The Secretary- General has succinctly presented a most comprehensive report on strengthening the United Nations (A/58/351). It demonstrates his clear vision and consistent thoughts on bringing it to fruition. He is deserving of our most sincere thanks. But I would be remiss were I not to make very e…
The special session of the General Assembly on children, held in May 2002, provided a unique opportunity to pledge our renewed commitment to build a safe and happy world for our children. The outcome document, entitled “A world fit for children” (resolution S-27/2, annex), provided a comprehensive w…
You and your team, Sir, have been displaying a spirit of remarkable
collegial leadership. It is worthy of our admiration and our support.
Both the reports of the Secretary-General, the one on the work of the Organization (A/58/1) and the other on the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summ…
I bring a message of peace from Bangladesh.
Please allow me to congratulate the President on his election. I wish him every success in the formidable task of leading the United Nations to continued relevance and credibility in these stormy times. I am confident that he will build upon the legacy le…
I am honoured to be here today on this very important occasion to share with you our concerns, experiences, and challenges in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Bangladesh is very committed to addressing issues of public health, including HIV/AIDS. Bangladesh, with its population of 130 million, is still …
Bangladesh congratulates you most warmly, Mr. President, on your skilful conduct of the presidency of the Council. Plaudits are also owed to Ambassador Sergey Lavrov for Russia’s astute leadership of this forum during the month of June. The presence here today of Mr. Javier Solana, Mr. Jean-Marie Gu…
I should like to convey my felicitations to the President of the General Assembly for the very smooth progress of the work of the fifty-seventh session of the Assembly thus far. We are confident that, through the joint efforts of the President, his Bureau, the Secretariat and delegations, the sessio…
Mr. President, once again I should like to put on record my delegation’s appreciation of your excellent leadership of this Assembly through your prodigious wisdom, knowledge and skill. My delegation is committed to working closely with you and other delegations to ensure that the current Assembly se…
Over the past decades, the United Nations international and global agendas have expanded many-fold. The great conferences of the 1990s added to this unprecedented
scale and dimension. The United Nations needed to be restructured, revitalized and retooled to discharge its burgeoning responsibilities…
We meet today to address two major issues confronting Africa: conflict and development. The Secretary-General’s report on the causes of conflict in Africa (A/52/871) is now in its fifth year. The entirety of the United Nations membership has since lent unequivocal support to its recommendations. Tha…
I cannot begin today without expressing to the Indonesian authorities our profound shock and grief at what happened in Bali. We condemn the bombing in the strongest terms. Our thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost their loved ones.
We owe sincere thanks to Ambassador Martin Bel…
Sir, many speakers have preceded me in this debate; naturally therefore I run the risk of repeating much of what has already been said. However, in debates, arguments are often honed through repeated presentation, albeit in different words. The Secretary-General’s reports on the implementation of th…
As we speak here this morning, President Arafat is under siege, with Israeli tanks destroying his headquarters and surrounding what remains of them.
It is a matter of grave concern, because the latest Israeli military aggression threatens President Arafat, elected leader of a nation, Nobel Laureate…
May I begin by extending my warm congratulations to the President upon his election. We have every confidence that his stewardship of our proceedings will yield fruitful results. Credit is due also to his predecessor, Mr. Han Seung-soo, for his deft handling of our affairs. We also congratulate Secr…
I am happy to be here at this high-level meeting deliberating on Africa. For I have seen for myself the challenges that many fellow nations in that continent face today, whether it be ending armed conflicts, rebuilding societies ravaged by war or struggling for social and economic progress in the fa…
At the Millennium Summit our leaders pledged to free the
world from poverty and underdevelopment. They committed themselves to ensuring that the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT) are made available to all. Indeed, that was not the first time such a commitment was entered …
Mr. President, we owe you a debt of gratitude for providing us this opportunity to share our views with you on the work of the ad hoc Working Group chaired by Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul.
We have studied with interest the extensive mandate given to him and his group. We are encouraged by the progres…
Mr. President, even as we meet right now, a humanitarian tragedy of immense magnitude is unfolding in the West Bank. The continued perpetration of Israeli atrocities is compounding the pains of Palestine. These are now beyond bearable proportions.
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell has c…
We applaud the manner of your current leadership of the Council. We also commend Mauritius for theirs in January.
The backdrop of events in the Middle East against which we meet is a tale of an unfolding tragedy. Two peoples, connected to each other across the widest possible socio-historical spect…
Mr. President, we appreciate your initiative in convening this meeting on Angola. We thank Ambassador Gambari for his briefing. He is too modest in his characterization of himself. His remarks reveal him to be a leading authority on the subject as well as an achiever in the field.
His enumeration o…
