It is understandable that I should want to express our solidarity and sympathy with the people of Bangladesh on the recent natural disaster, which caused human and economic losses.
At the outset, I would like to pay tribute to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the strengthening …
Kazakhstan fully aligns itself with the statements delivered by the Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic on behalf of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and by the Permanent Representative of Tajikistan on behalf of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. I will add only a few rem…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Sport for development and peace: progress and prospects” (A/62/325 and Corr.1). It gives us an overall assessment of the progress achieved over the past year on the national, regional and international lev…
First of all, I would like to join other delegations in thanking Director General Mohamed ElBaradei for his presentation of the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
As a member of the IAEA, Kazakhstan takes effective measures to meet its obligations in strengthening the n…
I will try to be brief today because I know that we are so tired from trying to finalize our discussions yesterday.
Economic and social development is an issue that concerns humankind as a whole. Globalization is a contemporary phenomenon that, on the one hand, speeds up economic processes, offerin…
At the outset, I would like to pay tribute to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization, which covers the multifaceted activities of all United Nations institutions.
Indeed, this has been one of the most challenging years in United Nations history. The Secre…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election to this high office and express confidence that under your skilful stewardship the sixty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly will be fruitful and successful.
The emergence of new challenges and threats to humankind, p…
At the outset, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your unanimous election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. My delegation wishes you every success and expresses its full support for your future endeavours.
Kazakhstan fully supports the Governme…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to honour the memory of Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan, who, to our deep grief, passed away on 21 December 2006. Mr. Niyazov will remain in our memory as an eminent political leader a…
Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al- Nasser, for introducing the annual report of the Council (A/61/2). I would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the delegation of France and to the Secretariat for their w…
At the outset, I would like to commend UNESCO for its leading role in the process of fostering the culture of peace and for its recent comprehensive report (A/61/175), which reflects the broad range of activities carried out by the United Nations system, international institutions and civil society …
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your election to your high office and to express confidence that under your skilful stewardship, the sixty-first session of the General Assembly will be successful and fruitful.
I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to the Se…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your election to your high office and express confidence that, under your skilful stewardship, the sixty-first session of the General Assembly will be successful and fruitful.
Last year’s World Summit reaffirmed the role of the United Nation…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Security Council and the Secretariat for the comprehensive report on the work of the Council during the past year, and in particular Ambassador Marty Natalegawa of Indonesia, the current President of the Council, for introducing the Security Council’s report …
First and foremost, I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting and for a good opportunity to discuss the important issue of Security Council reform at a plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
As indicated at the 2005 world summit, Security Council reform is an essential elemen…
This sixty-third session of the General Assembly, from day one of the general debate, has been marked by deliberations on the world economic and financial crisis, volatility in food and fuel prices and the adverse impacts of climate change and the costs of its mitigation, all of which represent chal…
The AIDS epidemic has become a major problem with an enormous negative impact on economic development and our attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. Faced with that threat, antiretroviral therapy, prevention and fighting the stigma attached to people living with HIV must become priority ite…
Today’s special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant testifies to the considerable attention accorded by the international community to that issue. In many countries across the world today, con…
Like others, I too would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary General Tom Koenigs for his briefing.
I would also like to associate myself with the statement delivered by Mr. Andrey Denisov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, on behalf of the Collective Security Tre…
I have the honour to pay tribute, on behalf of the Asian Group, to His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, the late Amir of the State of Kuwait, who, sadly, passed away on 15 January 2006.
Sheikh Jaber, as he was widely known, was a man of vision and courage who devoted his entire li…
