Happy birthday, Mr. President. I know those words evoke a different voice and a different president, but, with all seriousness, happy birthday. On this day, 60 years ago, the Jewish State was born, out of the historic 1947 session of the General Assembly, at which two extraordinary gifts were given …
Allow me to congratulate the President on his able stewardship of the General Assembly. In the interest of time and brevity, I intend to condense the agenda items applicable to my delegation into one statement.
At the outset, my delegation wishes to extend its heartfelt sympathies to Bangladesh, wh…
Allow me to congratulate Mr. Kerim on his leadership of the Assembly and to thank him for convening this important joint debate.
Israel is proud to lend its support to draft resolution A/62/L.2, entitled “Building a peaceful and
better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”. Similarly, we welc…
Allow me to congratulate Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his able stewardship of the Assembly and to thank him for convening this important joint debate.
Israel welcomes the Secretary-General’s fifth consolidated report (A/62/203) on progress in implementation and international support related to the New Partn…
Israel joined the consensus on draft resolution A/62/L.36, entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”. Israel has long supported humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, although, in the past, owing to realities on the ground, my delegation was compelled to abstain in the voting on dr…
Three thousand years ago, the people of Israel journeyed from slavery in Egypt to independence in the land of Israel. The Bible tells us that on their voyage to liberty they made a crucial stop and received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.
As the General Assembly gathers this year, the Jewish p…
I wish to join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Michael Williams for his informative briefing and, even more, for his commitment and dedication to his important and challenging mission. His dedication and service have been exemplary and have truly made a difference. We thank him for all he has done and…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your able stewardship of the Council during this month and to thank you for convening this debate. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General John Holmes for his informative briefing and to congratulate him and the Office for the Coord…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the United States Mission on its very able stewardship of the Council this month.
My delegation wishes to congratulate Ambassador Arias, the new Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC), as well as Ambassador Verbeke, the new Chairman of the Committ…
At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate your Permanent Representative and the entire delegation of the United Kingdom on their able stewardship of the Council and their impressive leadership during the
month of April. I would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for hi…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the President on his leadership of the Assembly and to thank him for convening this important High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development.
Since the adoption of the 2002 Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, ma…
I thank the presidency for allowing me to present our position on this issue.
Owing to concerns regarding relationships between the Islamic Development Bank Group and Hamas, a terrorist organization, Israel will not be able to join the consensus on this draft resolution. The organizational chart fo…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to commend you on your leadership of the Council and to wish you success for the duration of your tenure. I would also like to thank Mr. Alvaro de Soto for his briefing and for being here with us today.
Let me start with a reminder. The international community …
Thank you, Madam President, for your words just now.
My delegation wishes to thank, first and foremost, all the sponsors of this resolution on Holocaust denial, as well as all the members in this
Hall who supported the resolution and what it stands for.
The adoption by consensus of resolution 60/…
At the outset, let me express our condolences to the families and fellow soldiers of the members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) who were attacked by terrorists at the beginning of this week in southern Lebanon. We also wish a speedy recovery to the injured.
It is with an ee…
In past years, and for many years now, Israel has voted in favour of draft resolutions like draft resolution A/61/L.47. Israel supports the principle of assistance to the Palestinian people and implements it on the ground. What Israel cannot support is this year’s General Assembly
* Reissued for te…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for addressing us this morning, and by taking this opportunity to make mention of his 10 years of service, specifically as it pertains to our region. It is, of course, impossible in the allotted time to fully reflect on the Secretary-General’s legacy…
Let me start by thanking you and congratulating you on your very able leadership of the Security Council during this month. We know that you have not been doing this for long,
but you are doing it professionally and as a great veteran. We thank you. I would also like to thank Mr. Gambari for his in…
What brings us here today is the escalation of the situation in Gaza, following the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel and my country’s response in self-defence. In the course of the operation, a tragic event occurred, the accidental killing of civilians in Beit Hanoun. Despite the doubts we h…
First, let me express my appreciation for the statements made by Syria and Iran. At a time when terror looms as the major threat to civilization as we know it, I am sure we all feel privileged to be lectured on terror by the two worst major experts on and practitioners of this craft.
It was also re…
