Permit me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for presiding over this High-level Meeting. My thanks go also to the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for their efforts to ensure its success.
The most recent statistics continue to show a high rate of increase in the number of new HIV/AIDS infections…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your invitation to address the members of the Security Council. I would also like to take this opportunity to express Lebanon’s thanks to the Security Council for all the support it has provided in enhancing Lebanon’s sovereignty and prosperity. I would …
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the statesmanship and professionalism of your presidency of the Security Council during the month of March. I should also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador John Bolton, for his efforts during his Council presidency …
The Lebanese Government welcomes the resolution adopted by the Security Council, which mandates the Secretary-General to begin negotiations with Lebanon regarding the establishment of a tribunal of an international character. The tribunal will follow up on the findings of the investigation concernin…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council at a time of sensitive and difficult issues.
I also wish to commend the efforts of your predecessor, and to thank the Security Council and the Secretary-General for their efforts and support following the …
We welcome the holding of this High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. We believe that this Dialogue will provide an excellent opportunity for an exchange of ideas and views on migration. Furthermore, it will allow for the exploration of new horizons in terms of increasing th…
I would like to begin by thanking the Security Council for
having adopted resolution 1644 (2005) unanimously. The adoption by the Council of this resolution is proof of the Council’s commitment to helping Lebanon in the very difficult circumstances in which our country finds itself. This is in acco…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to thank you for having invited us to participate in this meeting. We express our gratitude for your efforts and those of the
Secretary-General, in following recent developments in the situation in my country.
I would also like to thank the United Nations …
First, I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to the Secretary-General and to the Committee on the
Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the two reports they have submitted to us under the agenda item, and for their efforts to achieve the inalienable rights of…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his two reports on the situation in the Middle East (A/60/258 and A/60/539) and for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict arising from the occupation of Arab territories.
Israel has been occupying the Pale…
On behalf of the Government of Lebanon, allow me to extend to you, Mr. President, to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the members of the Council our deep gratitude for the ongoing efforts to follow up on the implications of the criminal assassination of the late Prime Minister, the martyr Rafik Hari…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to thank you for inviting me to address the Council on behalf of
Lebanon. I also wish to express our thanks to the Security Council for its concern at and close follow-up of the terrorist crime that took place on 14 February 2005, which resulted in the mar…
Today the General Assembly resumes its consideration of the dialogue among civilizations so as to evaluate the implementation of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations, adopted four years ago. Our discussion this year also coincides with the mid-term global review of the International De…
I wish on behalf of the Group of Arab States to extend our heartfelt condolences to the people and the Government of Saudi Arabia on the passing of King Fahd Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud; to the people and the Government of the Sudan on the passing of Mr. John Garang, First Vice-President; and to the peop…
In Lebanon today, we seem to be in a constant state of sorrow: we have lost the former Prime Minister of our country, Mr. Rafik Hariri, who was tragically assassinated yesterday. Lebanon, the Arab nation and the entire world have lost a man who had a great future. In an interview broadcast on CNN ye…
Lebanon very much appreciates the efforts and the sacrifices that have been made by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to secure peace and security in the region. The Lebanese Government would like to underscore the importance that it attaches to UNIFIL and to the fact that UNIFIL …
We are meeting here once again in the General Assembly in order to discuss the situation in the Middle East, just as we have done every year since 1947.
I need hardly recall here that the reason why this crisis continues is the ongoing Israeli occupation of the occupied Arab territories. In Palesti…
Allow me at the outset to extend my thanks and appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the report it has submitted, for the efforts they make and for the recommendations they have continued to submit since the establishment in 1975 of the…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his reports under agenda items 45 and 55.
The delegation of Lebanon associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Our leaders pledged at the Millennium Summit to spare no e…
I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the francophone group and the sponsors to introduce draft resolution A/59/L.19, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie”.
Lebanon — which had the honour to host the Ninth Summit of la Fra…
