First of all, I should like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at the very timely holding of this meeting of the General Assembly devoted to information and communication technologies (ICT) for development.
This meeting provides an ideal opportunity for exchanges of views among Member States, …
The Algerian delegation is delighted to see a man of your stature and experience presiding over the Council, particularly at a time when it is discussing ways and means of preventing and resolving the conflicts that continue to beset Africa.
In this connection, my delegation wishes to express its f…
At the outset, I should like to emphasize that, like many other delegations, the Algerian delegation has reached the point where it cannot but ask itself if yet another debate on the situation in the Palestinian territories, or even yet another resolution, could possibly have any meaning at all. Thi…
Let me start by saying how pleased we are, Sir, to see you presiding over the Security Council, and to convey to you the satisfaction I am sure I share with all other Member States at the uniformly praiseworthy manner in which you have conducted the work of the Council this month.
Our gratitude goe…
Mr. President, may I at the outset say how pleased I am at seeing you presiding over the Security Council and how satisfied I am, as I am sure are all Member States, for the entirely praiseworthy way that you have been doing so this far. My delegation is also very pleased to see Mexico return to the…
First of all, I would like to tell you, Mr. President, how much we welcome your important initiative of organizing a special meeting of the Security Council devoted to the situation in Africa. This initiative, crowning your country’s brilliant presidency throughout the month of January, once again b…
Beginning with this session, cooperation between the United Nations and the whole complement of regional organizations is being examined under a single agenda item. While we support this reform, the obvious goal is to rationalize the work of the General Assembly and make it more efficient, my delega…
Two years ago, Algeria, as the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), took the initiative to request the President of the General Assembly to establish the Working Group to follow up implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the c…
Our consideration of the question of Palestine is taking
place this year in the context of a disturbing deterioration of the situation in the occupied territories, which has been marked, on one hand, by the subjection of the civilian Palestinian population to unspeakable repression by the Israeli o…
Allow me at the outset to convey my thanks to the Secretariat for the high quality of the documents that are before us today as we consider the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit.
However, my delegation is surprised that neither the Secretary-General nor any representative of his are…
This session is taking place at a time when there is a new
international awareness of the global nature of problems of peace, security and development. The barbaric terrorist attacks against the United States on 11 September, and their alarming consequences, made it clear that terrorism is now a fa…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. This well-deserved honour attests to your diplomatic skills and to your personal commitment to the strengthening of the United Nations. It also represents a recog…
Allow me at the outset to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report on the final review of the New Agenda for Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF). The final review and appraisal of this New Agenda give us the opportunity to assess the efforts deployed both by the African…
Our debate on Security Council reform comes this year at a time marked by the growing discontent and sensation of frustration numerous delegations feel with regard to the Council. In a time when all institutions have striven to adapt to a new international reality, the Council still struggles to fin…
Article 24 of the Charter stipulates that in discharging its main responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, the Security Council acts on behalf of the Members of the Organization.
The Council is, therefore, supposed to submit annual reports and, if necessary, special reports t…
A year ago, during the Millennium Summit, here in the Assembly and in this very city — which has been so sorely tried but is still upright and more determined than ever in the face of adversity — we made a solemn commitment to build for future generations a world free of fear, hunger and ignorance. …
Our consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization falls this year on the very date on which the general debate had been scheduled to begin. The rooms and hallways of our Organization, which are usually bustling with life and activity at this time of year, bear …
At the outset I should like to express the pain and horror that we in Algeria feel following the appalling attacks on New York and on Washington. We vehemently condemn these acts and feel immense sympathy for the people and the Government of the United Nations, as well as for the families of the vic…
Thank you, Mr. President. I am particularly pleased to see a diplomat of your talent, your competence and your experience taking over at the head of the Council, whose summer break seems not at all to have lightened our agenda or reduced our responsibilities, from another brilliant diplomat, Ambassa…
Like others, my delegation welcomes the adoption of the resolution on human resources management and expresses its great appreciation of the work done by the representative of Pakistan, coordinator of the discussions on this resolution.
