The Non-Aligned Movement Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly and the Reform of the United Nations welcomes the adoption by consensus of the draft resolution contained in document A/58/L.49/Rev.1 on the revitalization of the General Assembly.
The Non-Aligned Movement Working …
Document A/58/35, which is before us today — the report of the Palestinian Rights Committee — draws up an exhaustive and well-documented list of the exactions and brutalities committed by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people and thereby places our review of the question of Pal…
I have the honour to speak on behalf the Non-Aligned Movement Working Group on the revitalization of the General Assembly and the reform of the United Nations.
Mr. President, the main point that the Non- Aligned Movement Working Group wishes to convey today is its strong support for your continued …
There is no doubt that, without peace there can be no
development. In many African countries facing conflict, development efforts — even when still possible — have inevitably been eroded. Notwithstanding the important progress that has been made in peace-building and development in recent years, th…
At the outset, I would like to echo some ideas developed by the Secretary-General in his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, adopted by the United Nations in September 2000, particularly with regard to peace and security and thus the role of the Security Council.
First of al…
I would like to thank Ambassador John Negroponte, the Permanent Representative of the United States and current president of the Security Council for the month
of October, for his comprehensive introduction of the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
An analysis of the Ch…
I should like first to convey to you, Mr. President, my warm congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We have every confidence that, thanks to your experience, skill and dedication, you will successfully carry out your difficult task. You will certain…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for having agreed so promptly to the request of the Arab Group to hold this open meeting to consider an event of extreme gravity that has imperiled international peace and security just a few days after many world leaders came to the United Nations to …
It has taken so much loss of human life; such unspeakable horror and terrible destruction; the bloodcurdling terror of millions of innocent people subjected to a horrible campaign of shock and fright, coldly conceived and planned; and hundreds of millions of people crying tears of blood before the f…
Tension is now at its height and the international community is holding its breath as the Security Council prepares to take a painful and wrenching decision, fraught with consequences both for international peace and security — since the issue at hand is nothing less than the authorization of the us…
Permit me at the outset, Sir, very briefly to congratulate you and your predecessor, Ambassador Jean-Marc De La Sablière. I also wish to thank you for having granted the request of the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement to convene this open debate on an issue that has continued to be central t…
My country joined the consensus on the important draft resolution that we are about to adopt because we believe that, despite its shortcomings and ambiguities, this text is generally satisfactory and is geared towards the necessary reform and essential strengthening of the Organization that we all d…
The item on the question of Palestine is being considered this year against a particularly disturbing backdrop, with a very serious deterioration in the political, security and humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the absence of any prospect for a settlement of the I…
The item that we are considering today, on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, gives us an overview of the interaction that can exist between the United Nations and those organizations and of the potential for synergy in such cooperation, which, engaged in wi…
Permit me first of all, Sir, to convey my sincere congratulations to the Secretary-General for his initiative in submitting a new series of proposals for reform in his report entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change” (A/57/387). This is a praiseworthy initiative th…
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his exhaustive reports on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (A/57/172) and on the impleme…
First of all, I would like to express my pleasure and confidence at seeing you, Mr. President, presiding over the work of the Council at this very delicate moment in international relations. I know that your experience, abilities and fine human qualities will be severely tested during the next two w…
I should like to begin by thanking the President of the Security Council for October, Ambassador Belinga-Eboutou of Cameroon, for his detailed introduction of the Council’s report, submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with the relevant provisions of the United Nations Charter.
On behalf …
At the outset, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the Secretary-General for the report on the Organization’s activities (A/57/1) as well as his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration (A/57/270), adopted in September 2000 by the United Nations. While the former report p…
On behalf of the Arab Group in New York, it is my distinct pleasure to express our warmest congratulations to Her Excellency Shaikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election as President of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. This choice by the member States is a source of pride for Bahra…
