I wish to congratulate you, Sir, for having organized this important meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Furthermore, I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, for the clarity of his briefing and the enlig…
At the outset, I would like to warmly welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, a country with which my country has excellent relations. I also welcome Mr. Skender Hyseni and thank him for his kind words on my country’s election to the Security Coun…
Gabon would naturally like to associate itself with the heartfelt words of solidarity and condolence offered by previous speakers towards the people of Haiti following the tragedy they have just experienced. The brotherly people of Haiti should know that we are shoulder to shoulder with them in thes…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January. I would also like to thank Ambassador Kafando of Burkina Faso for the loyalty and effectiveness with which he guided the Council’s work during the month of December…
It is an honour for my delegation to take the floor. Allow me at the outset to congratulate and express our gratitude to President Sang-Hyun Song for his well-informed presentation of the report of the International Criminal Court (see A/64/356).
My delegation endorses the statement made by the Amb…
First, I would like to warmly congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. I would also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the Assembly at its sixty-third session, for t…
At this time of deep mourning for the people of Gabon and for all of Africa, we wish to express our profound gratitude to the representatives of the various regional groups and to the Member States who have taken the floor during this plenary meeting to pay such a vibrant tribute to the late Preside…
At the outset, on behalf of His Excellency El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and head of State, whom I have the honour to represent here, I should like to sincerely congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. Y…
Before I read out a statement on behalf of Mrs. Angélique Ngoma, Minister for the Family, Child Protection and the Advancement of Women of the Republic of Gabon, who could not be with us today, I would like, on behalf of the Government of Gabon and on my own behalf, to express our great indignation …
At the beginning of my statement, I would like to convey my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- second session. Your election, Mr. President, constitutes undoubtedly significant recognition of your country for its prioritized …
Madam President, I should like at the outset sincerely to congratulate you on your well-deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election represents not only a mark of considerable recognition for the Kingdom of Bahrain, which has tirelessly worked to p…
I, too, should like to congratulate President Eliasson on the excellent manner in which he is guiding the work of the Assembly during this meeting, which is a midterm review of the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted on 27 June 2001.
Since the adoption of that strat…
Our common Organization — the indefatigable proponent of peace and human dignity — deserves high commendation for the decision to hold this High-level
Dialogue on International Migration and Development. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, on the high …
Mr. President, your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is indisputably an historic moment, which Gabon appreciates fully, since your country has succeeded Gabon in this post. Thus, I should like to congratulate you most warmly on behalf of my delegation and assure you…
I would first like to welcome the holding of this High-level Dialogue, which gives us an opportunity to take stock of the progress made in the area of financing for development, as well as to look towards our future efforts.
I associate myself fully with that statement made by Jamaica on behalf of …
It is a tremendous honour and a genuine pleasure for me to address the Assembly at this High- level Meeting on the midterm review of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010.
However, Madam President, before I go on, allow me once again, on behalf of His Ex…
My delegation is very proud and happy to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly with such outstanding competence. My delegation would also like to say that it is grateful to the Secretary-General for the high quality and succinctness of the report ma…
First, I would like to align myself with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
I warmly thank you, Mr. President, and congratulate you on the outcome of your efforts, which testify to your perseverance and the quality of the work you have carried…
I wish at the outset to reiterate our feelings of solidarity and compassion to the Government of Haiti and the Government of the Dominican Republic following the natural disaster that has recently struck the populations of those two countries.
The Assembly has just elected me to preside over the fi…
A little more than a year ago, in this very Hall, the General Assembly held a debate devoted to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). During that important meeting, heads of State or Government of the African countries came to ask for the international community’s support in implemen…
