It is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to stand here and speak on behalf of the Gambia and the President of the Republic of the Gambia, His Excellency Al Hadji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh.
First of all, I thank Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, for the opportunity of this moment, as we ga…
It is indeed a great privilege for me to stand here to deliver the message of His Excellency Al Hadji Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of the Gambia.
“It is 10 years since the holding of the Millennium Summit, in September 2000, when we, who constitute the leadership of the Member Sta…
My delegation welcomes the convening of this high-level meeting of the General Assembly on transnational organized crime. The meeting provides an opportune moment to take stock of our collective efforts and actions against transnational organized crime and of the United Nations Convention against Tr…
The Gambia aligns itself with the statements made by His Excellency Mr. Shekou M. Touray, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone and Coordinator of the Committee of Ten, and by His Excellency Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt, on behalf of the African Group and the Non-Alig…
The Gambia associates itself with the statements made during this debate by Tunisia and Sudan on behalf of the African Group and the Group of 77, respectively. In my turn I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports on the items under discussion.
This statement will spe…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate to discuss the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Implementing the responsibility to protect” (A/63/677).
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the mem…
Please allow me to extend words of gratitude and commendation to King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, for his vision and foresight in initiating this high-level meeting. Also, the United Nations sponsorship and promotion of the culture of peace …
I bring to everyone here greetings from His Excellency Al Hadji Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President and head of State of the Republic of the Gambia.
The legitimacy of multilateralism, which lies at the core of the United Nations system, is being increasingly questioned. Yes, with the launching of the fo…
It is with great pleasure and a sense of urgency that I accept this invitation to participate in the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS on behalf of His Excellency Dr. Al Hadji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of the Gambia.
Allow me to express my delegation’s appreci…
Let me at the outset congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to reassure him of the Gambia’s full support and cooperation during his tenure in office. Let me also use this opportunity to express our appreciation of the excellent manner in which the ou…
My delegation has always maintained consistency in lending support to the entry of Taiwan to the United Nations. Over the years, the results have always been like this: a sort of refusal, and in some cases, a refusal that is baseless, without any legal or procedural support, as we witnessed in the l…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of African Member States on agenda items 62 (a), “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support”; 62 (b), “Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa”; and 48, “2001…
The Group of African States heartily congratulates Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, on his election by acclamation as the eighth Secretary- General of the United Nations, replacing Mr. Kofi Annan, who will be retiring from the Organization at the end of Decembe…
My delegation extends our heartiest congratulations to Ms. Al-Khalifa on her election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Her election signifies a most welcome rebalancing of the General Assembly towards greater gender parity and will certainly bring a breath of fresh ai…
The least developed countries (LDCs) are the poorest and weakest segment of the international community. The economic and social development of those countries is an imperative that challenges us all. We must rise to meet that challenge, because such high levels of poverty — spread among so large a …
First, let me congratulate the Secretary-General on his comprehensive and most instructive report on progress made by the United Nations in the prevention of armed conflict. My delegation concurs with the analysis of the factors that give rise to conflict and with the responses required to identify …
First of all, may I convey the apologies of President Alhaji Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh for not being able to attend the High-level Meeting, as a result of other pressing national duties. The General Assembly may recall that the Gambia will host the forthcoming African Union summit in early July 2006. That…
My delegation wishes to congratulate the Secretary-General for convening this important High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development and to associate itself with the statement made by the delegation of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
This meeting is long overd…
The report of the Security Council for the period 1 August 2004 to 31 July 2005 shows that progress has been achieved in tackling problems related to peace and security in some countries and regions of the world. It thus lays down the building blocks for concerted action aimed at achieving even more…
I want to make an intervention on the statement you just made, Sir, concerning the reason why item 42 of the provisional agenda was not included in the agenda of the sixtieth session. In that connection, I want to clarify the fact that the time constraint due to the High-level Plenary Meeting was th…
