At the outset, my country’s delegation would like to express its sincere thanks to the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his report entitled “Promotion of a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace” (A/75/233).
The increasing…
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to convey to you, Mr. President, the Arab Group’s support for your efforts to guide the work of the General Assembly during its current session, in particular within the framework of reforming…
My country’s delegation welcomes the General Assembly’s consideration of the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (see A/75/303) during the International Week of Science and Peace. The event, which takes place during the week of 11 November every year, has been held around …
On Tuesday, 29 September, Kuwait bade farewell to the leader of its journey. We received the news with hearts replete with faith in our acceptance of God’s will. Death is a fact and a part of life. The Amir’s departure, however, is difficult. We seek comfort in the words of God, who when disaster fa…
It is my honour to introduce the recorded statement by His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, to the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
We regret that the Security Council was unable to adopt draft resolution S/2019/961, presented by the humanitarian troika, which was exclusively humanitarian in nature, in order to renew the mechanism for the delivery of humanitarian assistance across Syria’s borders. We hope that negotiations can c…
At the outset, we would like to express our appreciation to Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his excellent and exhaustive briefing. We would also like to thank Ms. Rajaa Altalli for her presentation.
A few months ago, we all witnessed a glimmer of hope for the brotherly people of Syria, in particula…
At the outset, I would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under- Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her comprehensive and valuable briefing
on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2019/934) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary- General, Ms. Ursula Mueller, for her valuable briefing on the latest developments relating to the humanitarian situation in Syria.
We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of Germany on behalf of the Syria hu…
I would like to thank the delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States of America for submitting the draft of today’s resolution. We voted in favour of resolution 2503 (2019), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for an additional six mo…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). We take note of her briefing on her Office’s thirtieth report on the Sudan.
The Sudan has entered a new era of freedom, peace and justice. Darfur, which has emerged from conflict and has begun a new phase of peacebuil…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his twelfth report (S/2019/938) on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), which is a written report in line with the provisions of the resolution and presidential note S/2017/507, as is the case with all other items on the Securit…
At the outset, I thank Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Joanna Wronecka for her briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2…
Over the past two years, I have had the privilege to chair the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would like to use this occasion to reflect on both my role as Chair of the Committee over the course of the past two years and th…
The Kuwaiti delegation is pleased to participate in this discussion on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance. The State of Kuwait, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jab…
I thank Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and Ms. Aisha Khurram, Afghan Youth Representative to the United Nations, for their comprehensive and valuable briefings. I would like to echo tho…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. We also extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Chambas and Mr. Chergui for their valuable briefings. We appreciate the role played by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), under the leadership o…
At the outset, my country would like to thank the Secretary- General, Mr. António Guterres, for his reports (A/74/195 and A/74/476), which contain information on topics and actions undertaken by key United Nations entities in order to promote a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural d…
At the outset I would like to thank Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, for his valuable briefing on the progress made in the work of the Mechanism. I would also like to thank Prosecutor Brammertz for his useful briefing.
The International R…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khaled Khiari for his valuable briefing.
The situation on the Korean peninsula is one of the most long-standing, dangerous and fragile issues on the agenda of the …
