My delegation welcomes the opportunity to address the General Assembly on the report of the International Court of Justice. Permit me at the outset to express our thanks and appreciation to the President of the Court, Judge Gilbert Guillaume, for his introduction of the report and for his pertinent …
I have the honour and pleasure of taking the floor on agenda item 174, on the role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order. It is a pleasure because during the Millennium Summit the Prime Minister of Lesotho said:
“On the eve of the twenty-first century, we must continue to drea…
On behalf of the Government and people of Lesotho, I extend our most sincere congratulations to the President on his election to preside over the fifty-fifth session, and wish him every success in the discharge of his duties. We are confident that his personal, diplomatic and leadership qualities wi…
We are at an important juncture in human history, a time of reflection on the role of the United Nations in the twenty-first century — the United Nations in which most of humankind places much faith and hope for a bright future. Can we say with confidence that such faith and hope are justifiably pla…
We welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on agenda item 38, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”. This is a question to which the General Assembly should accord the highest priority, touching as it does on …
I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution on the global implications of the year 2000 date conversion problem of computers, contained in document A/54/L.61. Although this draft resolution is submitted under the name of Lesotho alone, it has been the subject of wide consultations. After the…
My delegation fully associates itself with the statements made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the African Group; the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement; and the representative of Mozambique on behalf of the Southern African Development Community.
T…
This century has been proclaimed as the bloodiest in the history of humanity, and the Rwanda genocide ranks among the worst undisputed cases of genocide the world has ever seen. The response of the international community over the years has been to proclaim laws and prohibitions against these horror…
I extend my sincere and warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth
I also pay a well-deserved tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti, for the excellent manner in which he discharged his duties as President of the Assembly at …
Yesterday was a milestone in human history, representing as it does the celebration, which we continue today, of an event whose
Fifty years ago, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, for many countries under colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean the prospect of the exe…
Let me begin by acknowledging the statement made by the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, with which I fully associate myself.
I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for the concise report on the subject of global implications of the year 2000 date conve…
The underlying reasons for building institutions whose objectives are to dispense international criminal justice were captured by President Clinton when he said:
“We have an obligation to carry forward the lessons of Nuremberg. Those accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide must …
The world continues to witness unprecedented developments in the protection of the basic norms of humanitarian law and human rights. The ad hoc Tribunals have shown not only that an international criminal system is possible, but that it can be effective. By offering justice as an alternative to retr…
I should like, Mr. President, to extend to you our very warm congratulations on your election to lead the business of the General Assembly at its
In your address at the opening of this session, Mr. President, you challenged us to focus our attention on the major issues of our time. The list of issu…
It is an honour for me to address the Assembly on this important and timely topic. Let me at the outset associate myself with the views expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, who spoke on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
This high-level dialogue of the General Assembly is ye…
During the general debate, my Minister for Foreign Affairs had occasion to express his congratulations to you on your election. Today, I do this on behalf of the member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). In doing so, I offer you their sincere congratulations on your electio…
Allow me to extend to Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko the sincere congratulations of my delegation on his election to the presidency of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly. It is with great pleasure that I assure him of Lesotho’s support and cooperation as he conducts the deliberations of this b…
As you correctly observed, Sir, the representative of Angola spoke on our behalf when he congratulated you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. It is indeed our distinct pleasure to see you presiding over the deliberations on this important agenda ite…
The Lesotho delegation has the honour to take the floor today on the agenda item concerning the situation in Angola. We in southern Africa continue to attach great importance to the full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol, to the preservation of the unity and territorial integrity of Angola and t…
I wish to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on behalf of my Government, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I also wish to pay tribute to your predecessor for his very successful work during the course of the last month.
My delegation warmly welcomes…
