At the outset, I should like to express our special recognition to President Judge Sang-Hyun Song and the other staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their outstanding efforts and achievements in making the Court function on a broad track. Through their work and dedication, the ICC has…
African development is a key to the promotion of peace and prosperity in the world. The political, economic and social development of Africa is an important task for the international community as a whole. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) well represents our collective vision and…
As the Presidents of the two Tribunals have outlined in their respective annual reports (A/65/205 and A/65/188), the achievements of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) are so many as to render it impossible t…
I would like to exercise the right of reply in response to the statement delivered by the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea this morning (see A/65/PV.23).
First, regarding the tragic sinking of the Republic of Korea’s naval ship Cheonan, the findings of …
I would like to begin by extending my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency at the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I have every confidence that under your distinguished leadership this session will indeed yield fruitful results. May I also take this o…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in expressing my sincere appreciation to you, Sir, for convening this meeting. As one of the member countries that co-signed the letter requesting this gathering, the Republic of Korea associates itself with the remarks made just now by the repre…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his annual report (A/65/1), which provides a comprehensive and clear overview of the Organization’s achievements, as well as its challenges, and lays out a coherent blueprint for future accomplishments.
As the Secretary-General reminds us in h…
We are gathered here today at a moment well past the midway point in our journey to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 target date. The past decade has witnessed impressive progress towards meeting the Goals. However, we must continue to address the unmet and under-met tar…
I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to the President on convening this important meeting to review progress made in the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, following the first review in 2008.
We commend the hard work of Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Mo…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening these meetings on the tragic situation in Pakistan at this critical juncture. I commend his leadership in the adoption of resolution 64/294 in this regard, which we fully support.
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I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting today and for giving my delegation the opportunity to participate in the debate. I would like to express my appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy and the force commanders here with us today for their comprehensive and informative…
At the outset, my delegation sincerely welcomes the adoption of resolution 64/289. We believe that the resolution will reinforce gender equality, the empowerment of women and the governance of operational activities for the development of the United Nations system in the context of system-wide coher…
First of all, I would like to join other delegations in expressing our appreciation for the convening of this meeting.
Ten years ago, we gathered in Palermo, a city that has proudly shaken loose the murderous grip of the Cosa Nostra mafia. Holding the signing conference for the United Nations Conve…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for introducing his report on human security (A/64/701). At the same time, I would also like to thank President Treki of the General Assembly and the delegation of Japan for their initiative in arranging …
This year’s High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development has special significance in the sense that it heralds the upcoming summit-level meeting to be held in September on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In that regard, we feel that the discussion during the High-level Dialogue needs to…
At the outset, I should like to thank President Treki for having convened this debate and provided the membership with a meaningful opportunity to consider the revitalization of the General Assembly during this session. We should also like to express our gratitude to the former Permanent Representat…
I would like first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports on humanitarian and disaster relief assistance, which chart out the direction for effective humanitarian action. Also, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Korea, I would like to express my sincere appre…
First of all, my delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/64/66 and Add.1 and Add.2). We also commend Mr. Serguei Tarassenko, Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, and his staff for their dedicated work and …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate on the third annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2009/444) and giving us this opportunity to address the Security Council.
As was articulated by many voices during the General Assembly debate on this subject last w…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the Assembly for organizing this joint debate. My special appreciation also extends to the current President of the Security Council, Ambassador Mayr-Harting of Austria, for introducing the report of the Security Council (A/64/2). My delegation is g…
