I have the honour to address this meeting of the General Assembly devoted to the follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons.
Like many of the previous speakers, my delegation attaches great importance to this issue. In 1982 the General Assembly endorsed the International Plan of Action on…
Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We are confident that under your able leadership we will be able to address successfully the items on our agenda.
Please allow me also to convey our appreciation to yo…
On this auspicious day of the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Kazakhstan reaffirms its commitment to the spirit and the letter of that historic instrument. The significance of the Declaration is hard to overestimate. It has bec…
The delegation of Kazakhstan would like to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for preparing the report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (A/53/672). We note with satisfaction the increased cooperation between t…
Kazakhstan fully supports the efforts of the States of the region and the members of the international community to revive and continue the peace process in the Middle East. Kazakhstan, as a major Eurasian State which is making an important contribution to global and regional security, takes a const…
The delegation of Kazakhstan notes with satisfaction the progress achieved by delegations during the fifty-second session with respect to issues relating to the working methods of the Security Council, the transparency of its work and its decision- making process. At the six substantive sessions of …
The delegation of Kazakhstan has the special honour, on behalf of the Government of Kazakhstan, of expressing deepest gratitude to the Government of Japan for the assistance it has already provided to Kazakhstan and for its readiness to host a conference on the problems and needs of the Semipalatins…
On behalf of the 41 sponsors listed in document A/53/L.32, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “International cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan”. The delegations of Croa…
Allow me first of all to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for his comprehensive introduction of the report of the IAEA contained in document GC(42)/5 and for his overview of the Agency’s activities i…
As a representative of the State which has held the chairmanship of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) since May this year, I consider it a great honour to be addressing the General Assembly on the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Org…
Allow me, on behalf of the delegation of Kazakhstan, to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for the report he has prepared on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
I should also like to thank Mr. Inocencio Arias, the Permanent Representative of S…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session and to assure you of the full support of the delegation of Kazakhstan in your work.
Kazakhstan, in welcoming the efforts of the Secretary-General to reform the Unit…
Allow me, on behalf of the delegation of Kazakhstan, to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election and to express our conviction that under his wise leadership the high-level dialogue on the socio- economic impact of globalization, and the entire work of the session, will proceed fruitfully and produc…
Kazakhstan expresses its grave concern over the escalation of hostilities in Afghanistan. The ongoing armed conflict in that country poses a serious threat to regional and international security, and is accompanied by massive violations of human rights. One alarming symptom of this is the evacuation…
It was with profound concern that Kazakhstan learned about the nuclear weapons tests conducted in India and Pakistan in May. We are obliged to note with deep regret that India and Pakistan, carried away by nuclear ambitions, have seriously harmed international security.
This action has threatened t…
I have the honour, on behalf of 37 countries, to introduce the draft resolution entitled “International cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic
This is the first draft resolution on this subject to be introduced in the General Assembly. It refers to an …
Allow me first of all to express my delegation’s appreciation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the report submitted to the General Assembly on its activity for 1996, as contained in document GC(41)/8. We would also like to thank the Director General of the Agency, Mr. Hans Blix, …
The World Summit for Social Development was an important milestone in the history of the international community, and was universally recognized as a forum that made a major contribution to dealing with the acute social problems facing the human race.
At the same time, the proposed solutions requir…
First of all, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to his high office, which convincingly proves that the international prestige of Ukraine, one of the founders of the United Nations, is widely recognized. For the current session, which is being held in the spirit of renewal of…
On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Kazakstan, I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I am confident that under your
I also wish to take this opportunity to express appreciation to your predecessor, the Ambassador o…
