The Eritrea delegation takes this opportunity to thank the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, who in his capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of October presented the annual report of the Counc…
I should like at the outset to join previous speakers in expressing sincere thanks and appreciation to the Secretary-General for his four special reports on the issues under discussion (A/59/CRP.3 to CRP.6).
The people of Eritrea, whose long association with the United Nations before independence w…
The Eritrean delegation is taking the floor in exercise of its right of reply against the slanderous statement made by the delegation of the Sudan in exercise of the right of reply to the statement made yesterday by the Eritrean Foreign Minister.
The history of the Sudan is a history of conflict th…
Allow me at the outset to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session. In light of the restraints on our time, I shall omit several acknowledgements and tributes that I should have liked to make and delve directly in…
The light was green; I was going by the green light.
In any case, I have reached the concluding part of my statement. Eritrea’s commitment to peace is clear and unqualified. Since the beginning of the conflict, the Eritrean Government has done what it could to resolve all contentious issues by peac…
At the 13th meeting the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia has accused the Government of Eritrea of endangering the peace process because it refused to enter into a dialogue with his Government to discuss the revision of the final and binding decision of the Eritrea/Ethiopia Boundary Commission. That is n…
On 10 December 55 years ago — a day that has since been celebrated as Human Rights Day — the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In the early days, not much attention was being paid to human rights, even by those who were regarded as the moral leaders o…
I did not say “stupid”, Sir. I am sorry. What I was saying was that it is amazing — if you want me to change the word — that one is now dissociating the Boundary Commission — which is the central institution of the Algiers Agreement and is mandated by the Security Council to reach a final and bindin…
We have just heard the Ethiopian representative on the question of aggression, on the question of pacta sunt servanda and the question of landmines. If I had the time, I would reply to the question of aggression, which we addressed in the plenary during the general debate and in the First Committee …
Allow me, at the outset, to express, on behalf of the delegation of Eritrea, our appreciation and gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report (A/589/260) on assistance in mine action. The Eritrean delegation considers that document to be comprehensive and balanced. It also brings into focus th…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report on the strengthening of the United Nations (A/57/59) and to express support for the proposals contained therein.
The Eritrean delegation associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Algeria on behalf …
The Eritrean delegation takes this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his informative report (A/58/136) on agenda item 51, entitled “2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa”.
My delegation participates in this debate anticipating that the r…
The Eritrean delegation takes this opportunity to extend its gratitude and thanks to the Secretary-General for the progress reports on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (A/58/352) and on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (A/58/…
Allow me to seize this opportunity to express appreciation to Secretary- General Kofi Annan for the comprehensive reports on the work of the Organization (A/58/1) and on the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Declaration (A/58/323). The reports are notable not only for their clarity, precisi…
I should like to begin by extending to Mr. Julian Hunte sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. The Eritrean delegation is convinced that, under his wise guidance, this session will address, with vision and courage, the challengi…
I just heard a series of half- truths and non-truths from the representative of Ethiopia, and therefore I must at least refer to two or three of the issues he raised.
The first issue is the question of dialogue. The representative of Ethiopia said that the Security Council, the Secretary-General an…
The Eritrean delegation is taking the floor to exercise its right of reply to the statement made by the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia relative to the Eritrea–Ethiopia peace process, in the interest of truth and to set the record straight.
It is true that the two countries signed the Algiers Agreemen…
Allow me to begin by extending gratitude to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his commitment to, and exemplary leadership in, the struggle against the catastrophic, global HIV/AIDS crisis. My delegation also takes this opportunity to thank him for his comprehensive report, contained in document A/58/…
The Secretary-General should be commended for his comprehensive report, contained in documents A/57/227 and A/57/227/Corr.1, submitted under the agenda item under discussion. I wish also to commend the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization for their va…
