And this authority of the General Assembly my delegation shall seek to uphold.

71. Mr. Rendón Barnica (Honduras), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that his delegation regretted the politicization of human rights issues by some delegations, particularly those representing undemocratic regimes that had come to power by force of arms, as was the case of Cuba.

Based on this approach the Hungarian delegation decided to join its efforts with those of the delegation of Japan and

The representatives of three delegations spoke in the exercise of the right of reply.

5. Credentials of delegations

The representative of the host country reiterated that his Mission would continue to do all it could to assist missions in New York.

The reporting delegation should explain the role and powers of the Council of Women, for example.

addressed to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights

The Canadian delegation's fears were unwarranted the adoption of draft article 16 bis, which his delegation strongly supported, would neither have an impact on the powers or competence of the Contracting Parties, nor would it give the organization any rights or privileges that infringed on those of other parties.

Mission of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights.

Right of Control Information presented by the Norwegian delegation

One delegation, speaking on behalf of a group, said that this was due to external circumstances outside the control of the Committee.

Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Ambassador

The special representative, working under the operational control of the Secretary General, exercises on his behalf clearly defined authority over all the mission components.

Head of the United States delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

My delegation shares the growing concern at the Security Council's gradual encroachment on the powers and the mandate of the General Assembly.

His delegation also called on others, especially delegations which had previously abstained from voting on similar draft resolutions, to support Uzbekistan.

Our delegation urges the Committee and the States represented here to do their part and reaffirms its commitment to work with all willing delegations in pursuit of an effective multilateralism.

You may be assured of the complete support of the delegation of Mali.

You have the assurance of the cooperation of the Indian delegation in your efforts.

We associate ourselves with the statements made by the delegation of Malaysia on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement, the delegation of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the delegation of Malawi on behalf of the African Group.

The delegations of Uganda and Zambia subsequently indicated that had they been present, they would have voted in favour the delegation of the Sudan indicated that had it been present, it would have abstained the delegation of Mali indicated that had it been present, it would have voted against the delegation of Yemen indicated that it had meant to abstain and the delegation of Pakistan indicated that it had meant to vote in favour.

One delegation proposed replacing refer the matter to by bring the matter to the attention of , and within the powers by in accordance with the powers .

Each Party participating in the meeting shall be represented by a delegation consisting of a head of delegation and such other accredited representatives, alternate representatives and adviser as may be required .

Each Party participating in a session shall be represented by a delegation consisting of a head of delegation and such other accredited representatives, alternate representatives and advisers as it may require.

Subsequently, the representative of Ethiopia informed the Committee that his delegation had intended to abstain.

You can count on the full support of our delegation.

Several delegations called for the enhancement of early warning capabilities.

A number of delegations have asked to speak in exercise of the right of reply.

Many were of the view that the Department of Public Information should make strong efforts to develop such a capacity as a priority, although one delegation said that it must be compatible with the interests of developing countries.

Rule 18 requires credentials to be submitted by each attending delegation. It provides

You have sought to identify issues and priorities of delegations and groups.

36. The representative of the Republic of Korea stated that her delegation did not believe that essential differences existed between the various delegations, given that they had a common aim of prevention of torture and all believed in the principle of sovereignty of States.

The Conference was attended by delegations from 47 countries, of which 29 were at the ministerial level.

Mr. Williams (United Kingdom), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that his delegation reserved its right to reply at a later date to comments made by a number of delegations with regard to the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

His delegation had invited the Uzbek delegation to engage with it in discussions of the draft resolution and stood ready to work with Uzbekistan to promote full respect for human rights.

Each Party participating in a session shall be represented by a delegation consisting of a head of delegation and such other accredited representatives, alternate representatives and advisers as it may require.

In that connection, she commended the efforts of the Italian delegation.

Subsequently, the delegation of Denmark indicated that it had intended to vote in favour the delegation of Luxembourg indicated that it had intended to abstain.

A view was also expressed by some delegations as to the importance of the use of sanctions as an alternative to the use of force.

It believed that violence against women was currently one of the main obstacles to the full enjoyment of women's rights.

Many delegations stressed the need to ensure children's rights.

My delegation will spare no effort in that regard.

Her delegation had consistently shown full support for the resolution.

The delegations of Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Colombia, Uganda and Zambia subsequently indicated that had they been present, they would have voted in favour the delegation of the Sudan indicated that had it been present, it would have abstained the delegation of Mali indicated that had it been present, it would have voted against and the delegation of Yemen indicated that it had meant to abstain.