A thorough study of the short- and long-term effects of sanctions, especially on innocent victims, should be undertaken, Bonaya Adhi Godana, the Foreign Minister of Kenya, stressed this afternoon as he addressed the General Assembly at the continuation of its general debate.
The United Nations could not assume that it would survive intact by clinging to structures and processes conceived in 1945, S. Jayakumar, Foreign Minister of Singapore, told the General Assembly as it continued its General Debate this morning. While it was clear that it must now change, less clear was how it should change.
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), in an organizational meeting this morning, approved its programme of work for the current session.
The United Nations had been allowed to go insolvent when so much more was demanded of it as the central mechanism and catalyst for multilateral cooperation, Ali Alatas, the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, told the General Assembly as it continued its general debate this afternoon.
Assembly Continues Debate; Hears Three Heads of State, Two Foreign Ministers, Monacos Crown Prince, President of Palestinian Authority
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning elected Matia Mulumba Semakula Kiwanuka (Uganda), Yuri Kazhura (Belarus) and Carlos Morales (Spain) as Vice-Chairmen. The Committee deferred election of its Rapporteur until a future meeting. The Chairman of the Committee, Sotirios Zacheos (Cyprus), was elected on 14 September.
The Somalian crisis was a tragedy that the international community was unwilling to acknowledge, Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its general debate.
