Today the United Nations is observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It is therefore fitting that the Assembly is considering the question of Palestine today. With your permission, Mr. President, we will include our comments on the situation in the Middle East, whic…
Bangladesh considers the deliberations on agenda item 41, “The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, an opportunity to express once again our support for the struggle to preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a civic, multi-ethnic and multicultural State. Ban…
Bangladesh attaches particular importance to the agenda item entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”. We believe that the United Nations system can play an effective role in the global democratization proces…
As I speak in the General Assembly on agenda item 20 (a), “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all for the expression solidarity to Bangladesh at a time when the worst floods in history overwh…
It is a particular pleasure for my delegation to initiate the discussion on agenda item 31, entitled “Culture of peace”. We have before us the Secretary-General’s report in document
Last year, Bangladesh was honoured to present to the General Assembly in plenary meeting, on behalf of 50 countries, …
The Bangladesh delegation finds the report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), as contained in document A/53/430, useful in terms of understanding the level and depth of the relationship between these two important organizations.
We are in…
I have had the privilege of participating in different events organized by the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU). I have great admiration for the work done by the organization. It provides a very useful forum for parliamentarians to exchange ideas and benefit from dialogue on issues of relevance to t…
The indomitable spirit of Africa has energized us always. It is in the perspective of our commitment to the development and prosperity of Africa as a developing region that Bangladesh is honoured to participate in the General Assembly’s discussion of progress in the implementation of the United Nati…
The international community identified ways and means of addressing the challenges of social development at the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1995. We now look forward to the year 2000, when we shall review the progress achieved in implementing the outcome of t…
I would like to express, on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh, our gratitude for the adoption by consensus at this plenary meeting of the General Assembly resolution 53/1, entitled “Assistance to Bangladesh in the wake of the devastating floods”. Coincidentally, this is the first resolution to …
May I convey to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, our felicitations on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. With a person of your eminence and experience in the Chair, our session is assured of a successful outcome.
To you…
We have engaged ourselves in a dialogue on the impact of globalization and interdependence and their policy implications. The current international context provides an opportunity for serious reflection. We hope that the collective wisdom gained through our deliberations will lead to the adoption of…
Document A/52/1022 contains some mistakes, and I believe that it is appropriate for me to bring them to the attention of the Assembly. In annex III, the last sentence of paragraph 13 contains two mistakes: instead of “these resources” it should read “implementation of these recommendations”, and 199…
The Assembly will recall that in its resolution 52/12 B the Assembly, inter alia, invited the Economic and Social Council to consider, at its organizational and substantive sessions in 1998 — as part of the review of the mandates, composition, functions and working methods of its functional commissi…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Fifth Committee, I should like to bring to your attention, Sir, and to the attention of the General Assembly a technical correction in the document which we are now considering: A/C.5/52/L.17.
In the second line of the second preambular paragraph of that document, …
At the outset let me announce that Bangladesh has become one of the sponsors of three draft resolutions, A/52/L.49, L.50 and L.51, that are now being circulated on this question.
Bangladesh is deeply appreciative of the substantive report on the question of Palestine submitted by the Committee on t…
It is a pleasure and an honour for Bangladesh to introduce draft resolution A/52/L.4/Rev.1, on behalf of my delegation and all the sponsors listed in the draft resolution, as well as the new sponsors of this draft resolution: the Central African Republic, Chile, Jamaica, South Africa and Swaziland.
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Allow me to express our thanks to the Secretary-General for his report, contained in document A/52/1, providing us with a thematic overview of the activities of the Organization over the past year. The Secretary-General deserves our appreciation for the incisive analysis of the trends shaping today’…
Bangladesh is pleased to participate in the debate on the plenary agenda item relating to the University for Peace. Considering the important role that the University has been playing and could play in the future, Bangladesh has been one of the sponsors of the relevant draft resolutions from 1980 to…
My delegation, along with 42 other cosponsors, was disappointed to listen to the statement made by the representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union, proposing a deferment of action on draft resolution A/52/L.4.
We had a very good and full debate on the item on a culture of peace thi…
