Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor on this important agenda item concerning cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations. There is an increased need to intensify this cooperation in order to address the challenges facing the international community today…
I would like, first, to thank the President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for having introduced the report before us.
We have been considering the issue of United Nations reform for years, and we have now reached the point at which we have to contempla…
It gives me great pleasure to address the Assembly today on the issue of the Olympic Truce, that is to say, the idea that humankind can achieve a universally conflict-free environment, even for a limited period of time. The warmest congratulations must be extended to the impressive and laudable effo…
The report transmitted to the Secretary-General on the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin (A/58/314) delivers a hopeful message that much of what needs to be done is being done, and that important efforts to protect cultural property are well on their way to bearin…
Three decades after the first AIDS case was reported, humankind is faced with a global and persistent humanitarian disaster that has gravely affected entire geographic regions. Our
inability to substantially contain the number of infections and to formulate multidimensional policies to combat the H…
Given the state of world affairs as we observe the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, one cannot but think how necessary and timely the culture of peace appears today.
We would like to extend our appreciation to the delegation of Bangladesh f…
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere condolences for the loss of life in beautiful Bali, Indonesia, due to terrorist attack.
We express our appreciation to Ambassador Martin Belinga-Eboutou of Cameroon for presenting the report of the Security Council in a most lucid way. We note the …
The report before us, which, under provisions of the Charter, the Secretary- General is expected to submit yearly to the General Assembly, is relatively short — definitely shorter than that submitted last year — revealing, at first glance, the determination of the Secretary-General to cut down on pa…
I would like, Sir, to extend to you my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I have no doubt that your long experience and proven diplomatic skills will successfully steer the work of this session. I would also like to extend my a…
On behalf of the Group of Asian States, I should also like to join
previous speakers in expressing heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Jan Kavan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, on his election to this most important post. We would like to a…
I would like, at the outset, to express the satisfaction of my delegation at the great number of countries that have sponsored the present draft resolution. This is a clear message of the importance that the international community places on the Olympic ideal. The great challenge now is to take the …
Cyprus associates itself with the statement made by the Belgian presidency of the European Union.
The Government and the people of the Republic of Cyprus have repeatedly and consistently expressed sorrow and concern about the collapse of the peace process, the escalation of violence and the loss of…
I am taking the floor in exercise of my right of reply to the statement delivered on 12 November 2001 by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. İsmail Cem, who, regrettably, did not hesitate to engage once more in the well-known rhetoric, replete with threats and misrepresen…
At the outset, Sir, let me say that I am very happy that you are presiding over this Assembly. I could not sit by and listen to my country’s name being mentioned as a victim of occupation and not take the floor. It is indeed occupation. General Assembly resolution 37/253 was adopted in this very Hal…
The Charter of the United Nations considers dialogue to be a means of harmonizing international relations and resolving differences among States. It places dialogue at the highest peak of human endeavours, for the promotion of peace and the solution of international problems. The item under consider…
The increasing demands on the Security Council for responses to conflicts, threats and breaches of peace, and the magnitude of the tasks it is called upon to undertake, are evident in the Council’s report (A/56/2), covering the period between 16 June 2000 and 15 June 2001. The 173 formal meetings, t…
I should like at the outset to reiterate my delegation’s profound sorrow and sense of solidarity with the Government and the people of the United States in the face of this calamity which has befallen them, and to condemn unequivocally these criminal and barbaric acts, which we consider an attack on…
I regret that I have to take the floor in response to the statement made by the representative of the Republic of Turkey. The representative of the Republic of Turkey referred to the statement of one delegation — meaning the statement of the Republic of Cyprus made earlier this morning — with refere…
I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. I would like also to convey my appreciation to his predecessor, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for the determined and effective leadership with which he guided …
I should like to announce the decision of the candidate Mr. Demetrakis Stylianides of Cyprus to withdraw his candidature for election to the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Fo…
