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Geghman

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54

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1968-09-24

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1972-09-24

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1. “The Yemen Bank for Reconstruction and Development has played a great role in introducing new avenues of co-operation between the public and the private sectors in industry and trade. Great attention has been directed towards agriculture. Several important projects of reclamation, irrigation and model plantation are in the stage of execution in co-operation with friendly countries, and one project in co-operation with the United Nations. 43. Big strides have also been made in the field of education. Hundreds of modern schools were opened, teachers and instructors were brought to the country, and thousands of young Yemenis were sent abroad for higher and vocational education. Scores of hospitals and medical centres with modern equipment and efficient doctors and medical personnel are now in operation.”

   1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

2. “Our revolution triumphed, our Republic lives and our people go on with faith and determination towards a better life. 42. We in Yemen feel proud and look to the future with great optimism due to the success which we were able to achieve in the last six years since the revolution, particularly in the economic field. National income has increased, agricultural production has doubled, and in some crops, as cotton for instance, production has more than tripled. Important industries have been introduced for the first time into Yemen with the aim of giving our country the greatest amount of self-sufficiency. Some industrial projects, such as textiles, phosphorus, cigarettes and mineral water industries, are already in the stage of production. Also, for the first time, modern banking and financing methods have been adopted.”

   1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

3. “And it gives me great pleasure to mention here with deep respect and admiration our Secretary-General, U Thant, whose efforts and dedication are a source of hope and inspiration. 41. The people of the Yemen Arab Republic, which put an end to the outmoded and oppressive rule of the imamate theocracy and established the Republic by its 1962 revolution, has since been engaged in a long and fierce war, a war forced upon it by reactionary and counter-revolutionary forces in collaboration with international imperialism and its huge oil monopolies. The enemies of human progress have subjected our revolution to savage attacks, our Republic to wide international conspiracies, and our very capital to a long siege. All efforts of these interventions were doomed to failure.”

   1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

4. “38. Mr. President, allow me first to extend through you to His Excellency Mr. Emilio Arenales my most sincere wishes for his speedy recovery and early return to preside over our deliberations. I wish also to extend, through you, Sir, my delegation’s heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Arenales for the honour and trust which our Assembly deservedly bestowed upon him by electing him to its Presidency. In his person I congratulate his friendly country, Guatemala, and the whole Latin American group. 39. On this occasion may I extend greetings to His Excellency Mr. Corneliu Manescu, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Romania, who presided over the General Assembly’s twenty-second session with mastery, integrity and great wisdom. 40.”

   1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)