Mr. President, I should like at the outset to thank you for your leadership and for sharing your vision.
Strengthening and reform of the United Nations aim to restore the Organization’s centrality in the system of international relations, ensure the rule of international law and of the Charter, reb…
I would like join other speakers in thanking the Chinese delegation for having introduced this initiative, of which my country has been a sponsor since its introduction.
Meeting here, our heads of State and Government proposed in the Millennium Summit Declaration that we enhance our citizens’ healt…
During the 1990 World Summit for Children and the special session of the General Assembly on children in 2002, many commitments were made to improve the standard of living of all children throughout the world, to increase their chances for and materials necessary for survival, to improve health and …
Barely a year ago, we held a special high- level session of the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). On that occasion, the international community expressed its full support for that initiative aimed at achieving
Africa’s sustainable development. Nevertheless, t…
In recent months, another very dangerous and unacceptable act — the construction of a wall of separation on Palestinian land — has been added to a long history of occupation, aggression, illegal settlements, massive flagrant and systematic violations of human rights, State terrorism and extrajudicia…
The Security Council is not shouldering the “primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security” that United Nations Members confer on it, and the Council is no longer “carrying out its duties under this responsibility” or acting on the behalf of Members. Frequently, the …
The annual report of the Security Council offers the sole practical opportunity available to all Member States to discuss the Council’s work in depth.
This is the second time that a brief analytical summary has been included in the report; although insufficient, it marks a step forward towards the …
The Millennium Declaration states, “We ... have gathered ... to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world” (resolution 55/2, para. 1). It continues, “We have a collective responsibility to uphold the principles o…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and to express my gratitude for the presidency of Ambassador Jones Parry.
The delegation of Cuba strongly condemns the military attack launched by Israel on 5 October against the Syrian Arab Republic in flagrant violation of the …
The delegation of Cuba has listened attentively to the address of the Czech Republic and regrets that it has been used to attack Cuba. In the trials in March and April 2003 that were mentioned in this speech, a group of mercenaries who were paid and instructed by the United States in its political a…
Last century bore witness to two terrible world wars, in which over 80 million human beings perished. It later seemed that, due to the lessons learned, the United Nations Organization was born so that war would never again occur. The Charter, adopted in San Francisco nearly 60 years ago, proclaimed …
The special session of the General Assembly devoted to
combating HIV/AIDS, held in June 2001, gave significant political impetus to confront this pandemic. Nevertheless, a vast gap between the rich and the poor and between North and South still prevails in our world. We live in a world where one fi…
The aggression of the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraq deserves strong condemnation and should be stopped immediately. The Security Council should fulfil its primary responsibility in the restoration of the international peace and security that have been shattered by this act of agg…
We are deeply honoured to see Guinea preside over the Security Council on this historic occasion.
The significance of the United Nations is beyond any doubt. That is not what is being decided at this table. Nobody can seriously claim that humanity could
do without the collective security system an…
In order to save time I will read a condensed version, and I wish to place on record the full version of my statement.
The series of terrorist attacks in the most diverse parts of the world that followed the criminal acts of 11 September, the State terrorism against the Palestinian people and the s…
The impressive anti-war demonstrations that took place all around the world on Saturday, 15 February; the opinion polls; the productive and substantial ministerial debate held on 14 February in the Council; the prudence and objectivity of the
presentations given by the Executive Chairman of the Uni…
The debate on agenda item 36, on the situation in the Middle East, comes at an extremely critical moment, in the absence of any current negotiations in the search for peace amid an unprecedented spiral of violence. There are no signs anywhere of the possibility of beginning a constructive and seriou…
Our debate today on item 35 of the General
Assembly on the question of Palestine is taking place on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Since this item was discussed last year, the tenth emergency special session was resumed for the seventh time, and the Security Counci…
We thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei for his presentation of the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (A/57/L.14). We also wish to welcome the entry of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan and Seychelles to the IAEA membership.
Following up on the announcement made by the Minister for Foreign Re…
Scarcely a year ago, we held an urgent special session of the General Assembly to confront the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects and to coordinate and intensify national, regional and international activities to combat the pandemic in an integrated way. At that time, 36.1 million people were li…
