I wish to begin by welcoming Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to thank him for having presented the report (see A/64/257) reviewing the important activities undertaken by the Agency in 2008 in its various spheres of work and its contributi…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the comprehensive statement made here by the President of the Human Rights Council following his participation in the debate on the Council’s report (A/64/53) in the Third Committee — the expert negotiating body of the General A…
Before I introduce draft resolution A/64/L.11, I shall, with your permission, Mr. President, make a statement on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. I would like to start by expressing our appreciation fo…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for submitting the report (A/64/356) under consideration today and to the Court for playing an important role in developing international criminal law definitions and concepts to address…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his reports on the progress achieved in the implementation of the New Partnership
for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/64/204), on Africa’s development needs and the state of implementation of various commitments, c…
At the outset, I should like to say how gratified we are at the convening of these meetings in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, which was held in Cairo in 1994. I wish also to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General f…
Mr. President, on behalf of the African continent, allow me at the outset to congratulate our sisterly country, Libya, and you personally, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly, and to express our confidence that your leadership will lead to achieving the success to which we a…
Allow me at the outset to express our deep gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report on the work of the Organization (A/64/1) and for its clear
message that the huge challenges currently facing our world make it imperative to strengthen our collective multilateral action, with the U…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep appreciation to the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, for his valuable report on the work of the Organization (A/63/1). The report reflects a clear vision in addressing contemporary international issues, focusing on the imperative of enhancing organized …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the adoption of resolution 63/305 on the establishment of an Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of the General Assembly to follow up on the issues contained in the Outcome document of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic C…
I would like at the outset to express our appreciation for the convening of this plenary meeting to discuss the Secretary-General’s interim report on progress made in the implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/63/812). Egypt…
I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate, and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/189) on enhancing mediation and its support activities, submitted pursuant to the presidential statement of 23 September 2008 (S/PRST/2008/36), adopted under the presidency of Burkina Fa…
I would like to start by expressing my appreciation for the excellent and valuable briefing presented by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which the Council is debating today in order to provide th…
I should like to express our deep thanks and gratitude to you — my friend, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner — and your friendly country for the efforts that you have undertaken. I would like to say that we are truly and completely satisfied and reassured that the Council has finally succeeded in ad…
It is 10 days since the start of the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip. It is 10 days since the start of an operation of killing and methodical destruction by Israel against the people of Gaza. It is 10 days, and Israel is telling us daily that it is about to achieve its military ob…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the other members of the Security Council for rapidly responding to the request of the Group of Arab States that this emergency meeting be convened. We are grateful to the Secretary- General for attending this emergency meeting, which is being held to consider…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to convey to you the greetings of Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, who was looking forward to participating in today’s meeting of the Security Council in order to reiterate Egypt’s great interest in the issue of …
I have asked for the floor before the Assembly takes action on the draft resolution entitled “Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East” in order to address a technical issue related to the text of the draft.
While reviewing the draft resolution adopted by the Fir…
Under this agenda item we address the ongoing conflict situation in the Middle East region resulting from Israel’s continuing occupation of the Arab territories since 1967 and its non-compliance with relevant United Nations resolutions and relevant provisions of international law.
Israel continues …
Despite the convening of the Annapolis Conference to revive the Middle East peace process, new hopes for achieving a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and realizing the objective of establishing an
independent sovereign and viable Palestinian State before the end of 2008, this object…
