We thank you for organizing this debate on a matter of considerable importance, Madam President. We would also like to thank the Executive Director of UN-Women, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and the representatives of civil society for their briefings.
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Since this is the first time I am addressing you, Madam President, let me begin by congratulating you on ably steering the Council as the President for this month and by expressing our appreciation for the convening pf this quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Pal…
On behalf of the delegation of India to the United Nations, it is my honour and privilege to participate in this debate today and share our views on agenda item 11, entitled “Sport for peace and development”.
At the outset, we welcome the Secretary-General’s comprehensive report on the subject (A/6…
It is a distinct honour for India to participate today in this important debate on the development and welfare of Africa.
As a common expression of the collective vision for the socioeconomic development of Africa, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has made commendable progress. …
As we mark the twentieth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), India remains committed to the consensus reached at the ICPD and subsequent reviews. India has achieved substantial declines in infant and maternal mortality rates as a consequence of targeted …
I take the floor in exercise of our right of reply to respond to the reference made by the representative of Pakistan.
It is a matter of deep regret that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire and that their unprovoked fighting has led to the loss of civilian lives on the Indian side. Six persons have…
Regrettably, the Pakistani representative has once again taken the floor. We reject all the untenable and unsolicited remarks from the representative of Pakistan.
I take the floor to exercise India’s right of reply.
We reject in their entirety the untenable comments by the representative of Pakistan. We would like to remind the representative of Pakistan of what our honourable Prime Minister said today in this Hall:
“I want to hold bilateral talks with [Pak…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session.
It is a truly a great honour for me to address the Assembly for the first time as Prime Minister of India. I am humbled by the hopes and expectations of the people…
I take the floor in exercise India’s right of reply to the unwarranted references made by Pakistan’s Prime Minister in his statement. I would like draw the attention of the General Assembly to the fact that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have peacefully chosen their destiny in accordance with the u…
We would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this open debate. It not only allows us to focus on the multidimensional and evolving threat from the foreign terrorist fighters; it also underscores the need to correctly contextualize the problem and build the right narrative in order to …
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for the initiative that resulted in the adoption of resolution 69/1 by all 193 Member States this afternoon. We salute you for the alacrity shown in taking this initiative. Even in your first few days in office, you meet our high expectatio…
Let me begin by thanking you, Madam President, for organizing today’s debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš and Ambassador Zahir Tanin for their briefings. We also thank the Secretary- General for hi…
My delegation would like to join others in commending Ambassadors Seger of Switzerland and De Aguiar Patriota of Brazil for their exemplary role as co-facilitators for resolution 68/310, which we have adopted today.
We commend the General Assembly for adopting by consensus resolution 68/310, on str…
We commend the General Assembly for having adopted by consensus draft resolution A/68/L.61. The adoption of this resolution brings to a successful close the journey that we collectively undertook in June 2012 on crafting an agreement on a set of sustainable development goals. The path was rocky at t…
I take this opportunity to congratulate the United States on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for organizing today’s open debate on this issue of great importance and urgency.
Children constitute nearly one third of humankind and are our most valuable resource. Chi…
I would like to explain our position with respect to decision 68/557, which the Assembly has just adopted and which you, Mr. President, very kindly read out for us.
I would like to refer, in that context, to some of the sentiments and words that you, Sir, yourself used in your acceptance speech, in…
I thank the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the briefings that they have provided.
We welcome this opportunity to share our views on the subject of conflict prevention, which cannot but be of the utmost importance to the membership of the United Natio…
My delegation had the honour to negotiate resolution 68/302 to its logical conclusion on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. Although it was a lengthy period of protracted negotiations spanning nearly six months, the journey that we undertook from seemingly unbridgeable positions to the eventual so…
