At the outset, I would like to thank Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, for presenting the comprehensive report on the activities of the International Court of Justice over the past year. We would also like to offer our praise and support to the Court for its achie…
Let me first commend President Kerim on his excellent leadership in convening in a timely manner this meeting on the global food and energy crises, which are the most pressing challenges we face today. My thanks also go to the Secretary-General for his informative and succinct introductory remarks.
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I would like to join previous speakers in expressing deep appreciation to the United Nations for the extraordinary leadership it has displayed in its tireless efforts to combat the HIV
epidemic in cooperation with national Governments, donors and other stakeholders.
Meeting here this afternoon, we…
Midway to the target year of 2015 set for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), my delegation believes that the thematic debate that we are having today could not be more timely and helpful in reinvigorating our efforts to achieve those noble Goals. On behalf of my delegation, …
Since the adoption of the Bonn Agreement, in December 2001, and despite many continuing challenges, Afghanistan has achieved important political progress, culminating in the first-ever direct presidential election, in October 2004, and the parliamentary elections of 2005. The international community…
I would first like to express my appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for organizing this thematic debate.
I believe that 2007 was a year marked by increased political momentum in addressing the daunting challenge of climate change. The United Nations high-level event on climate ch…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports on oceans and the law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries. We also commend the two coordinators, Ambassador Henrique Rodrigues Valle Junior of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States, for their excellent work in b…
At the outset, the Government of the Republic of Korea would like to express its deep condolences to the United Nations and the families of the victims who were sacrificed in the terrorist attack in Algeria, and we denounce all types of terrorism.
I wish to express my appreciation to the internatio…
At the outset, Sir, let me express the deep condolences of the Government and people of the Republic of Korea to the Government and people of Bangladesh on the huge disaster that cyclone Sidr has caused. We sincerely hope for early recovery through an enhanced humanitarian response on the part of th…
Allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the situation in Afghanistan (A/62/345). Our thanks also go to the delegation of Germany for coordinating the important draft resolution on the subject (A/62/L.7). The Republic of Korea is pleased to join the sponsors of the dra…
At the outset, on behalf of my delegation, I thank Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, for her lucid introduction of the Court’s report. The report convinces us that the Court has diligently fulfilled its noble mission as the principal judicial organ of the United…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Philippe Kirsch, for his presentation of the Court’s report (see A/62/314) to the General Assembly.
On 1 October, Japan became the 105th State party to the ICC Statute, marking an important step on the …
On behalf of the Asian States, the delegation of the Republic of Korea is speaking in support of the draft resolution entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”. We are
convinced that the August 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing under the themes “Gree…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula”. Issued as a document of the General Assembly under the symbol A/62/L.4, the draft resolution was jointly prepared and submitted by the Demo…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its sincere appreciation to Mr. ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his comprehensive report on the Agency’s activities. We are pleased to take note of the Agency’s recent achievements in the fields of t…
On behalf of my delegation, I thank the Secretary-General for his insightful report (A/62/203) on progress in implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). It provides us a valuable opportunity to consider what African States have achieved so far, how they should direct the…
As Chair of the Asian Group for the month of October, I would like to express our condolences to the Government and people of Germany on the passing of His Excellency Ambassador Rüdiger von Wechmar. May he rest in peace.
Ambassador von Wechmar was for many years a friend to the United Nations. As t…
My delegation would first like to join others in thanking the members of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Secretary-General for their tireless efforts to put the Commission on a sound footing in its first year. We also appreciate the excellent work done by Ambassador Ismael Gaspar Martins of Ang…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his first annual report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the Organization’s achievements and its challenges and which points the way forward on the broad array of global issues that constitute the work of the United Nations.
Globali…
The new circumstances we face today are manifested in a form of competition between integration and confrontation. On the one hand, increasing economic integration driven by modern technology is changing human relations by breaking down barriers of communication and distance. Globalization of that k…
