Allow me to add some considerations to the statement already made by the Permanent Representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union, which we fully endorse.
Italy has witnessed with concern the tensions and difficulties experienced by the Middle East in recent years. The geographic proximi…
First of all, I wish to confirm and underline the full and convinced support of Italy for the statement made by the Permanent Representative of India, Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma, to introduce the text of this draft resolution. Italy had the honour of being one of the first countries to sign onto the…
12 October 1999 marked the crossing of a major threshold in human history: the birth of the world's six billionth child. This extraordinary moment compels us to reflect on the remarkable growth of the world's population and on the collective responsibility of the international community in seeking t…
Mr. President, I am particularly happy to speak to the Assembly this evening while you are presiding.
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First of all, allow me to congratulate the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, this month's President of the Security Council, for his …
Italy would like to join the chorus of appreciation and gratitude to the Secretary- General for his excellent report on the work of the Organization. The report underlines a key concern that Italy fully shares: meeting the humanitarian challenges of today. We also agree that the main purpose of a mo…
My delegation feels very privileged, Mr. President, to take part in this morning’s debate on the issue of the International Year of Older Persons and its follow-up under your wise and effective guidance.
Italy feels that we all owe a great debt of gratitude to the United Nations for its efforts on …
I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly; it is a sure guarantee of success for the fifty-fourth session. I also wish to thank your predecessor, Didier Opertti, the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, for his exemplary management of the Assembly's work during the past …
Italy fully endorses the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union, which gave a thorough outline of the Union’s policies, philosophy and actions in this crucial area. I wish merely to add some complementary remarks on two human rights areas to which I…
Italy fully subscribes to the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union on this item. However, I would like to make some additional comments on a few issues to which we attach special importance.
The consolidation of the new and, by definition, fragil…
For the sixth consecutive year, I have the privilege of addressing the General Assembly on the issue of Security Council reform. Allow me to say at the outset, Mr. President, that your leadership, wisdom and renowned legal experience are the best guarantees for the entire membership that the issue o…
First of all, allow me to congratulate the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the current President of the Security Council, for his clear, comprehensive and thoughtful presentation of the Council’s annual report to the General Assembly. I also wish to …
Italy is very glad to co-sponsor the draft resolution aimed at granting observer status in the General Assembly to the Association of Caribbean States. Through this draft resolution the international community will show once again its awareness of the characteristics and special needs of the Caribbe…
I wish today to express Italy’s sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his impressive second report on the work of the Organization, a report which notes the already remarkable progress that has been made since the issuance of his first report, last year. Most of the reforms implemented b…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly, a sure guarantee of the success of the fifty-third session. At the same time, I wish to thank your predecessor, Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko, for his fine job in handling the difficult issues that arose last year.
On the broad…
The discussion in the Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform this year demonstrated, in our opinion, that, while a wide convergence of views clearly exists on such issues as the working methods of the Security Council — the so-called “cluster II” — on the issue of the enlargement of the…
Allow me first of all to express the grief of my Government, and my own personal sorrow, at the tragic death last Friday of a dear friend, Maître Alioune Blondin Beye, former Foreign Minister of Mali and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Angola, and at the deaths of five of his col…
First of all, I would like to thank Chief Justice Laïty Kama, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for his clear, comprehensive and insightful introduction to this year's report of the Tribunal [A/52/582]. The report covers the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 — a peri…
Five years have elapsed since the General Assembly asked the Secretary-General to launch the exercise on Security Council reform by submitting a questionnaire to all Member States. Almost four years to the day have gone by since the General Assembly established the Open-ended Working Group on the Qu…
The General Assembly first considered this item at its forty-eighth session, when it proclaimed the centenary of the modern Olympics, 1994, as the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal. On that occasion the General Assembly, in response to the appeal of the International Olympic Committe…
Allow me first of all to say how glad I am today to be addressing the General Assembly with you, Ambassador Camara, in the Chair. You are a distinguished, able and genuine daughter of a great continent: Africa.
In fully associating myself with the comments made by the representative of Luxembourg o…
