I would like to sincerely thank all members of the Security Council for the valuable comments that they have made. The Government of Iraq will take all of these observations into consideration and will uphold its duties in accomplishing national reconciliation. It will play its role as a Government …
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to express our appreciation for the two briefings we have heard, by Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, and by Mr. Alejandro Wolff, the representative…
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to speak today on behalf of the Group of Arab States to express the Group’s gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Kofi Annan for his efforts of the past decade — the culmination of his more than 40 years of service to the United Nations. I wish to commend his tirele…
Mr. President, allow me to express our appreciation to Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar and President of the Security Council for this month, for introducing the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/61/2).
Despite the statist…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. Allow me also to convey my thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ashraf Qazi, for his statement earlier in the meeting.
We also thank Ambassador Jackie Sanders for her statement on behalf of the Multinational Force in Iraq. …
My delegation is taking the floor under agenda item 43, on the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin. Undoubtedly, that item is firmly based on the role of human culture in civilization, which is a characteristic of the development of all civilizations and their inter…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Ashraf Qazi, for his presentation and Ambassador Bolton for his report on behalf of the Multinational Force. I thank also the members of the Council for their statements regarding the situation in Iraq.
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The delegation of Iraq supports the decision taken by the General Committee on 12 September 2006 not to include in the agenda of the General Assembly, at its sixty-first session, item 41, relating to the proactive role of the United Nations in safeguarding security and peace in East Asia, and item 1…
There is no doubt that during the present session of the General Assembly, progress has been made in the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals, whose priorities were set out in the Millennium Declaration and in the outcome document (resolution 60/1) adopted by our heads of State or Governmen…
Allow me, at the outset, to express my appreciation to you, Madam President, for holding this important meeting to discuss a sensitive issue related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We also wish to thank Mr. Jan Egeland for his informative briefing.
My delegation has examined the r…
I thank the members of the Security Council for allowing me the privilege of addressing the Council today. In accordance with Security Council resolution 1637 (2005), and pursuant to Iraq’s request in a letter to the Security Council dated 27 October 2005 (S/2005/687, annex), the mandate of the Mult…
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the United States, for his tenure last month.
The past three months have been critical to Iraq’s t…
I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Council for again convening this important and timely debate on protecting civilians in armed conflict. Regrettably, this topic is all too poignant and relevant for Iraq, as it is in too many places around the globe. We suffer daily from repe…
In accordance with the political process endorsed by resolution 1546 (2004), Iraq’s general elections were successfully held on 30 January, initiating a peaceful transfer of power to the National Assembly, which convened on 16 March, and a Transitional Government, which was formed on 3 May. The nati…
I wish first of all to express my sincerest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I wish you success in performing this historic and humanitarian mission in the best interests of humanity at large. I wish also to express my appreciation to Mr. Jean …
I wanted to raise my voice and that of my delegation in support of the statement made by the representative of Costa Rica and of the statement of the representative of Spain with respect to translation.
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to speak before the General Assembly.
My delegation requested the floor in order to make a statement under item 113 on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, prior to the adoption of dr…
At the outset, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Denmark, for her tenure last month.
In making this statement, I am mindful tha…
In accordance with paragraph 12 of resolution 1546 (2004), adopted unanimously on 8 June 2004, the mandate of the multinational force in Iraq is now due for review. The newly elected Government of Iraq, and the Iraqi people, pay tribute and express gratitude to the multinational force for its contri…
