoples to dignity, physical and mental health, the freedom to make their own decisions without diktat, the right to have access to the fruits of scientific advancement, namely progress and technology, the right to be free from poverty, disease and hunger and the right to education as well as to material and psychological stability. However, we notice that the principles of human rights, just like many other ideals, are being exploited and misused as a pretext for interference and intervention in the internal affairs of smaller States.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“It is our sincere hope that the peace efforts by the Sudan Government will attract the support and blessings of all friendly and fraternal States and of the international community as a whole. Allow me to mention here specifically, an important issue that weighs a lot on many minds these days, namely the issue of human rights. The protection and maintenance of human rights is a sacred obligation that all religions and human laws call for. The causes of instability and problems of security and peace are directly and organically linked to the maintenance of these rights, for individuals and for peoples alike.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“In the midst of international changes, we in the Sudan are striving to spread the principles of Shura meaning consultation and participation in decision-making - and democracy, and to find a peaceful and lasting political solution to the problem of the southern Sudan. We have so far achieved considerable progress, at the Abuja talks, which took place in May this year under the auspices of President Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria. We look forward with optimism and hope to the forthcoming second round of the Abuja talks, which will soon take place. We expect to reach, with the rebel movement, a final solution to the problem of the south, by the end of this year.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“If preventive diplomacy is to proceed initially from the principle of fact-finding, such fact-finding should be based on information-gathering from original sources and should avoid selectivity and hasty conclusions that could become the justification for specific actions which may well be military in nature. We in the developing world have suffered a great deal from the unfair communication of facts on issues concerning our countries, either through mass media networks or governmental and non-governmental organizations which may be active in our countries. We hope that the United Nations and its various agencies, in all cases, will act impartially and not fall prey to narrow political opportunism.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Preventive diplomacy relating to the making and maintenance of peace should proceed from a basic principle aimed, first and foremost, at the complete eradication of regional and international tension, and at seeking out and uprooting the root causes of political, social and economic conflicts so that the countries involved may live in peace and enjoy stability and prosperity. The type of preventive diplomacy that is accompanied by the use of military force must not be used against the smaller States alone. It is worth wondering here how military force can be used against countries which possess large or medium military capabilities. This is a legitimate question and we, the smaller States, should look for an answer to it that would meet our urgent concerns.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“While appreciating the responsibilities of the Secretary-General, we are if the opinion that he should have the time to meet the delegates and representatives of Member States and listen to what they have to say on issues of importance to their countries and their regions. The permanent membership of the Security Council and the right of veto which is the prerogative of the few should be reviewed. It is worth mentioning in this respect that the veto has been cast 279 times since the inception of the Security Council, in relation to issues most of which were of special importance to countries of the developing world. The new world order being heralded nowadays should not violate the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or independence of States nor deprive them of their right to make their own decisions.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The General Assembly must be enabled to play a full role in the maintenance of peace and security. The General Assembly's role should be as important as that of the Security Council's. Selectivity and double standards must be abandoned with respect to the implementation of the Charter's provisions. The Security Council'", activities should be characterized by transparency. The Council should adopt a democratic approach in the area of decision-making. The United Nations Secretary-General should be able to play his role fully,. without diktat from certain States, and should deal with all States on an equal footing.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The Presidents and Heads of Government of the Non-Aligned Movement have set for themselves anew the target of ensuring a full presence for the Movement in addressing all the international issues on the world's agenda. They also have set the target of becoming genuine partners in all decisions to be taken particularly within the framework of the United Nations and its Security Council. The international mechanism governing relations between States should, in our opinion, continue to be the United Nations and its agencies. However, in order for this important Organization fully to discharge its duties, the following must be achieved. Full commitment and adherence to the United Nations Charter, which must be developed in a manner that would be compatible with the changes that have taken place in the world since it was signed.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“They have voiced their conviction that the Non-Aligned Movement, being the representative of the largest grouping of States and peoples in the world, has a role to play in the context of the unipolarity that reigns in the world today and, therefore, should be included in a flexible mechanism that would aim at a new world balance in which the developing countries of the world should have an effective role in the formulation and setting up of a new world order that must replace the rampant international chaos of today, and put an end to the present marginalization of international covenants and agreements which must be binding to us all.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“On top of all that, the States of the developing world are being subjected now to the practices of the so-called new international legality which means, inter alia, interference and intervention in the internal affairs of those States and pursuance of the policies of diktat which deprive them of the right of making their own decisions. In the tenth summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, which concluded its meetings in Jakarta a few weeks ago, the Presidents and Heads of Government of the Movement deliberated over the current international situation and the role of the Movement therein.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“On the other hand, unipolarity has led the world into a new security system controlled by a handful of major Powers in the complete absence of active participation on the part of the rest of the international community. The era of international detente we hear so much about nowadays, is no more, in our view, than detente between those major Powers with their economic and military muscle. That detente has yet to address the closing of the wide gap between North and South, it has yet to reform international economic and commercial relations and it has yet to address the issues of overriding concern to the South, such as the debt burden, poverty, illiteracy and disease.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“All of us must be aware that, today, the world faces a new set of international phenomena that were not active before the Gulf war and its consequences whose impact is being increasingly felt on the international arena from one day to the next. For our part, we recognize that new and different international circumstances emerge with the dawn of every day. The barrier of the ideologies which, in the past, immersed the world in conflict, confrontation and competition for the sake of narrow interests, has collapsed. The improvement in East-West relations has opened up new vistas. However, the period of transition we are living through has spawned new contradictory tendencies, the most conspicuous of which is an intense acerbity in the relations of the wealthy North and the poor South under the circumstances of the so-called new world order.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate Mr. Ganev, on behalf of my delegation, on his election to the presidency of this important session of the General Assembly, and to extend to his predecessor, through him, our thanks and appreciation for the skilful manner in which he conducted the work of the previous session. From this rostrum, I also extend our sincere congratulations to the States that have joined the membership of this Organization since the previous session. We welcome them as a new driving force that contributes to the various efforts deployed in the international arena with a view to bringing about prosperity, development, and stability for the peoples and communities of the world. This session, we have before us an important agenda at all political, economic, social, humanitarian, and security levels.”
1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)
“The application of Islamic shariah in the Sudan does not deprive non-Muslims of their rights. Nor does it compromise the dignity of non-Muslims or prevent them from enjoying all their human rights. The application of the shariah system enables everyone to enjoy his rights and submit to the will of God. At this very important juncture in human and world history, we express our conviction that the new world order should be based on justice, non-interference and respect for self-determination. This system should be the means to preserve the dignity of man and it should be done through the international Organisation because it is universal and the only body capable of preserving international peace and security. We will spare no effort in upholding this system which we await impatiently.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“We have applied the law, and have created circumstances favourable to the application of the rule of law. We have released all political detainees and have demolished the largest of detention camps, that which the colonial power built in the heyday of empire. We ask all our critics to hear us out, to listen to the testimony of parliamentarians and representatives of humanitarian groups and to be willing to see the facts. We are proud that for the first time in the history of armed conflict we applied the concept of the right of safe passage with a view to saving many lives. The world can also see that we contributed food and medicine to the victims of torture who have fled to Sudan after the recent developments in Ethiopia, even though most of them were up in arms against the country. Their own country.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“Things that may be valid for one society do not necessarily apply in the case of another; every system of thought and value should spring from the society itself. It should not be imposed from outside. Sudan has been accused of certain human rights violations; we want to make the truth known. We have established positive relations with the Commission on Human Rights and reported to it fully on the human rights situation in Sudan. Though we believe that the decision reached by the Commission is neither fair nor objective we shall cooperate with it as we have nothing to hide. We are committed to all human rights conventions to which we are signatories. How can Sudan be accused of human rights violations when we have in fact brought dignity to the people of Sudan?”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“Human rights, the right to live in peace and security and enjoy unhampered economic, social and cultural progress, should be among and no less than any of the major questions on the international agenda, such as the questions of disarmament, the granting of independence to colonized countries, technology transfers and the establishment of an equitable international economic order. The best resource on Earth is man; man is God's guardian of the planet. Because of economic, strategic and social circumstances, millions suffer from starvation and ignorance and are prevented from exercising the right to self-determination. Many people cannot lead a decent life or practice their religion because of policies imposed upon them.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“That agreement is a sign of the importance we attach to humanitarian cooperation in several fields. We wish to thank the Government of Ethiopia, the UNHCR and all the States and economic groupings that have contributed to the success of this humanitarian effort. The status of refugee is ft blot on the dignity of man, and is an anachronism in an age when we have achieved great progress in other areas. We hope that Mrs. Sadako Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will visit the Sudan to see first-hand the situation there rather than depending for information on certain donor countries and non-governmental organizations. That would block the way in the face of the current attempts at justifying interference in the internal affairs of sovereign States under the pretext of protecting human rights.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“If certain political, economic, social and climatic circumstances have contributed in the past to the intensification of the phenomenon in Africa, recent developments in the Horn of Africa have caused huge numbers of refugees to flee to neighbouring countries. Sudan has had a large share of that tragedy. We have received tens of thousands of our brethren from Ethiopia. Despite our limited resources and despite the fact that we are accommodating tens of thousands of refugees, we have spared no effort to give them refuge. We have entered into an agreement with Ethiopia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on accommodating those refugees, which proves our good intentions with respect to permanent cooperation with all our neighbours.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“We also wish to point out that some of the donor countries whose voices have been the loudest in criticizing us are those who have donated least: their donations which do not exceed a thousand tons of food have not reached us to this date. There are many other human and social issues of great importance which continue to be in abeyance and which call for lasting stable solutions. One of such issues is the question of political asylum, a negative phenomenon which has been before us since the Second World War and the hotbeds of tension and political and military conflict that that war spawned in many of the countries of the developing world.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“We would refer in this respect to the huge project of rehabilitating the railroad sector under International Monetary Fund auspices which could have been carried out were it not for the obstacles that some of the donor countries continued to put in its way even after the contracts were signed. The same type of obstruction has impeded our efforts in the area of agricultural inputs. Notwithstanding, the allegation that half of Sudan's population will starve is not to be believed; it is groundless. I am pleased to say that such over-pessimistic predictions will not come true and are without basis. The people of Sudan are alive and well.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“I would refer in this respect to what I have already said a few moments ago, namely that the Government of Sudan is eager to allow relief to reach all those who need it throughout Sudan. This is a fact that the United Nations officials attest to and it proves that what was said in the statement by the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands was without foundation and not supported by factual evidence. As for the comments by the representative of the United Kingdom at the pledging conference for the Horn of Africa, specifically with respect to the Darfur area, I wish to state that the food situation there is good; it is just that the state lacks an adequate transportation network.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“While we welcome the report on the United Nations programme on emergency assistance in the Horn of Africa and commend the implementation of part of that programme, we call upon the donor countries and organizations to continue to finance the programme for the present and the coming year. We must reiterate here the readiness of the Government of Sudan to discuss all questions of emergency relief with all the Governments concerned, but without compromising the sovereignty of our country which has always cooperated in showing respect for the dignity of the people of the Sudan. In this context, I must refer to the statement of the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, who spoke on behalf of the European Economic Community, in which he expressed concern about the economic and the human rights situation in Sudan.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“We must point out here the dangerous nature of such practices which should be unmasked so that the international community may be made aware of the acts perpetrated by that rebel movement. The Government of Sudan has expressed its willingness to assist in the relief operations and agreed to United Nations proposals on phase three of Operation Lifeline Sudan. Up to the present and regardless of the non-compliance of the other party, the Government of Sudan, given its responsibility towards its people, has responded, now as in the past, and met all the requirements for the successful implementation of that important humanitarian programme. This will continue to be its policy.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“The purpose of those visits was to provide foodstuffs to the area of A1-Nasser and the Sudanese nationals who had returned to it after the collapse of the Mengistu regime in Ethiopia. The Government of Sudan has shown its readiness to enable the World Food Programme, international and non-governmental organizations and donor countries to provide that aid on humanitarian grounds, despite the fact that most of those returnees still carry arms against the State of Sudan. The rebel movement still holds tens of thousands of children in camps with a view to training them to carry and use arms and uses them in transporting munitions and materiel in complete disregard of the repeated appeals by the international community.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“In Sudan, the international community, as represented by the donor countries and organizations, has continued to play its humanitarian role in relief operations in some parts of the country, as well as for those who were uprooted and forced to leave their homes. In this respect, I can only hail the resolution adopted by the General Assembly in its last session with regard to the third phase of Operation Lifeline Sudan. Mention should be made also of the visit to Khartoum by Mr. James Ingram, Executive Director of the World Food Programme and of the subsequent visits to Khartoum and Nairobi by Mr. James Jonah, Under-Secretary-General, Department for Special Political Questions.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“My delegation wishes to commend the Paris Declaration and calls upon on the least developed countries, the international community and the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UHCTAD) to play their full and positive roles in the implementation of the programme of action on the basis of shared responsibility and the consensus reached at that Conference. My delegation would like to commend the programme for special economic and disaster relief assistance. The United Nations has contributed, through the assistance given by the donor countries and various organizations, in relief operations.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“Following the failure of the said programme, we call for the adoption of the proposal with regard to the implementation of the international agenda on cooperation with Africa in the 1990s. We also hope the current negotiations in Uruguay will succeed. The Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries was held last year in an atmosphere of understanding and resolve to cooperate with those countries and assist them in overcoming their economic troubles through the implementation of the programme for revitalizing their economic development. The programme is based on a sound and comprehensive scientific understanding of the problems involved. All parties should be committed to participate in its implementation.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“Foreign debts continue to swallow up most or even all of the revenues of those countries in many cases. Five years have passed since the United Nations adopted the Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development. We now notice that the African countries have adopted the required policies and taken the necessary measures to make structural changes, despite the heavy social and political cost involved. However, the requirements of economic reform are not confined to austerity measures and structural reforms. It also requires financial inflows that measure up to the size of the problem. My delegation is in complete agreement with the final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“Africa has suffered one natural disaster after the other over the past few years. Those continuing national disasters have led to a severe plunge in its export revenues at a time when the continent stands in dire need of the resources required to finance imports whose prices have been inflated. Unless and until the terms of trade improve in a fair and equitable manner, the economic situation of the African countries will deteriorate further as most of them have to earmark about 90 per cent of their export earnings to finance the importation of absolute necessities at the expense of their ability to invest in development projects. The debt burden has plagued both developing and developed countries alike, and has had a very negative effect on the development efforts of the developing countries.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)
“We pin great hopes on the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development scheduled to take place in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We hope the Conference will achieve concrete results that would lead to the preservation of the environment and indeed of human life. We in Sudan have established a national committee to prepare for the conference and to participate effectively in its deliberations. At the economic level, the deterioration of the economies of the African continent has reached a critical stage. The important changes that have taken place in international relations have not led to a parallel detente in international economic relations. We know that the poor countries still suffer from their usual problems of indebtedness, adverse trade conditions and sluggish economic development.”
1991-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 46 (1991)