We would like to express our best wishes to the peoples of the United Nations in the twenty-first century, which we hope will be a century of peace, justice and progress for all.
It is true that this occasion is an opportunity for contemplation. To be meaningful, this contemplation should be sincer…
My country’s delegation already presented its comments on paragraph 9, bullet 8, dealing with sanctions. We wish to reaffirm here that this eighth bullet contains a double-standard provision relating to economic sanctions. The paragraph does not reflect the point of view of the international communi…
Allow me at the outset to express to you, Mr. President, our sincere thanks for convening this meeting to consider the issue of sanctions, which has become a source of concern for the entire international community, especially in the past decade — the “decade of sanctions”, as it has come to be know…
The Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform will begin its new session at the dawn of the third millennium. We urge all States Members of the United Nations to resume the debate in a new spirit, giving priority to the interests of the international community and to the principles of the …
The progress made by mankind is the outcome of the achievements of peoples since the dawn of history: from the civilizations of Mesopotamia to the Phoenician and Egyptian civilizations and those of India, China and Latin America, including the Arab Islamic civilization, the European Renaissance and,…
My delegation is taking the floor regarding the draft resolution on measures to eliminate international terrorism because we have several comments on the draft
First and foremost, the draft convention does not contain a definition of terrorism and how it is financed, nor does it contain the questio…
The General Assembly's consideration today of the item on “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin” reflects the importance that the international community attaches to the humanistic dimensions of the cultural property of peoples as their principal contribution to huma…
My delegation commends the efforts made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in implementing its tasks under its Statute.
In connection with the agenda item under discussion, we had hoped that the draft resolution would reflect international consensus in support of the Agency’s activiti…
I will limit my observations on the report of the Secretary-General to two issues. First, in paragraph 81 of his report in document A/54/1, the Secretary-General referred to the developments with regard to Iraq by describing the American and United Kingdom aggression against Iraq on 16 December 1998…
The United States of America is the last country entitled to speak about international law or commitment to the Charter of the United Nations. The United States intervenes in the internal affairs of Iraq and those of numerous other States and sets aside funds for mercenaries who have admitted perpet…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I am fully confident that your experience and competence will contribute to the success of this session.
With the end of the cold war, there was a feeling tha…
I will try to be brief. Iraq has implemented everything that is required of it by the resolutions of the Security Council, but the Security Council has not done what it should have, because there is a secret American political programme against Iraq. Everybody knows that that political programme aga…
I wish to respond to the distortion of facts in the statement of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait. First of all, he spoke of the imposition of sanctions as a successful way to settle issues. We believe that the sanctions against Libya and against Iraq have resulted in humanitarian…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep condolences to the people and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the victims of the bombing of the premises of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). We condemn this barbaric act, which viola…
I speak to you now while rockets and bombs are falling on the cities and the villages of Iraq, Iraq that is steadfast and patient. I am not speaking in symbolic language or about a fireworks display in the Baghdad sky which is being enjoyed by CNN viewers. Indeed, I am speaking about bombs that are …
The peoples of the world are commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What makes this event all the more significant is that it coincides with the five-year review of the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action with a view to enhan…
I have the pleasure of introducing Iraq’s amendment, contained in document A/53/L.19, to draft resolution A/53/L.18, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”.
Paragraph 7 of draft resolution A/53/L.18 pertains to Iraq and gives a crystal clear example of the attempts being made b…
In the spirit of compromise and in the light of the revision just made by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the sponsors of the draft resolution contained in document A/53/L.18, and going along with the will of many delegations to reach a compromise text, my delegation will not insist on i…
It is regrettable indeed that the international community, in the body of the General Assembly, is forced to keeping examining this item on the agenda, despite the promulgation and adoption of six successive international resolutions all calling upon the United States to end its economic, commercial…
Allow me at the outset to join those who supported the statement made by the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Iraq has always been keen on participating in the deliberations under this agenda item for many reasons. First and foremost, this item is of particular in…
