Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am fully confident that his experience and skill will ensure the success of the work of this session.
The world continues to labour under events that attest to …
I have asked to speak in exercise of the right of reply to respond to statements made here this afternoon by His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait. The Foreign Minister of Kuwait spoke of many issues relating to Iraq. Unfortunately, he spoke of them either in a partial way or in …
I would like to take the floor to exercise my right of reply against the Israeli Prime Minister.
This morning the General Assembly listened to a series of lies from a man who, by all international standards, despises all international considerations and who presides over a Government which does the…
At the outset, I am very pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting of the Council and would like to express my gratitude to you. I would also like to express my gratitude to the delegation of the fraternal Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, led by Minister Omar Muntasser, whose initiative …
I should like first to congratulate the two Ambassadors on their re-elections as Vice-Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. We should also like to thank them for the efforts they have made and t…
At the outset, my delegation would like to welcome the report of the Secretary-General [A/52/211] before us, which deals with the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin. We are very happy with the recommendations adopted at the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Co…
There is no doubt that the role of the United Nations and its specialized agencies is constantly growing in the provision
The reports before us clearly set out the role that the United Nations has played and continues to play in this field in various places, such as Angola, Madagascar, the Federal …
I should like once again to reaffirm our position on the draft resolution submitted under agenda item 14 on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The draft resolution should stress the nature of the Agency and commend its efforts within its areas of competence. As to the explo…
My delegation wishes to begin by welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization that we are considering today. We commend the highly praiseworthy efforts that went into preparing the report. But we believe that it might have been more useful had it avoided certain gene…
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the World Summit for Social Development.
Particularly since the end of the cold war, all the States of the world, and especially the developing and least-developed countries, have given growing importance…
Excuse me for having to ask to speak a second time, but it will not be for too long. I would merely like to mention the most recent comments of the representative of Turkey to the effect that the no-fly zones in both northern and southern Iraq are something imposed in accordance with Security Counci…
At the outset, I would like briefly but collectively to respond to all the remarks that were made and the criticisms levelled at us by a number of representatives of countries here. Allow me to begin with the question of weapons. All the world knows that more than 400 inspection teams have visited I…
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. I am confident that your extensive experience and extreme competence will positively contribute to the successful conduct of the proceedings of this session. I…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Arab Group for the month of October, I would like on behalf of the Arab delegations that are members of the League of Arab States (LAS) to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.18 under item 25 of our agenda, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Leag…
For reasons beyond our control — the economic blockade to which our country has been subjected — we were deprived of our vote in the Committee. Had my country been able to vote on these draft resolutions, we would have voted against draft resolutions I, II, IV, VII and VIII, on the situation of huma…
I should like to say first how deeply grateful we are to the sisterly delegation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for having taking the initiative to include this important item on the agenda.
The increasing use of coercive economic measures as a means of economic and political compulsion has led to a…
Since its forty-seventh session, the General Assembly has been considering the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. Every year it has adopted a resolution reaffirming the call on all States to refrain…
At the outset, it gives me pleasure to express our sincere thanks to the Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council. I wish also to thank the Vice-Cha…
Our delegation did not participate in the voting since our contribution was not paid in due time as a result of the full embargo against Iraq under the resolutions of the Security Council and since the Committee on Contributions did not respond to our request for deferment of the payment of the cont…
It is my pleasure to introduce the amendment of Iraq, contained in document A/51/L.11, to the draft resolution presented by Canada under agenda item 14, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”, contained in document A/51/L.9/Rev.1.
Before introducing our amendment, I would like …
