As representative of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), it is my privilege to speak in this debate on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. My country, like all of Africa, clearly attaches particular interest to this cooperation, …
The United Nations commemorated this morning the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, at which all speakers, whether representatives of organizations or major political bodies, recognized the need for the international community to continue to be involved in this issue in ord…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of China, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Viet Nam and Algeria to introduce document A/54/L.46.
This is the first time that two draft resolut…
At the end of this century that has seen man firmly take control, open up new frontiers and assert his mastery over nature through scientific and technological progress, our planet finds itself at the same time swept into great disturbances of various magnitudes and duration. Whether created by man …
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of African States.
Ten years ago, breaking with a shameful inaction vis-à-vis the children of the world, especially the hundreds of millions among them left to their own devices, with neither rights nor protection, robbed of their childhood and condemned to hope…
My delegation would like first of all to pay a well-deserved tribute to the Secretary-General for the consistently remarkable way in which he has been guiding the work of our Organization, and to convey our thanks for his concise and complete report on the work of the Organization. As this is the la…
Before the decade that is now coming to a close, the international community had never so thoroughly understood the global nature of the challenges facing it — especially those in the social sphere, in which it had never taken a great interest. Suddenly, conferences and summits followed one another …
It is indeed a pleasant duty to submit to you, Sir, on my own behalf and on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whom I have the honour of representing here, my heartfelt congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Secur…
Fifty years ago today, at the end of a long nightmare during which the most heinous atrocities were committed in plain sight, mankind kept a date with history by adopting a body of norms and values designed to restore human dignity and endow the human being with the status of citizen of the world, e…
My delegation regrets the fact that document A/53/584 was made available in all languages only yesterday. We hope that in the future documents on which we are working will be available in good time and in all the languages of the Organization so that delegations can be properly prepared. We hope tha…
Yesterday we attended the large-scale meeting in commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which was also attended by the representative of the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Security Council and many other deleg…
My delegation is very pleased by the opportunity offered to us today, one year after the adoption by this Assembly of a new batch of reforms, to evaluate how far we have come since then and to exchange, with clarity and tranquillity, our opinions, analyses and — why not — our proposals
The United N…
I wish at the outset to convey our appreciation and gratitude to the former Bureau of the Group for its outstanding work over the past year and, in particular, to Ambassadors Breitenstein and Jayanama, whose threw themselves into an exercise that was all the more arduous and fraught with risk becaus…
Less than six months ago the Secretary-General submitted a very rich report that, for the first time, clearly and lucidly analysed the long-standing and new problems affecting
Before turning to a few specific aspects of the report, I should like, as I did before the Security Council, to recall a nu…
A unanimous tribute has been paid to you, Sir, and, through you, to your country, Uruguay, by your election to the presidency at this session of the General Assembly. I am pleased to join in that tribute by congratulating you on this well-deserved distinction and wishing you all success in the disch…
I should like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Didier Opertti preside over this high-level intergovernmental meeting on the resumption of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership, which, I hope, will provide us with ne…
I have the honour to introduce today the reports of the Fifth
Because the relevant reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on some issues on its agenda for the last part of the resumed fifty-second session — as contained in document A/C.5/52/L.57 — were unavailab…
I wish to join other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, and in thanking you for the way in which you have guided our work at this session. I also thank the Vice-Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of th…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, the great pleasure it gives me to see you presiding over the Security Council with such skill and competence and in a manner that commands our respect and admiration.
I should also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to the representative of Kenya, Mr. …
I apologize for taking the floor. I had not planned to, but my delegation feels that it now must do so. Without embarking upon a debate of substance, my delegation would like to associate itself fully with the statement of the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
My d…
