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What so proudly we hailed

We all have welcomed the easing of tensions in international relations.

We welcomed with hope the words of President Bush in his statement to this Assembly

We have welcomed the decision of leading donors to increase their economic assistance to South Africa.

We have already welcomed the new South Africa to the United Nations.

We also welcomed the convening of the Conference on Population and Development last month.

We therefore welcomed the recommendation to refer the issue to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee.

It was therefore with great relief that we welcomed the decision of the United States Administration to intervene in Somalia.

As survivors of that legacy, we very much welcomed the nuclear testing moratorium.

We have welcomed the membership of North and South Korea, ideological differences notwithstanding.

Last month we warmly welcomed the signing of the peace treaty between Jordan and Israel.

We both welcomed and were unprepared for the events that marked the dramatic end of the cold war.

We have welcomed with satisfaction President Nelson Mandela apos s appeal concerning the lifting of sanctions against South Africa.

We have welcomed the end of the colonization in Gaza we want to see the end of colonization as well in the West Bank.

We have also welcomed the completion of the work of the elected Constituent Assembly with the promulgation of a new democratic constitution establishing a constitutional monarchy.

We have welcomed the Israeli Palestinian Declaration of Principles and the signing of the Gaza Jericho agreement as a first step in its implementation.

We welcomed the successful withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the northern West Bank and Gaza earlier this year.

At the forty seventh session of the General Assembly we welcomed the inclusion of this new item on its agenda.

That is why we welcomed the International Conference on Population and Development that has just ended in Cairo.

We warmly welcomed the investiture of President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya on 1 October and the formation of a new Government.

We welcomed your opening statement to the CD, providing your assessment of the relationship between the global security environment and the CD.

Last June's hearings marked a new and welcome step forward in United Nations civil society relations.

We welcomed the resumption of the multi party negotiations in April of this year after a long period of uncertainty.

We have all joyously welcomed this historic event as well as South Africa apos s resumption of its rightful place in the community of nations.

We welcome with great satisfaction the signing of the Peace Treaty between Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan on 26 October 1994.

It is in this spirit that we have welcomed and cooperated with the mission of Ambassador Mestiri of the United Nations in this important and difficult endeavour.

Last year, we welcomed the Palestinian Israeli agreement as a landmark on the road to a just solution to the Palestinian question.

Given the lack of action during the first few days, we welcomed France apos s intervention for strictly humanitarian purposes, which allowed numerous lives to be saved.

We have wholeheartedly welcomed and endorsed the outcome of the elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).

We welcomed the Secretary General apos s proposals in his quot An Agenda for Peace quot , and we look forward to his agenda for development.

In our own region, we welcomed and joined with the South Pacific Forum apos s endorsement of this objective at its annual meeting in Brisbane.

Mr. MOMIN (Brunei Darussalam) We welcomed the signing of the Declaration of Principles by the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israeli authorities and are pleased to note that negotiations between them are proceeding on the basis of that Declaration.

Three years ago, from this very rostrum, we welcomed the end of the East West confrontation and its corollary, the end of the threat of nuclear annihilation.

We welcomed the agreement between Ukraine and the IAEA for the application of safeguards to all nuclear material in all peaceful nuclear activities in Ukraine.

In this context, we have welcomed the progress that has been made in the sphere of the Council apos s documentation and related issues this is dealt with in chapter 28 of the report.

Proceeding from our conviction that humanitarian assistance takes precedence over all political and military considerations, we have welcomed cooperation with the United Nations system and the international community at large.

We have supported a policy of cooperation and dialogue, rather than confrontation and deadlines, and in this spirit have welcomed the discussions between the United States and the Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea.

His election was a manifest and eloquent demonstration of South Africa apos s welcome return to the United Nations family, a return we all embrace and happily witnessed.

It is precisely for those reasons that we welcomed the agreements concluded on 15 November between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on movement and access from and to Gaza.

We shall not be satisfied until we secure for our inhabitants Paraguayans and foreigners whom we have welcomed into our land living standards considered adequate according to United Nations indices.

We have welcomed efforts by the Security Council and the Contact Group to create the groundwork for a peaceful settlement in difficult circumstances, including cease fire arrangements and deterrent measures.

In that regard, we welcomed last month's Fourth Conference to Facilitate the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and its adopted declaration and set of measures.

In this regard, we welcomed the Secretary General apos s report quot An Agenda for Development quot which provided the opportunity for a comprehensive review of world economic and social problems, particularly in Africa.

For this reason, we welcomed Nicaragua apos s invitation to participate as an observer in the Second International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, held in Managua last July.