Mr. President, I am delighted to see you presiding here today.
The presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Morocco and of other dignitaries clearly underscores the importance of the evolving situation in the Sahel for peace and security in the region. At the outset, I would like to thank th…
The Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea is the oldest Sanctions Committee among the Council’s subsidiary bodies and has completed two decades of existence. The Committee is unique in that it is mandated to cover two countries in the Horn of Afr…
Let me, at the outset, thank Judge Meron and Judge Joensen for their briefings and assessments of the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We also…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I wish you great success in your stewardship of the Council and assure you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation. I wish also to thank…
At the outset, please allow me to express our appreciation to the President for convening this discussion on the question of Palestine in the General Assembly. I also would like to thank the President of Palestine, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, for his statement yesterday (see A/67/PV.44).
I would like to con…
I take the floor to speak on the report of the Secretary-General contained in document A/67/201. At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and to compliment him
for his extremely informative and well analysed report on strengthening the institutional arrangements for the support of…
At the outset, I would like to express India’s appreciation to the President for scheduling this discussion. I also avail myself of this opportunity to commend the German delegation for coordinating the intergovernmental negotiations in an excellent manner, which has brought us the annual draft reso…
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of my country on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council. At the outset, let me place on record the Indian delegation’s appreciation fo…
My delegation thanks the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for preparing the annual report for the year 2011, as transmitted in the note by the Secretary- General (A/67/152).
The increasing global demand for energy, as well as concerns about climate change, volatile …
I extend my sincere gratitude to Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, for his comprehensive and detailed report (A/67/4) covering the judicial activities of the Court over the past year. I also thank him and Vice-President Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor for their leader…
At the outset, I would like to welcome you, Mr. President, to the Security Council and to thank you for presiding over this meeting. I would also like to thank the Guatemalan delegation for convening this debate, which is very important and timely. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki…
I am honoured to address the Assembly at today’s joint debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, progress in implementation and international support, and the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries. Allow me to convey our sincerest appreciation to the Secretary- General fo…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Guatemalan delegation for having organized today’s debate on the situation in Somalia. As the new authorities start their work in Mogadishu, it is a good time to deliberate upon the progress achieved so far, the challenges that lie ahead and how the internati…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their valuable statements.
The Arab world has been undergoing unprecedented transformation d…
I am honoured to speak before the General Assembly. At the outset, I thank Judge Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Judge Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), for their excellent presentations,
and congratulat…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. You carry an enormous responsibility on your shoulders, and I wish you the very best for the year ahead.
Many of us with long living memories thought that the decade…
I am taking the floor again to exercise our second right of reply in response to the untenable references made once again by the representative of Pakistan about the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is and has always been an integral part of India. We reject those remarks, which have no plac…
I am taking the floor to exercise India’s right of reply. The representative of Pakistan has regrettably made a gratuitous reference, totally out of context, to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. Such remarks deserve to be rejected in their entirety.
I am privileged to address the General Assembly today. Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Vuk Jeremić on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.
The annual report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/67/1) covers the wide spectrum of…
Let me begin by thanking the Guatemalan delegation for organizing today’s briefing on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Having started my career as an advocate, the topic under discussion is of special interest to me. I would also like to thank the President of the Special Court, The Honourable Ju…
