The Middle East still faces major challenges as a result of lack of progress in resolving the major issues facing the region. A just settlement of the question of Palestine, the core of the Middle East and world problems, will contribute to resolving the region’s problems and conflicts.
It is regre…
I wish to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I wish him every success in leading us as we work to strengthen the role
of the United Nations in promoting international relations in the spirit of t…
Today, we are meeting once again, united in our condemnation of terrorism, that scourge that constitutes an aggression against humanity as a whole and a global problem that should be tackled jointly by all of us. In that vein, the Assembly adopted the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strateg…
Permit me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for your swift favourable response to the request of the group of five small States — the Small Five group — that this meeting be held to consider the Security Council’s working methods. My delegation wishes to associate itself with the statement …
At the outset, I wish to express our sympathy and condolences to the Government and the people of Algeria, to the staff of the United Nations and to the families of the victims who fell as a result of the recent terrorist attacks in Algeria.
Today, at the halfway point in the time period establishe…
Now that the Annapolis Conference has come to an end, the conflict in the Middle East is entering a new and decisive phase in which the international will is united behind the central theme of an independent, contiguous, and viable Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Annapolis …
Allow me at the outset to welcome Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and to thank him for the third annual report of the Court (see A/62/314) submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the Co…
Jordan welcomes the High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace. We thank both Pakistan and the Philippines for this initiative, which constitutes a promising beginning and foundation for intellectual contacts between cultures and religions.
The i…
Allow me to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly and wish him every success in leading its deliberations. I should also like to extend my thanks to his predecessor Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa for her good management of the delibera…
The delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan voted in favour of draft resolution A/61/L.67, to which the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is annexed. It wishes, however, to explain its vote. In connection with articles 3 and 4, the right of self- determination must be exercised i…
We associate ourselves with the statement made by the delegation of Pakistan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Given the vertical and horizontal intensification of the causes of poverty in the world and the multidimensional nature of this problem, coordinated international and regional polici…
Allow me, on behalf of my. delegation, to warmly welcome the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Philippe Kirsch, and to thank him for his report to the General Assembly.
Two years ago, the President of the Court and the Secretary-General of the United Nations concluded the R…
Allow me at the outset sincerely to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting on an issue of great importance, an issue that warranted many long discussions and negotiations resulting in many ideas regarding Security Council reform through the expansion of its membership and improvement of its work…
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam, on your leadership of the Security Council during this month and to thank your predecessor for his guidance of the work of the Council last month.
We condemn Israel’s insistence on pursuing its vast military operations against Palestinian civilian…
This year, a number of interesting developments have reinvigorated the political process. We welcome Israel’s withdrawal from settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Israel and the Palestinians have also yet to honour some of the commitments they have undertaken under the road map and the S…
We are discussing today the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the first to be submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. That, in and of itself, is an important event because it repr…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to congratulate you warmly on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I would also like to express my confidence that your well-known wisdom and competence will contribute to enriching and focusing the deliberations of th…
We share the profound sadness of our Palestinian brothers and of the Arab nation at the passing of the late President Arafat. At the same time, we look forward to a phase that, no matter how fraught with difficulties, will enable us to realize the vision, set out and recently reaffirmed by President…
First, I wish to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.
The most recent Arab Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme identified the pressing challenges facing the Arab world both now and in the fut…
We are meeting today to debate agenda item 13, on the situation in the Middle East, and we urgently need to consider practical measures that would allow us to break the stalemate. We are gratified at the signs of relaxation of tension during the last few days and are pleased to see a truce concluded…
