Allow me at the outset to express our thanks and appreciation to the Secretary-General and to his staff for the preparation and presentation of the report on the final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. This is a co…
Allow me at the outset to express my delegation’s gratitude to Mr. Holkeri, the President of the fifty-fifth session of General Assembly, for the manner in which he conducted the work of the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of th…
Allow me to express our thanks to you, Sir, and to salute you for convening this meeting dedicated to the discussion of the situation in Somalia. I am very pleased to see you presiding over the Council, in view of my deep respect for you and my estimation of your abilities. I also thank you for maki…
I wish at the outset to thank the Permanent Representative of Ireland, His Excellency Ambassador Richard Ryan, for his introduction of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/56/2). In our view, the Assembly’s consideration of the annual report gives States Members of the Unite…
I shall speak first on behalf of the Arab Group, then on behalf of my own country, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
The Arab Group expresses its heartfelt condolences to New York, to the Government and the people of the United States and to the families of the victims. The Arab Group condemns terrorism …
I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Han, and his country, the Republic of Korea, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at
its current session. We are sure that, thanks to his skill and wisdom, our work will be successful.
The General Assembly is beginning its work th…
This being the first time that I have taken the floor since your assumption of the presidency of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, it is a pleasure for me first and foremost warmly to congratulate you, Sir, and to wish you every success in your task.
Let me take this opportunity also…
I am sorry to take the floor again, but as I have said and will
repeat, this is what the Secretariat has been advising us about exceptions; exceptions are not the rule. Secondly, exceptions do not pertain to questions of a substantive nature. This is a very substantive question, and it has to be tr…
I should sincerely and from the bottom of my heart apologize to my dear colleague and brother from Pakistan for interrupting him.
We would like a very clear clarification. Are we discussing the substance of a proposal that has not been put to a vote? If we are doing this, my second point is that an…
We have not yet settled the issue of what we are dealing with here in the General Assembly. We would like to support what was mentioned by the representative of Egypt. We were wondering what kind of decision we are going to take and relating to what issue. We have not been previously informed, eithe…
My delegation joined the consensus on this draft resolution, but we would like to place on record that we do not accept all its elements. In particular, I would like to refer to the first operative paragraph, which welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations …
The problem of landmines and other remnants of war is still one of the priority concerns of the international community. This is the eighth straight General Assembly session to discuss this very important item. This reflects the importance and the interest the members have been attaching to the seri…
I would like to extend to you, Sir, my thanks for having responded to the request that I addressed to you on behalf of the Arab Group to convene this meeting. And on behalf of the Arab Group let me say that the question of Palestine — I am not calling it the Middle East question because there is no …
The debate on this agenda item follows intensive negotiations this year in the Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform. The intensive participation in the debate demonstrates once again the importance attached by Member States to this subject, since the restructuring of the United Nation…
The international community looks forward to September 2001 in order to participate effectively in the special session of the General Assembly for follow- up to the World Summit for Children. On this occasion, my country’s delegation thanks the Secretary-General for the efforts to employ the indicat…
At the outset, I should like to express my delegation’s deep appreciation to the Secretary-General and his staff for the progress report before us on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s.
Consideration of this item offers the international c…
We pay special attention to this topic. The United Nations continues to pay attention to it, as seen in the number of reports, volumes, meetings and speakers. However, from a practical point of view, the United Nations has not paid any tangible attention to the disputes and conflicts in Africa, nor …
I will be brief. I wish to express our gratitude to the Assembly for agreeing last week to postpone the vote on the draft resolution until today. This additional time has enabled us to consult with various members and take their concerns into account.
We have engaged in a dialogue with these member…
My delegation listened carefully to the statement by Mr. Bustani, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and I took special note of what he said about the situation in the Middle East; he said that Libya was among several States in the region that had not yet a…
