It is my honour to convey to the Assembly warm greetings from His Excellency Mr. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of Comoros, and his wishes for every success in conducting this business
This seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly commences, yet again, at a particularly critical junct…
It is a privilege for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of Mr. Azali Assoumani, Head of State of the Union of the Comoros, at this global event, the importance of which cannot be in doubt. The Summit of the Future brings us together to renew global solidarity in order to ensure that we re…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I want to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important meeting. I also extend my profound thanks to the Permanent Representatives of the Niger and Algeria, in their respective capacities as Chairs of …
On behalf of the members the Group of African States, I have the sad duty of taking the floor at today’s solemn posthumous tribute, convened by the General Assembly to honour the great statesman President Idriss Déby Itno, who left us on 20 April. On behalf of the member States of the African Group,…
I have the great honour to introduce a pre-recorded address
by His Excellency Mr. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of the Comoros, on the occasion of the general debate at the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States in explanation of vote after the voting on resolution 75/195.
As stated earlier, the African Group engaged constructively throughout the nearly two years of the negotiation process based on the realization that the…
Yesterday and today, we have heard a number of very incisive analyses and proposals from speakers who preceded me in elaborating on the important subject of human security. I will therefore be brief.
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the Assembly for organizing this important debat…
At a time when the world has been hit head-on by crises of all sorts related to finance, energy, food and identity, and when doubt, intolerance, mistrust, selfishness and isolationism have supplanted tolerance and fraternal solidarity among peoples, the holding of this important dialogue among relig…
We have every confidence in the impartiality of the International Court of Justice and the role it must play in international conflicts to preserve the primacy of international law. The Union of the Comoros is also attached to the fundamental principle of respect for the territorial integrity of Sta…
We fully align ourselves with the statements made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, by Ambassador Friday on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group and by the representative of Came…
There is only one, indivisible China, and Taiwan is an integral part of the People’s Republic of China. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States is a principle of the Charter of our universal Organization. Therefore, my country rejects inclusion of this issue in the age…
As this is the first time I am taking the floor, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on behalf of the delegation of the Union of Comoros, for your well- deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.
My delegation supports the “one China” poli…
Taking the floor for the first time before this Assembly, it is my genuine pleasure warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Your election was a personal honour to you and a recognition of the diplomatic skills that we all a…
First, I shall take this opportunity to say how greatly the Government of the Comoros appreciates this meeting, which allows us to consider the root causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa and to discuss progress in the implementation of the New Pa…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Comoros and on my own behalf, to congratulate you warmly on your election to preside over the work of the General Assembly at its fifty- ninth session. Your task is by no means an easy one, but it is an honour to you personall…
A year has gone by since the entire world mourned the victims of the World Trade Center tragedy and condemned the barbaric acts most formally. Today, from this rostrum, on behalf of the Union of the
Comoros and the Comorian people, I wish to evoke the memory of all those who in the United States an…
My delegation is pleased to address the issue of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Designed by Africans for Africans, this new framework for development, with all of its objectives for remedying the continent’s major problems, has today crystallized our leaders’ awareness of the …
On behalf of the Comorian delegation, which I have the honour to lead, and on my own behalf, I offer you, Sir, our warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. We express the ardent hope that our work, under your enlightened leadership, will be …
It is written in the Holy Koran,
“Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah.” (III:110)
(spoke in English)
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made yesterday by the represen…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Islamic Federal Republic of Comoros.
I merely wish to give some necessary clarifications in response to what was said by my colleague from our neighbouring State, the Foreign Minister of Ma…
