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1992-09-24
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  1. “For Ukraine, which does not possess, produce or stockpile chemical weapons in its territory, signing the convention is one of the priorities in the field of disarmament. The question of eliminating all nuclear weapons is of fundamental significance for us. We are convinced that, with a well-adjusted system of collective security based on the Charter of the United Nations, it will be possible to prevent any aggression or, if necessary, to suppress it through joint efforts. Ukraine, which suffered the full effects of the Chernobyl disaster, is supporting with even greater determination the international campaign for the complete renunciation of nuclear testing and for the assumption by every nuclear-weapon State of an obligation not to be the first to use nuclear weapons.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  2. “Their mission has won universal support and recognition. The transition of the contemporary world to a system of global integration, multipolarity and partnership demands the creation of a new concept of strategic stability based on a substantial and balanced reduction of existing arsenals of weapons to the dimensions of reasonable sufficiency for defence. The results achieved so far in bilateral efforts to limit armaments should be supplemented by new multilateral agreements, whose universality would provide the necessary level of confidence, strengthening trust in their implementation. We welcome the completion of the convention on the complete prohibition and destruction of chemical weapons.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  3. “These changes have ensured the success of the process of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the possibility of shaping a new security model on the continent based on close interaction between the European States. I would like to emphasize that the orientation towards Europe is one of the main driving forces of our foreign policy; we intend to intensify the dynamics of our relations with European States and with their regional structures. We intend to pursue a serious, pragmatic and result-oriented policy with respect to the United Nations. That is why the Ukrainian Parliament decided to send a military contingent to take part in the United Nations peace-keeping mission in the territory of former Yugoslavia. Today Ukrainian soldiers are continuing to do their duty with honour and dignity in that suffering land.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  4. “Having joined the leading international political, humanitarian and monetary-financial institutions, our country has assumed full responsibility for securing its own foreign-policy interests and its external economic interests. Without claiming any special status in the world, we want to occupy a place in the international community worthy of our people, our history and our potential. We can make and we want to make a constructive contribution to international cooperation. Ukraine welcomes the changes in the political and military structure of Europe, where we are seeing the key role in maintaining peace and stability shift from military deterrence to political mechanisms.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  5. “We believe that joint efforts by the international community can eliminate the deep-rooted causes of these conflicts, which are linked to unresolved national issues, to irresponsible appeals for the review of existing State frontiers, to economic hopelessness, to political egocentrism and to the messianic ambitions of some States seeking to create zones of their own special interests in certain parts of the world. The task of the United Nations is to establish a structure for interaction that would guarantee the security of every Member State. Our country can contribute to the attainment of that goal. In the year that has passed since the proclamation of our independence, Ukraine has traversed the road from a quasi-State within the former USSR to a universally recognized European State.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  6. “A State that violates the law and disregards international agreements is thereby undermining the foundations of its own future tranquillity. The same vital philosophical ideas were also expounded by Hryhory Skovoroda, a Ukrainian philosopher, writer and thinker of the eighteenth century who stood for purity in public order and who inspired belief in the inevitable triumph of truth and justice. We attach great importance to strengthening the role of the United Nations in settling conflicts and resolving disputes. Although the threat of total military confrontation has receded, the tragic developments on the territory of former Yugoslavia, in Nagorny Karabakh, in Georgia, in the Dniester region and in other areas give us warning that local conflicts are fraught with serious danger.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  7. “The fresh winds of change make it necessary to take a new look at the Charter of the United Nations, to activate fully its enormous creative potential and to free international relations from the burden of suspicion, hostility and the renewal of violence. The shortest way to that goal is through international relations based on common sense and on respect for freedom of choice, in keeping with the centuries-old principles of international law which are clearly understood, widely recognized and consistently applied. As early as the seventeenth century the celebrated Spanish theologian and philosopher Francisco Suarez observed that although States are not combined into a single political body, they are obliged to help one another and to maintain and defend law and peace, since that is imperative for the benefit of all mankind.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  8. “But today, for the first time, our people have set out on the path leading to the temple of independence, and no one will ever make our people deviate from that historic path. In August of this year we solemnly marked the first anniversary of our independence. That pivotal event in the life of our people was celebrated as the triumph of democracy and freedom. And today we are facing a task of great proportions: to build a democratic Ukraine governed by the rule of law, to revive the strength and intellectual potential of our people, to be worthy of the memory of our ancestors who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for independence.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  9. “The disintegration of the bankrupt totalitarian system, resulting in the largest increase in the membership of the United Nations in recent years, opened the way for the triumph of genuine freedom and democracy in vast areas of Europe and Asia and for the realization of the inalienable right of peoples to self-determination and has made it possible to place human rights at the focus of the policies of many newly emerged States. The people of Ukraine demonstrated through the centuries its firm desire for independence and its aspiration to a national, political and economic renaissance. For hundreds of years Ukrainians' drive for freedom was subdued by giving them miserable pittances or by the use of violence and repression.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  10. “Boutros Boutros-Ghali, has embarked on the course of deepening the reforms, with the firm intention of enhancing the role and authority of the Organization, in response to the needs of our time. We will support these undertakings in every possible way. The current session of the General Assembly is being held during a period of profound and truly epoch-making transformations on our planet, which have included in the formation of a new world order the potential of the new States built on the ruins of the last empire in the history of mankind.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  11. “I should like to extend sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. I am especially pleased to see in this high post a representative of Bulgaria, a country that is linked to Ukraine by geographical and ethnic proximity and by centuries-old ties of friendship, cooperation and good-neighbourly relations. I should also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Shihabi, who made tireless efforts to strengthen the role of the General Assembly. We greatly appreciate the contribution that was made to the implementation of radical transformations in the United Nations by Mr. Perez de Cuellar, the former Secretary-General. His successor, Mr.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)