My delegation would like to respond to the statement made earlier by the representative of Azerbaijan.
His reference to the so-called aggression by the Republic of Armenia against his country is totally misleading. The resulting situation is a forced reaction to Azerbaijan’s own decision to use mil…
We thank Jan Kavan for his work, and we welcome Mr. Julian Hunte in the difficult year that awaits him.
At the beginning of this millennium, a summit of the world’s leaders produced a set of development goals aimed at protecting life and promoting dignity for all peoples. This seemed an appropriate…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to join all those delegations that expressed their appreciation to you and to the facilitators for your commitment and hard work to ensure the successful outcome of our efforts to elaborate this long-needed resolution, which is of great importance for all of…
It is not the intention of my delegation to engage in a lengthy and pointless debate by replying to the groundless allegations and accusations levelled against my country by the representative of Azerbaijan. Rather, I would like to confine my intervention to addressing directly the issue in question…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly in my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States on this remarkable occasion of the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The significance of…
I apologize for taking the floor a second time.
Nagorny Karabakh’s secession from Azerbaijan was peaceful, legal and just. The present stalemate is the consequence of the war that Azerbaijan initiated in response to the peaceful exercise by the people of Nagorny Karabakh of their right of self-dete…
I would like to exercise my right of reply to the statement made earlier this morning by the representative of Azerbaijan.
The representative of Azerbaijan, referring in his statement to the issue of Nagorny Karabakh as a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and employing such language as “aggre…
In my capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, I would like to propose the following revisions to draft resolution A/57/L.11.
In paragraphs 1, 4 and 9, the word “Welcomes” should be replaced with the words “Takes note of”.
In paragraph 5, the word “particu…
In my capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) for the six-month term starting 1 November 2002, I have the honour on behalf of the sponsors listed in document A/57/L.11, as well as of Ukraine and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to introduce …
I would like to begin by commending the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, on the comprehensive report on the work of the Agency and by pledging my Government’s full cooperation with the IAEA under his leadership in the years to come.
From the …
The extremely fast- paced developments in technology have led us to focus attention on its immense possibilities and to predict the arrival of what has variously been termed “the global village”, “the information economy”, “the knowledge economy” and “the information society”.
As we move into the t…
My delegation has just voted in favour of the resolution entitled “Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion”.
Armenia condemns the continuing practice of unilateral coercive economic measures, particularly in the South Cau…
On behalf of the Government of Armenia, I want to express our deepest condolences to the people and the Government of Indonesia, as well as to other countries whose nationals perished in the deadly terrorist bombings last Saturday in Bali.
Armenia attaches great importance to reform of the Security…
I apologize for taking the floor again. I would like to make just a few additional comments on the remarks of the representative of Turkey. First, I would like to remind the representative of Turkey that the Armenian genocide began with “Kristallnacht”, the night of 24 April 1915, the first day of g…
I wish to exercise my right of reply to the statement about the Armenian
genocide made yesterday in this Hall by the representative of Turkey in his exercise of the right to reply to the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, and to wish you success in your work. I would also like to thank Mr. Han Seung-soo for having so ably conducted the work of the fifty-sixth session.
It is with …
The draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), contained in document A/56/L.66, is the result of lengthy negotiations at OSCE headquarters in Vienna and New York among all OSCE member States and reflects a consensus …
I am taking the floor to express the position of my country on several sub- items under agenda item 21, “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”.
I should like to start with the sub-item on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security…
I have asked for the floor to exercise my right of reply to the statement made yesterday by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, during which he provided information that was not quite accurate, to say the least.
The statement of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan was a blatant attempt t…
According to the rules of procedure a delegation can exercise its right of reply twice. My delegation had earlier requested the floor to exercise its right of reply with regard to the statement of another delegation, that of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, which has nothing to do with the debate…
