Allow me to begin by expressing my appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convening this meeting, to the Secretary-General for his thoughtful remarks on 20 January and to Ambassador Greenstock for his able leadership and his briefing to the Council.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a countr…
I should like to join previous speakers in briefly expressing our felicitations to you, Mr. President, and to your French predecessor, as well as our appreciation to Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei.
My country, as one of Iraq’s neighbours, is following attentively the situation concerning Iraq and its d…
I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to the Secretary- General for his personal commitment to Afghanistan and for his comprehensive and informative quarterly reports, presented over the past year on various aspects of the situation in Afghanistan. I would also like to thank his Special Repr…
The report before us tells of the ever-increasing severity of the
Israeli siege and control imposed on the Palestinian people in the occupied territories. My delegation is appalled by the continuation of the aggressive reoccupation of Palestinian cities and villages over the past year. The cycle of…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and detailed reports on various aspects of strengthening the coordination of United Nations humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.
The nature and extent of humanitarian situations have changed d…
I should like at the outset to convey my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for all his comprehensive and informative reports under agenda item 22, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”. All those reports certainly deserve great attent…
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General for initiating the new reform proposals aimed at transforming the United Nations into an effective universal Organization prepared to address global challenges. I should also praise the Deputy Secretary-General and her coll…
It is indeed a great honour for me to have the opportunity to address the General Assembly on the final review of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF). Let me seize this opportunity to reiterate my country’s full solidarity with Af…
It is indeed regrettable for all of us in the international community that we have to address an issue that is in itself undermining the very foundation of multilateralism, a principle that is the cornerstone of the functioning of the United Nations system.
The General Assembly adopted successively…
Let me begin by offering my delegation’s condolences to the people and the Government of Indonesia and to the families of those who lost their lives as a result of the recent brutal terrorist attack in Bali.
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Belinga-Eboutou of Cameron, the President o…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and also to commend your predecessor, Ambassador Tafrov of Bulgaria. I wish especially to thank the Secretary- General for his thoughtful and far-sighted remarks to the Council earlier this morning.
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I wish to begin by expressing my gratitude to the Secretary- General for producing a comprehensive and thoughtful report on the work of the Organization. This report bears witness to the extensive and unrelenting efforts made by the Secretary-General and his colleagues in the Secretariat to advance …
I am honoured and privileged to speak today on behalf of the Asian Group to welcome an Asian country to the United Nations family. We are extremely pleased to have among us the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, led by President Xanana Gusmão. We offer our most sincere congratulat…
This morning, the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates raised some unexpected claims against the territorial integrity of my country. Since we have clearly and repeatedly put on record our position on this issue on previous occasions, I need not go into details.
The Islamic Republic of Iran…
It is indeed a great honour for me to have the opportunity to participate in the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to consider how to support the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. What we have already heard this morning from the President of the General Assembly and from the…
I would like at the outset to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session and to assure him of the full support and cooperation of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran as he embarks on his crucial task. I would also like…
It is a great honour and a privilege for me, acting in my capacity as the Chairman of the Asian Group, to congratulate the Swiss Confederation on its admission today to membership of the United Nations. We are profoundly glad to welcome to this Hall the Swiss delegation, whose presence here has furt…
The Israeli regime, in pursuit of its bloody campaign and its racist and aggressive policy, is employing more vicious measures against the defenceless Palestinian people. It has once again reacted excessively and disproportionately in the occupied territories, killing and injuring dozens of civilian…
I wish to begin by thanking you, Sir, for holding this open debate on an important development in the Security Council, which is of great importance to the general membership of the United Nations.
The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) has thus far been a stabilizing
factor…
I will not speak again to explain all the aspects of this issue. I think that the result of today’s vote shows who is the biggest threat to peace and security in the world.
