First of all, I would like to thank the Senegalese presidency for convening this Security Council open debate on an issue that falls under the theme of the maintenance of international peace and security: water, peace and security. My delegation would like to thank today’s briefers — the Chair of th…
At the outset, Djibouti wishes to express its profound gratitude to the members of the Council for this opportunity to offer Djibouti’s perspective on the status of the mediation between Djibouti and Eritrea and to share some recent negative developments that constitute a violation of the Security C…
I have the pleasure and honour to speak today on behalf of the President of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Ismaël Omar Guelleh, and to participate in this high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
Djibouti aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative …
My statement concerns our position with regard to the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerate the Fight against HIV and to End the AIDS Epidemic by 2030, which the General Assembly has just adopted (resolution 70/266, annex). The Republic of Djibouti would like to reaf…
At the outset, Djibouti would like to express its gratitude to the delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt for its leadership in organizing this important debate of the Security Council on the theme “United Nations-African Union peace and security cooperation: Chapter VIII application and the futur…
I take the floor on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
While a period of extraordinary challenges is still evolving in the Middle East, a credible peace process towards a two-State solution remains a core priority of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. We reaffirm the per…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of African States to warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, as well as to wish h…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African Group.
The African Group thanks the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Accelerating the AIDS response: achieving the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration” (A/67/822) and takes note of its recommendations, as expressed…
In my capacity as the Chair of the group of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in New York, I am pleased to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.29, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation”. The draft resolution is consistent with the…
I would like to begin by extending my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I have no doubt that his skills and long experience in international matters are the best guarantee of the success for our work durin…
It is a genuine pleasure for me to take the floor on behalf of my delegation on the occasion of this High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the Group of 77 and Chin…
It is a great honour and source of pride for the Republic of Djibouti to take the floor at this High-level Meeting of the General Assembly devoted to HIV/AIDS. Allow me, at the outset, to convey to the Assembly the warmest greetings of the President of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Is…
I wish at the outset to commend President Deiss for having facilitated the holding of this meeting at the initiative of Bolivia, joined by more than 20 States, including my own, with the aim of providing a dialogue on the principal
challenges related to the realization of the human right to safe an…
It was a hopeful and inspiring moment when the world’s leaders at the Millennium Summit of 2000 pledged to meet aid goals critical to the development of the world’s poorest countries. The list of restraints and constraints to development continuously faced by the least developed countries remains la…
I take this opportunity, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I would also like to congratulate the Austrian delegation for its excellent
work last month. My delegation hails Burkina Faso’s outstanding work as a member of t…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting at the request of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab Group to consider the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, also known as the Goldstone report (A/HRC/12/48), following the reco…
I would like to begin by extending my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I also take this opportunity to place on record our sincere appreciation of Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann for his efforts and leadership…
It is with genuine pleasure and a tremendous sense of honour that I take the floor today before this august Assembly and that my country rises to the challenge of the generous invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, in order to participate in…
First of all, I would like to present to the Council my Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who has travelled here with me today.
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the manner in which you have been leading the work of the Council and for your delegati…
I should like to express my gratitude for the opportunity to address the General Assembly at this very special event on behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Djibouti and his Government. Allow me also to express our thanks to the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa and the Hi…
