My delegation wishes to congratulate Her Excellency Joan E. Donoghue on her election as a judge of the International Court of Justice.
Nonetheless, my delegation would like to underline that articles 2 and 9 of the Court’s Statute provide the only criteria for electing qualified candidates to the p…
Let me first express our condolences and convey the sincere empathy of my Government to the people and the Government of Pakistan for the loss of life and the suffering caused by recent events in the country.
I wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Ali Treki, President of the General Assembly, His Excel…
The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the convening of this special meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
Transnational organized crime, including the smuggling of and traffick…
I have never seen this Chamber as crowded as I see it today, so I must welcome all my colleagues who are here to watch this debate. It reminds me of the football game between the United States and Iran at the World Cup in 1998: the whole world was watching it.
Before entering this Chamber, I was re…
It would indeed be nice if we could expunge or bypass our historical memory. However, we live through history, and historical experiences linger in our minds. History has not stopped; it is with us to this very moment. It sounds extremely naive to forget the past while it follows us into the future.…
Madam President, I wish to begin by congratulating you and your colleagues at the Permanent Mission of Lebanon on your country’s assumption of the Council’s presidency for the month of May, and to thank you for convening this open debate on the work of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council o…
At the outset, allow me to express my appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for designating 22 April as International Mother Earth Day. I would like to express my gratitude to the Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, which introduced resolutions 63/32, entitled “P…
At the outset, we align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The role of national policies, domestic resources and national development strategies cannot be overemphasized. However, the eradication of poverty, securing sustainable …
We have today adopted another resolution on the follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48), and I would like to explain the position of my delegation on that resolution.
We voted in favour of resolution 64/254. However, we want to put on re…
After such a harsh and cold winter, let me talk about our longing for a joyous spring. Let me talk about Nowruz, the new day, the festival of revival and rebirth on our planet and in our souls.
In the words of Jalaluddin Rumi, the great Persian poet,
“Nowruz has arrived and the beloved’s message h…
This is the second consecutive year that we are enjoying the opportunity to express our gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for his particular attention to the long-standing and important issue of the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, as inscribed on
the working age…
My delegation joined in the consensus adoption of resolution 64/126, entitled “Credentials of representatives to the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly”. However, my delegation would like to express its reservations on any part of the report contained in the document that may be construed …
My delegation will join consensus on the draft resolution contained in document A/64/450, entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization”.
With regard to paragraph 2 of the draft resolution, which takes note of…
My delegation would like it put on record that it did not participate in the decision on resolution 64/68, on “Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region”, based on reasons outlined in the First Committee.
I wish to place on record here in the General Assembly that my delegation has voted in favour of all the resolutions adopted today under the agenda item entitled “Question of Palestine”, namely, resolutions 64/16,
64/17, 64/18 and 64/19. We have also voted in favour of resolutions 64/20 and 64/21, …
At the outset, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I wish to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine in their tireless efforts and unwavering determination to pursue their national aspirations and in their courageous struggle to defend and …
The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran joined the consensus today on resolution 64/291, entitled “Follow-up to paragraph 143 on human security of the 2005 World Summit Outcome”, with a view to continuing consideration of the notion of human security within the framework of the General Assemb…
The Islamic Republic of Iran would like to endorse the salient points raised by the representatives of Lesotho on behalf of the African Union, Suriname on behalf of the Caribbean Community, Nauru and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We believe that the issue at stake is the integrity of the Uni…
I wish to pay tribute to you, Mr. President, for convening this joint debate and for giving due attention to Security Council reform in the agenda of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Let me express my gratitude to the delegations of Uganda and Austria for preparing and introducing t…
Allow me to extend our gratitude to the Secretary-General, his Special Representative, Mr. Kai Eide, and all their colleagues in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for their firm commitment and valuable dedication to strengthening peace and stability in Afghanistan.
The central ro…
