Let me thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important High-level Meeting to carry out a timely comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2) and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (resolution 60/2…
Let me join the previous speakers in thanking France for convening this open debate under its presidency. I note the presentations made by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Assistant …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Fifteen (G-15), a summit-level group of developing countries for South-South and North-South cooperation and consultation, comprising 17 member States. During the
past decade, we have consistently recognized the following issues …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to address the Assembly this morning.
My delegation associates itself with the position of the Non-Aligned Movement, as articulated by the Permanent Representative of Egypt at the 53rd meeting.
Each year, 29 November engender…
At the outset, may I offer my congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and for initiating this timely discussion. I thank the Permanent Representatives of Austria, Mexico and Turkey for their briefings on the implementation of the three crucial Council resolut…
At the outset, let me thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2010/818) and for his efforts to strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Counter- Terrorism Strategy. Our thanks also go to the President of the General Assembly and to the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh for thei…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the President of the Assembly for initiating resolution 64/294, on the floods in Pakistan, which we have unanimously adopted, and for convening these plenary meetings. We also thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mr. Qureshi, for his…
At the outset, let me extend my thanks to the President for convening this special meeting to commemorate International Mother Earth Day. I take this opportunity to thank the delegation of Bolivia for spearheading action on resolutions 63/278 and 64/196. As a sponsor of the latter, my delegation att…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Our common endeavour to achieve sustainable development is hampered by various challenges, including numerous global crises that span from food, energy and climate to finan…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to Brazil for initiating resolution 64/250, on humanitarian assistance for Haiti, which we adopted today. We also thank the Secretary- General and the Permanent Representative of Haiti for updating us on the relief efforts.
Sri Lanka wishes to join o…
I wish to express the sincere appreciation of my delegation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its report contained in document A/64/35. We would also like to thank the Chairman of
the Committee, Ambassador Paul Badji of Senegal, for his compreh…
I thank the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ms. Thoraya Obaid, for organizing this series of meetings to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (…
I take great pleasure in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Sri Lanka extends its fullest cooperation to him so that we can effectively conclude the work before us.
Significant developments have taken plac…
Sri Lanka is pleased to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/63/L.42 under agenda item 70 (a) on “Oceans and the law of the sea”, just as it sponsors similar texts every year.
Over the years, the annual reports of the Secretary-General under these items have developed
into comprehensive and authorit…
My delegation would like to thank and extend our gratitude to the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Ambassador Paul Badji of Senegal, and the members of the Committee for their report (A/63/35) and for their efforts toward promoting and ac…
The delegation of Sri Lanka commends the President of the General Assembly and His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia for the initiative to convene this high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the subject “Culture of peace”. The world community is confronted with multi…
I thank you, sir, for convening this plenary meeting to consider the important agenda item 118, “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, and action on draft resolution A/62/L.48. This is indeed an opportunity for the first review of the Strategy. I would also like to thank the Preside…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. Sri Lanka is particularly pleased to take the floor on this important issue under the guidance of the delegation of Viet Nam.
This meeting provides an opportunity to refocus our efforts in addressing the scourge of the recruitment and use …
Let me convey greetings and best wishes from His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka, for the success of this high-level meeting.
The special session of the General Assembly in 2001 and the high-level meeting in 2006 provided an impetus to strengthen and accelerate HIV and AIDS con…
Let me join others in expressing my appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting.
We now stand just past the halfway mark we set for ourselves at the dawn of the new millennium to achieve goals that would provide sustainable prosperity to all who inhabit our plan…
