It is my privilege to speak in the debate on the agenda item on the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. I am grateful to the Member States of the Caribbean, who have worked to have this item inscribed on the agenda of the General Assembl…
We thank the Secretary-General for his reports on the integrated and coordinated
implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields.
We have to ensure the dialectic of the implementation of those conference…
We welcome resolution 61/16, on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council, and congratulate you, Madam President, on your leadership in bringing the negotiations on that resolution to a conclusion. Its adoption no doubt paves the way for the operationalization of the Council’s new functions, …
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for the reports that have been prepared for the discussions under this agenda item. We also thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Egeland, for the introduction of the reports. We appreciate the candid approach adopted in the report that identifies ar…
We thank the Secretary- General for his report entitled “Sport for Development and Peace: the way forward” (A/61/373). We note that the report reviews the achievements of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005, including the broad range of activities and initiatives carried out …
The delegation of India thanks the Director General of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for presenting the report of the IAEA to the General Assembly.
The Agency’s contribution was recognized through the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. ElBaradei and the I…
At the outset, I thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge
Rosalyn Higgins, for her detailed and comprehensive presentation of the report of the Court.
The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, is an important forum for the peace…
My delegation thanks the President of the Human Rights Council for forwarding the report of the Council (A/61/53). We convey our appreciation to him for steering the work of the Council in an effective and efficient manner. My delegation also conveys, through you, Madam, our full support to the Pres…
India, which holds the presidency of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization this year, is happy to introduce draft resolution A/61/L.5 on cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization.
The Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO…
We thank the Secretary- General for his fourth consolidated report on the progress in implementation and international support of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and other reports prepared for this joint debate. We associate ourselves with the statement made by the representati…
At the outset, Madam, let me join previous speakers in welcoming your
election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. On India’s behalf, I would like to assure you of our constructive support and wholehearted commitment to work with you to achieve both the larger goals of …
We congratulate you on your election, Madam, and on the efficient manner in which you have been conducting the work of the sixty-first session. We assure you of our constructive cooperation. We thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive
overview of the Organization’s main achievements and ch…
On behalf of the Government of India, I would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as the President of the General Assembly and on the successful organization of this important High-level Meeting to review the progress made in the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for t…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate the two Co-Chairs, the Permanent Representatives of Singapore and Spain, who have put forward several successive draft resolutions since May of this year in order to produce a final text that we could all live with.
Ideally, my delegation would have like…
I thank the President for convening this meeting. I am grateful for this opportunity — and for the very pleasant coincidence that I am speaking when you, Ambassador Diarra, are in the Chair once again, because you also happened to chair the last such debate in which I spoke (see A/60/PV.50). I think…
I am pleased to be here today and would like to thank the Secretary-General for the excellent arrangements and documentation.
India is a country with over a billion people, of whom 400 million are below the age of 30. A young, mobile population and the rapid economic and social transformation that …
First of all, let me begin with a phrase used by Jawaharlal Nehru, who said that a
decisive moment is when an age ends and a new one begins. We have seen such a decisive moment this morning.
The United Nations has shown that, in spite of all its critics and the crescendo of criticism to which it h…
Madam President, let me join my colleagues in extending to you our heartfelt felicitations on your election.
International migration is a subject of much global interest at present. It involves people and has differing impacts on sending, receiving and transit countries, including on their economie…
Let me begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to you, Madam President, for scheduling this discussion on an important subject at such short notice. We also thank you, as well as the President of the Security Council, the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission, the Chairs of its country- …
By adopting the resolution on the Peacebuilding Commission, we are implementing the decision taken by our heads of State or Government in September and meeting the deadline set out in the outcome document (resolution 60/1).
We compliment you, Mr. President, for your efforts, and the co-Chairs of th…
