We are once again gathered to debate the obvious. There is general agreement that the Security Council needs to be reformed and enlarged in order to make it more representative of the general membership, and to enable it to discharge its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations more …
The Indian delegation has taken note of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), just presented by the Agency’s Director General, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei.
The Agency must be commended for bringing out a nuclear technology review, as it has for the past few years. The review cites …
Let me begin by congratulating Bulgaria, Cameroon, Guinea, Mexico and the Syrian Arab Republic on their election to the Security Council, whose report we are considering.
If we had to describe it in one word, we would call the report elephantine: it is huge, ponderous and, like the blind men of Hin…
On Monday, a few hours before the General Assembly began its debate on terrorism here, in India a suicide bomber drove his car, packed with explosives, into the compound of the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, while two accomplices sprayed bullets at anyone in sight. Forty people are dead …
Allow me to convey our congratulations to the President on his assuming the office of the President of the General Assembly. We are confident that his wise and able leadership will guide us through a session that has begun under a terrible shadow. We also place on record our appreciation for Mr. Har…
As this is the first time I have spoken in the plenary this session, let me express our outrage at, and condemnation of, the monstrous act of terrorism perpetrated recently on the host country, and express our sympathy and condolences to the bereaved, and deep regret over the immense material damage…
Mr. President, it is always a pleasure for my delegation to see you chairing plenary meetings of the Assembly. We appreciate your calling this meeting on this important subject.
Only a few years back, the General Assembly, acting on the Secretary General’s report entitled “An Agenda for Peace” and …
We are pleased that the General Assembly has adopted this resolution on the Firearms Protocol by consensus.
I want to make just one point: that in the negotiations in Vienna, the Indian delegation had expressed its unhappiness over the form which article 4 of the Protocol has taken. These reservati…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for arranging this meeting so expeditiously, and to the German delegation, led by Ambassador Kastrup, for taking the initiative to prepare the draft resolution and mobilizing support for it in such a short time.
We meet to discuss actions that in the twenty-fi…
We joined in sponsoring the draft resolution on assistance to El Salvador as a result of the earthquake of 13 January 2001 out of a sense of sympathy and solidarity. We now find ourselves affected by the same devastation.
I would like to express appreciation for the words of sympathy and concern ex…
Mr. President, it is a great pleasure to see you presiding in the very first month of Singapore’s current tenure on the Security Council. This is truly a remarkable inauguration of Singapore’s service on the Council. Your wisdom in identifying the topic of strengthening co-operation with troop- cont…
It is ironic that diamonds, a symbol of love, sublimity and purity, have been an object of desire for the rich and the mighty, who have used power, influence, guile, coercion and outright violence to acquire these stones. This has been the story since time immemorial. It is also our experience. Some…
The peace process that began in Madrid in 1991 infused new life into the efforts to end the Arab-Israel conflict, an issue which has been of high priority to the international community for decades. The Madrid peace process was envisaged as a process of direct negotiations proceeding along two track…
As we celebrate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the international community today underlines its support for the people of Palestine in their quest for peace and justice and for the realization of their legitimate goals and aspirations. We would like to reaffirm our …
At the outset, we would like to thank the Secretary-General for the reports that are under discussion today. They are comprehensive and respond to the importance that the international community attaches to the crucial issue of humanitarian assistance.
“Humanitarian” and “humanitarianism” are today…
At the outset, I express our deep gratitude to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab of Namibia, and Ambassadors John De Saram of Sri Lanka and Hans Dahlgren of Sweden, for guiding the work of the Open-ended Working Group in an exemplary manner.
The debate on this subject has now be…
At the outset, I would like thank Ambassador Hadi Nejad Hosseinian, Permanent Representative of Iran, for introducing the draft resolution before us and for the efforts undertaken by Iran in pursuing this theme over the past two years.
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his succinct r…
I compliment the Secretary-General on the comprehensive nature and the thought-provoking quality of the report (A/55/350 and A/55/350/Add.1) before us. We have read those documents with great interest and believe that the thorough examination and implementation of the recommendations contained there…
I have the honour of introducing the draft resolution contained in document A/55/L.20 entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. The text of the draft resolution has been jointly prepared by members of the Executive Committee of the Inter- Parliamentary Unio…
The Indian delegation has taken note of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) presented by the Agency’s Director General, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei. As a founding member of the Agency, India continues to play an active role in the work of the IAEA. We are particularly happy that th…
