The current General Assembly meeting is occurring at a very auspicious time for the Horn of Africa. Positive developments are under way in the region. The sad, painful chapter of domestic turmoil and regional conflicts is giving way to new vistas of internal resurgence and regional cooperation.
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Let me take this opportunity to thank Equatorial Guinea for organizing this open debate on the theme of silencing the guns in Africa, an important and timely topic for our continent. I also wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Simeon Oyono Esono Angue, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Coop…
I wish to congratulate China on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November.
For the past nine years in its appeals before the Council, the delegation of Eritrea has sought an end to the unwarranted punitive measures imposed on the people of Eritrea. The long-…
Eritrea welcomes the opportunity to interact with the President of the Human Rights Council and takes note of the report of the Council (A/73/53 and A/73/53/Add.1).
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Mozambique (see A/73/PV.31) on behalf of t…
Let me join previous speakers in conveying our congratulations to the President for her election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-third session.
Every year, this forum provides a suitable platform for Member States to broach critical issues of international peace and security and their r…
It is a great honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the Eritrean people, whose struggle to create a peaceful and cooperative neighbourhood is a matter of historical record. Three generations of Eritreans have paid the ultimate sacrifice to establish a regional order based on internatio…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, and Italy on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of November. I have the honour to address this meeting of the Security Council on behalf of the people of Eritrea who have, for
over half a century, been at the forefront of the struggl…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
The African Group welcomes this opportunity to have a dialogue with the President of the Human Rights Council, His Excellency Ambassador Maza Martelli, on the annual report of the Council’s activities during its e…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of Eritrea, who, for the past half a century, have been resolutely fighting for human dignity and regional stability. We have been at
the forefront of the struggle to combat and eradicate human tr…
It is another year and another session of the General Assembly. We meet in the same Assembly Hall and deliver our addresses from the same rostrum, yet no modicum of protocol can mask the gaping divide in our ranks. We live in an increasingly fragile, unjust and unequal world. A small minority holds …
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam, on the United States assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of April. I would like to thank the Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, His Excellency Ambassador K…
Allow me at the outset to convey my deepest sympathies to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation on the assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov in Ankara, and to the Permanent Mission of Germany on the tragic attack on innocent civilians in Berlin. Our thoughts are with the bereaved famil…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for giving my delegation this opportunity to address the Security Council. Allow me to also congratulate Senegal on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of November.
Eritrea believes that, once again, the Security Council has committed a grave injusti…
Allow me first to extend the deep appreciation of the people and the Government of Eritrea to you, Mr. President, for having organized this important event to pay tribute to the memory of one of Eritrea’s finest sons, Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay, who passed away last week after battling cancer f…
This year, the people of Eritrea have been celebrating the silver jubilee of their country’s independence in 1991. During the difficult years of the war for independence, very few people believed that Eritreans and their leadership were capable of that historic achievement, as the odds were overwhel…
At the outset, I would like to thank the presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela for having organized this open debate under the theme “Respect for the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as a key element for the maintenance of international peace and security”, …
I would like to thank the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in particular Ambassador Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño, for organizing today’s important and timely debate on
the working methods of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.
Given the complex and dynamic global environment, improving…
First of all, on behalf of myself and the Government of Eritrea, I would like to express our condolences to the Governments and the people and families of the victims of terrorism in France and other countries.
My delegation wishes to welcome the President of the Human Rights Council and takes note…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for giving my delegation the opportunity to participate in a meeting on an agenda item that directly affects my country. I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Chairman of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (…
It is my pleasure, at the outset, to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. I also wish to extend my deep appreciation to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Sam Kutesa, for his commendable efforts in conducting the business of…
