My delegation would like to put on record that it did not participate in the voting on resolution 65/85, “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”, based on reasons outlined by our delegation during the relevant meeting of the First Committee.
My delegation believes that draft resolution XVII is not a balanced text in terms of the obligations of nuclear- weapon States and the agreement reached by consensus at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conferences on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
The New START treaty lacks t…
My delegation joined the consensus today on resolution 65/137, just adopted, on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict. In fact, since the very first iteration of the resolution, my delegation has fully supported its main objective of breaking the link between the illicit trade in rough diamonds …
I should like to express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for according due attention to the longstanding and important issue of revitalizing the General Assembly by placing it at the core of the agenda for the Assembly’s work at its sixty-fifth session.
While my delegation associates itself wit…
I wish to put on record here in the Assembly that my delegation, in the spirit of solidarity with the Palestinian people and cause, and with other peoples under occupation, voted in favour of all the resolutions just adopted — resolutions 65/13, 65/14, 65/15 and 65/16 — under agenda item 37, “The qu…
The newly released reports on the question of Palestine, particularly the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/65/35), once again bear witness to the unfortunate reality that, in the period under consideration, the Israeli regime has continue…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate, which is an excellent opportunity for delegations to hear from the Chairs of the key subsidiary bodies of the Security Council and to provide input into their activities. I also wish to commend the Chairs of the Counter-Terrorism Committee …
At the outset, let me express my gratitude to the President of the Assembly for convening this joint debate and for paying due attention to Security Council reform within the agenda of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. My thanks also go to the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, …
Today, the General Assembly was briefed by Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the Agency’s main activities for the year 2009. His informative report (see A/65/140) indicates that the Agency is developing its activities in many areas of nuclear technology …
Allow me to extend our gratitude to the Secretary-General and Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and all his colleagues in that Mission for their firm commitment and valuable dedication to strengthening peace and st…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for his presentation, which has provided us with an overview of the developments and activities of the Council and the challenges that it is facing.
We welcome today’s meeting to consider the reports of the Human Rights …
The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its appreciation to the President of the International Criminal Court for submitting the sixth report of the Court, contained in document A/65/313. The report is unique in the sense that it contains the outcome of the first Review Conference o…
I wish to associate myself with the statement made at the 113th meeting by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
I would like to begin my statement with a wise proverb, which says, “A poor workman blames his tools”. As a tool, the Conference on Disarmament, through the …
We are here today for a joint debate on two interrelated agenda items in order to follow up on the progress of our work on the enhanced promotion of a culture of peace and the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations through interreligious, intercultural and intercivilizational dialogue and co…
I apologize for taking the floor again. This time, I wish to make some remarks relating to the representative of Sweden and the human rights situation in Iran and to the statement made by the representative of Ireland yesterday (see A/65/PV.20). I wish to say that, in referring to human rights issue…
This afternoon, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates raised unacceptable claims about the three Iranian islands located in the Persian Gulf, namely, Abu Musa, Tonb-e Bozorg and Tonb-e Kuchak. The Islamic Republic of Iran categorically rejects those remarks as unacceptable cla…
I have two points to clarify in exercise of the right of reply.
First, this morning the Prime Minister of the friendly State of Kuwait referred in his remarks to those Iranian islands located in the Persian Gulf. My delegation would like to make clear that there is no conflict whatsoever over those…
This evening, the delegation of Belgium made baseless allegations against the peaceful Iranian nuclear programme by considering it as a threat to the international non-proliferation regime. In this regard and in exercise of right of reply, I should like to state the following.
First, these allegati…
The Islamic Republic of Iran joined the consensus on resolution 64/298, which is the result of a compromise between Serbia and the European Union, with the understanding that the resolution is a call to relevant parties to resolve their dispute through peaceful dialogue. My delegation reiterates its…
The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening the second review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We appreciate the efforts of Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, in …
