The Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are an integral and eternal part of Iranian territory. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran categorically rejects any claim to the contrary, including the baseless claim raised in today’s meeting. Iran underlines that the measur…
Today, in the Assembly, the Prime Minister of the notorious Israeli regime made a series of entirely baseless allegations against my country. At this late hour, I do not wish to take the precious time of my colleagues to reply to such unfounded statements, which I will not dignify with an answer oth…
This morning, the Prime Minister of the friendly State of Kuwait referred in his statement to the three Iranian islands located in the Persian Gulf. In that regard, I would like to state the following.
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates its full sovereignty over the Iranian i…
At the outset, with respect to the appointment of Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi as Joint Special Representative of the United
Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, I should say that we are pleased to see him take up his new position. Taking into account his good reputation and broad experience in …
The representative of the Zionist criminal regime once again used the General Assembly, deviating from the topic on the agenda, to level baseless allegations against my country.
I do not want to tax the patience of this body to reply in detail at this late hour to those nonsensical allegations. How…
Earlier, the Assembly heard the representative of a main sponsor of State terrorism, the occupying Power in the Palestinian territories, make some unacceptable and insulting comments addressed to my country.
It is very regrettable that we give the floor in this body to those who are behind the most…
My country aligns itself with the statement delivered by the
Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of the States members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. My delegation also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General (A/66/762), which contains an update on …
Since I am the last speaker and, as it is lunchtime, I will shorten my statement; the full statement will be circulated.
Let me start by expressing our gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Ladsous, as well as Mr. Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), f…
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran remains fully committed to providing the widest possible
access without stigma and discrimination to care, treatment and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. However, I would like to put on the record my country’s reservation on …
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank the sponsors for presenting draft resolution A/66/L.45, entitled “Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. In that regard, I would like to make a few brief remarks.
It is evident that the resol…
Like other delegations that spoke before me, we would have preferred to postpone the consideration of this item so that all delegations may thoroughly examine the issue. But now that we are actually proceeding to take a decision on this matter, I would like to express support for the oral amendment …
At the meeting of the General Assembly held on 13 February (see A/66/PV.96), we expressed our views on the current situation in the Middle East and in Syria, and I will not repeat those points.
First, on the appointment of Mr. Kofi Annan as the Special Envoy to Syria, I would like to say that, cons…
My delegation voted against resolution 66/253, in line with our principled position that addressing the legitimate demands of the people through a peaceful and domestically led political process and free from foreign intervention is the only way out of a crisis. In the case of Syria, any attempt to …
With regard to today’s meeting of the General Assembly, I would like to express our views both on the procedures for convening this meeting and on the substance of the issue.
First, on the procedure, as my delegation explained this morning, we received the President’s letter dated 9 February, which…
The General Assembly is meeting pursuant to the letter we received only on Friday or Thursday evening, requesting the convening of this meeting.
Mr. President, I should say that with regard to your letter dated 9 February 2012, which was circulated to all Permanent Representatives, wherein you indi…
This explanation of vote pertains to section IX of draft resolution II, the text of which, for the time being, is contained in document A/C.5/66/L.19.
My delegation wishes to reiterate its commitment to adhering to internationally recognized laws, rules and regulations aimed at the prevention of ge…
At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2011/772*) and extend my warm greetings to our good colleague, Mr. De Mistura, whose mission in Afghanistan will …
We voted in favour of all resolutions under agenda item 53, including resolutions 66/76, 66/77, 66/78 and 66/79, in order to join other members of the General Assembly in showing our solidarity and sympathy with the Palestinian people.
My delegation wishes to re-emphasize, however, that it will con…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Meeting the internationally agreed development goals, particularly those related to addressing poverty and hunger, would mark a great achievement in shaping a world fre…
One delegation, in its statement today, used an incorrect name for the Persian Gulf. I would like to reiterate that the use of any name other than the Persian Gulf, which is the only and true geographical designation as historically established and universally recognized for the sea area between Ira…
