I thank you once again, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting.
India aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
We warmly congratulate the Permanent Representatives of El Salvador and Slovakia on the…
Today’s debate is an important occasion to reflect upon the critical role played by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in supporting its member States in their pursuit of nuclear power in a safe and secure manner, in highlighting the nuclear applications in various sectors like food, agri…
We thank the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy- Fisslberger, for her comprehensive briefing and convey our deep appreciation for the smooth and effective
manner in which she has conducted the deliberations of the Council.
The strength of the Human Rights Council lie…
Allow me at the outset to thank Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, for his detailed and comprehensive presentation of the report of the Court, as contained in document A/75/4. I also thank him and Vice-President Xue Hanqin for guiding the work of the Court.…
I am exercising India’s right of reply to the diatribe that we heard this morning from the Prime Minister of Pakistan (see A/75/PV.10).
This forum witnessed today a new low on its seventy-fifth anniversary. The leader of Pakistan today called for those who incite hate and violence to be outlawed. B…
On the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for your leadership and commitment to producing an outcome document at the end of this process. We also thank Ambassadors Adela Raz and Ivan Šimonović for their efforts to bridge divergent positions among Member States in this process.
My delegation has been…
On behalf of India, Chair of the Kimberley Process for 2019, I have the great pleasure of introducing draft resolution A/74/L.39, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to preventio…
I thank the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization (A/74/1) and for his briefing today on his priorities for 2020 (see A/74/PV.54). We are also grateful to the President of the General Assembly for his innovation in engaging an interactive question-and- answe…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council in the very first month of Viet Nam’s current term as a member. I also thank you for convening this debate at the start of the year in which we observe seventy-fifth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations…
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed. Those words were enshrined into the Constitution of UNESCO more than seven decades ago, at a time the world was emerging from the gloomy shadows of the two world wars. Since then, under th…
Our people are our greatest asset. There is no investment more beneficial than investment in the good health of people. Investing in health is investing in poverty alleviation, in generating jobs, in enhancing productivity and in ensuring inclusive economic growth and healthier, safer and fairer soc…
Oceans are the world’s single largest ecosystem, covering nearly three quarters of the Earth’s surface and thereby providing a massive arena for emerging complex and interconnected development issues such as climate change, livelihoods, commerce and security. Water has provided a harvest for humanki…
We associate ourselves with the statement delivered by the observer of the State of Palestine on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
We would also like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Bhutan and Austria, for their leadership and dynamism in the facilitating the negotiations on the Politi…
I would like to begin by thanking all delegations that participated in the consultations on this year’s draft resolution (A/74/L.13), in particular our German colleagues, for having so ably facilitated the negotiations. We also appreciate the thoughtful statement of the Permanent Representative of A…
I thank the President for convening this meeting so that we can all gather here for the twenty-eighth consecutive session to articulate our views on the agenda item entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to t…
We thank the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its annual report for 2018 (see A/74/287) and thank the acting Director General of the Agency for providing additional information on the main developments in the Agency’s activities in 2019.
The report of the IAEA is an important publicati…
I thank the President for convening this important meeting. India aligns itself
with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
We extend our appreciation to the Permanent Representatives of Jordan and Slovakia, the co-Chairs of the Ad H…
India associates itself with the statements made by the observer of Palestine, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and Azerbaijan, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. We welcome His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Foreign Minister of Cuba, among us here today. We also th…
