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1992-09-24

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1993-09-24

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1. “My delegation welcomes the adoption of Security Council resolutions 770 (1992) and 771 (1992), which are designed to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that international organizations, in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross, have unimpeded access to concentration camps and detention centres. My delegation has been following with keen interest the negotiations on the issue conducted under the auspices of the European Community. We believe that this process must be accompanied by international efforts to put an immediate end to the violence and that increased pressure should be brought to bear on all parties concerned to work wholeheartedly for a political settlement.”

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

2. “We wish to encourage President De Klerk to continue the courageous leadership that he has so far given his Government and urge him not to undermine the historic image that both he and Nelson Mandela have established. My delegation has been following the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has shocked the conscience of every human being, irrespective of national origin, ethnic background, religion or political persuasion. We condemn the existence of detention centres, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where civilians are being detained against their will and subjected to ill-treatment. The odious practice of "ethnic cleansing" must be firmly rejected and a strong signal sent that the international community will not passively witness the attempt at the total annihilation of a Member State by a powerful neighbour.”

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

3. “However, while there has been positive movement towards the establishment of a united, non-racial and democratic South Africa, we are perturbed by some serious differences that have emerged in recent negotiations. My delegation wishes to express its full support for the call by the African National Congress for an international investigation of the Boipatong massacre. We urge all concerned to make every effort to maintain the momentum of the negotiating process of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in order to finalize agreement on the outstanding issues. If negative trends in South Africa are not reversed my Government stands ready to join in remobilizing the international community, through all appropriate means, in the struggle against apartheid.”

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

4. “We pray that our own Caribbean region will be spared any more destruction during this hurricane season. It is our hope that the rehabilitation process in the affected communities will be swift and will receive the generous support of the international community. In the last few years we have witnessed momentous changes in the international arena. The end of the cold war has raised hopes for a better and more secure future. The world now faces novel challenges in the quest for justice, equity and prosperity. In many regions of the world significant progress has been made towards democracy, as well as towards achieving the purposes set out in the United Nations Charter. Completion of the process of dismantling apartheid would make a major contribution to these trends.”

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

5. “This year the General Assembly has so far admitted 13 States to membership of the United Nations by acclamation. My delegation wishes to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The admission of this significant number of new Members in the Organization is another major step towards the goal of universality. My delegation wishes to express its deepest sympathy to the Governments and the peoples of the United States of America, the Bahamas, the Philippines, Nicaragua, India and Pakistan, which suffered tragic loss of life and extensive material damage as a result of the recent spate of natural disasters.”

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

6. “On behalf of the Government and the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, I pay tribute to Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, whose term of office expired at the end of 1991. Under his guidance over a 10-year period, the United Nations shrugged off the negative image of a useless talking-shop and emerged as an institution whose growing reputation as an effective peace-keeper has resulted in calls upon it to take on numerous new responsibilities. Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar did indeed ease the transition of the United Nations through the changing climate and brought it to the centre of new-world-order politics. He brought the Organization, with its new peace-keeping and peacemaking roles, back to its founding mission. We join the international community in saluting him for his service to the United Nations and to world peace.”

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

7. “I am sure that his experience, training and diplomatic skill will do much to ensure that the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly is fruitful and constructive. Let me also take this opportunity to extend to his predecessor, Mr. Samir S. Shihabi of Saudi Arabia, our best wishes and our appreciation of the highly competent manner in which he presided at the last session of the General Assembly. I take this opportunity also to express to our esteemed Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, our profound understanding and appreciation of the efforts he has so far made to achieve for the world body greater flexibility and enhanced ability to meet the new challenges posed by the dramatic developments taking place in international relations and, at the same, to fulfil long-standing mandates.”

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

8. “I should like to begin by offering to Mr. Ganev my heartfelt congratulations on his assumption of the high office of President of the General Assembly. He takes up the presidency at a time when the world is looking with renewed confidence towards the United Nations. As a politician from an area with a proud tradition of representative democracy, he has played a commendable role in the vanguard of the democratization process in his own country and in Eastern Europe. His unanimous election as President of the General Assembly for the current session highlights the continuing efforts of his region in its transformation to market-driven, democratic societies and the global prerogatives of the post-cold-war era.”

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