37th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 50th Session - Part 1

General Assembly begins second day of special commemorative meetings marking United Nations fiftieth anniversary.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:54:48
• Production Date: 23 October 1995
• Asset Language: Original; English; French; Spanish
• Personal Subject: DIOGO FREITAS DO AMARAL; JACQUES CHIRAC; JOSEPH MOBUTU; KETUMILE MASIRE; THOMAS KLESTIL; YOWERI K. MUSEVENI; NELSON MANDELA
• Subject Topical: 50TH ANNIVERSARY; COMMEMORATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEACE AND SECURITY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 2376187
• Parent Id: 845598

Description

Beginning the second day of its three-day series of commemorative meetings marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, the General Assembly was urged by world leaders to stress the promotion of international cooperation to meet universal human needs that transcended national boundaries. In a new international climate focusing on the needs of people rather than nations, the United Nations must continue to address such problems as environment, development, human rights and population.

Speakers, this morning, also underscored the importance of taking into account the needs of small States, to continue United Nations efforts to promote peace and stability in Africa, and to support the continent's economic and social development.

Statements were made this morning by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda; President Ketumile Masire of Botswana; President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire; President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela of South Africa; President Jacques Chirac of France; President Thomas Klestil of Austria; President Constantinos Stephanopoulos of Greece; President Mircea Ion Snegur of Moldova; President Ion Iliescu of Romania; and Captain Valentine E.M. Strasser, Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council of Sierra Leone.

Statements were also made by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil; President Le Duc Anh of Viet Nam; President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea; Vice-President General Maung Aye of Myanmar, Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom; Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba of Nepal; Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham of the Bahamas; Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh; and the Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany, Klaus Kinkel.

Also addressing the Assembly were the Minister of State for Coordination of Government Action of Benin, Desire Vieyra; the Foreign Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi; the Foreign Minister of Egypt, Amre Moussa; and the Foreign Minister of Nicaragua, Ernesto Leal.

The special commemorative meeting will resume at 3 p.m. today.

For further details please see source:
MEETINGS COVERAGE

For further details please see official record:
A/50/PV.37