Let me begin, Sir, by paying tribute to your predecessor, Jean Ping, for his extraordinary work — above all on the world summit, but also throughout his year as President — and by offering my congratulations to you on beginning your year in office.
I should also like to express, on behalf of the Eu…
First of all, on behalf of the United Kingdom, let me thank everyone for supporting today’s resolution.
We should not underestimate what we face. The terrorism that today again has claimed the lives of innocent people — this time, queuing for jobs in Iraq — and has now disfigured countries in every…
Last year, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria claimed the lives of 6 million people around the world. Today, 100 million children are not where they should be, in school. Tonight, as every night, millions of men, women and children will go to bed hungry. Three reasons why what we do here today matters. …
The United Nations must come of age. It must become the visible and credible expression of the globalization of politics. The modern world insists that we be dependent on each other: we work with each other or we suffer in isolation.
The principles of the United Nations have always had a moral forc…
I will preface my statement with a short clarification. I am speaking now as a representative of the United Kingdom, not of the European Union.
I now have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Turkey and Croatia, th…
I join others in thanking Ambassador De La Sablière and his delegation for the very able manner in which France presided over the Council during the month of June; my delegation looks forward to an equally successful presidency under your leadership, Sir, this month.
I would like to thank Assistant…
One hundred fifty years ago, a scientist named John Snow became convinced that a contaminated well was at the centre of the cholera outbreak in London. He persuaded the authorities to remove the handle from the pump on the well. The epidemic subsided, and people’s lives were saved.
We meet here thi…
I should like to join others in thanking the Assistant Secretary-General for his briefing and, through him, to thank the Secretary-General for his end of mandate report (S/2005/310) on this important United Nations success story.
Like its European Union colleagues, the United Kingdom fully associat…
The end of the war in Europe 60 years ago was a turning point. It led to the construction of the General Assembly Hall and to the work that goes on within it. The war left the European continent, in the words of one historian, “a landscape with ruins”. The graveyards of Europe and war memorials in e…
On behalf of my delegation, Sir, we extend our congratulations to Brazil on assuming the presidency and offer our best wishes and our full cooperation in your programme of work for this month. May we also thank the Permanent Representative of Benin and his delegation and congratulate them on their o…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation, for having organized this important debate. We are grateful also to Under-Secretary-General Abe for his briefing. I would particularly like to welcome Ms. Kawaguchi and to thank her for her thoughtful and detailed remarks.
The United Ki…
There are numerous deaths to mourn today. As you have noted, Mr. President, Lebanon has lost its former Prime Minister.
I speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States in expressing our concern at the death of President Eyadema of Togo. We extend our condolences to the family of…
I want to begin by putting on record the United Kingdom’s appreciation not only for Ambassador Denisov’s briefing, but also for the work done by him as Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), and by paying tribute to the staff of the Russian delegation, who have worked hard to support the…
The United Kingdom would like to join others in thanking Ambassador Muñoz for his briefing today. The United Kingdom greatly appreciates the commitment that he has shown to the Committee through his visits overseas. Those visits have raised awareness of the work of the Committee and highlighted the …
I would like to begin by joining others in thanking Ambassador De La Sablière for his superb leadership of the Council’s mission. The delegation of the Netherlands has already delivered a statement on behalf of the European Union, and I associate my delegation with that statement.
I want to begin w…
The representative of the Netherlands will shortly be making a statement on behalf of the European Union in this discussion. The United Kingdom fully subscribes to that statement.
Like the two previous speakers, I should like warmly to welcome to this meeting Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Represen…
I, too, would like to begin with some brief remarks about the passing of President Yasser Arafat. We know that the Palestinian people are today feeling a tremendous loss. Yasser Arafat was a significant figure in the Middle East who played an important role. He led the Palestinians to acceptance of …
I would like to start by thanking the representative of Norway, who has just spoken on behalf of the member States of the Council of Europe, and to fully endorse that statement.
I would like to speak specifically about relations between the United Nations and the Council of Europe as an example of …
I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a statement for the United Kingdom. In doing so, I associate my delegation with the statement already made by the presidency of the European Union.
As we all know, 2005 will be a landmark year. Less than 12 months from now, heads of State and Government …
Mr. President, I offer my congratulations and those of my country on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.
Eighteen months ago, the United Nations faced divisions more serious than any since the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962. We all worried whether th…
