As the head of Lebanon’s delegation to the General Assembly, I am pleased to congratulate Mr. Ping on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I wish him success in his presidency. I also want to acclaim the special relationship that my country has with his and t…
I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his efforts last month.
Today the Council is considering a draft …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on the assumption by your friendly country, the Federal Republic of Germany, of the presidency of the Security Council this month.
I thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of France, for his responsible and successful leadership of the …
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of your high post at the helm of the
Security Council. We offer you our trust that your guidance will lead to the success of the Council’s work. I take this opportunity also to thank the Permanent Representative of China, who presi…
Fifty-five years ago today, on 10 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the first comprehensive agreement among nations asserting the specific rights and freedoms of all human beings. Along with the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided t…
I was obliged to ask for the floor to comment on what was said by the representative of the United States. We would like to express our regret regarding the irresponsible remarks of the United States representative. His remarks have, moreover, nothing to do with the question under consideration, tha…
Conflicts and wars have been succeeding each other in the Middle East for more than half a century, since the defeat of the Nazi armies in the Battle of El Alamein, until today. The region witnessed the end of the British and French mandate and the end of colonialism, but Palestine has remained the …
Fifty- six years have elapsed since the adoption by the General Assembly, at its second session, of resolution 181 (II). That resolution was the very first attempt by the nascent international Organization to put an end to the conflict in Palestine between the indigenous
Palestinian Arab population…
I should like at the outset warmly to thank the Secretariat and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the reports they have submitted and for their efforts to promote and enhance a culture of peace.
A culture of peace is the philosophy that inspired the c…
In addition to responding verbally, I would like to draw the attention of members to a document — not a Lebanese document, but a United Nations document. The Israeli representative has just said that the report of the Secretary-General did not touch upon this question. Earlier, I quoted from Securit…
I would like to give some advice to the representative of Israel. He should read the General Assembly’s rules of procedure which state that when exercising the right of
reply, a delegation has to limit the scope of its statement. I did not mention every topic referred to by the representative of Is…
At the outset, I would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the Secretariat for its reports on this subject and for its efforts in affirming the role of the United Nations in the fight against mines.
Landmines are a universal human tragedy. They are discreet killers: the victim comes t…
The extremely grave situation prevailing in the occupied Palestinian territories has already had such serious negative implications for the entire Middle East region that it has become a cause of great concern for all countries and peoples of the world. One of the threats arising today is Israel’s o…
Allow me first, Mr. President, to express to you my hope that your presidency of the Council this month will be successful in achieving peace and security in the whole world, especially in our region. Let me thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for his skilful …
This great number of heads of State and Government have assembled at the current session neither to perform ceremonial rituals nor to conduct the periodic consideration of agendas. Rather, it is the state of the world today that necessitated this exceptional gathering, because people everywhere sens…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this emergency meeting.
On Monday, 24 March 2003, the Foreign Ministers of the League of Arab States adopted a resolution condemning the Anglo-American military action against Iraq, deeming it to be an act of aggression, a violation of the United Nations Charter and…
We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We thank you for convening this meeting. We also thank your predecessor from Germany and his delegation for all their efforts last month.
In the past few days, we have seen all the peoples of the …
As Lebanon is the Chairman of the Group of Arab States for this month, it is my honour to present the following oral revision to draft resolution A/57/L.32.
In the last preambular paragraph, the word “joint” should be inserted following the words “for the realization of the”.
At the outset, allow me to associate myself with previous speakers in conveying profound gratitude to the Secretary-General for the high quality and precision of his report entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie”.
I take this opportuni…
As I indicated in my first intervention, this is not the subject under discussion. We did not say anything to prompt this Israeli reaction, because he has no sense of shame. I have just stated that he is lying. I have corroborated that by citing the Secretary-General’s report. He stated falsehoods. …
