I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
I take this opportunity to express our congratulations to Sierra Leone on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We express our deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, for your able leadership of the deliberat…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate the Russian Federation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October, which it is inaugurating with this public debate of the utmost importance, dedicated to a topic of crucial significance and relevance. Likewise, I would like to t…
My Foreign Minister has been held up at another meeting. I will read out this statement on his behalf.
Allow me to thank the Republic of Korea, the President of the Security Council, for holding this timely debate on artificial intelligence as a tool for preserving international peace and security.…
We thank the Republic of Panama for convening this important debate on an always timely theme. The theme of the protection of survivors of sexual violence in conflict zones is of importance to all of us. We also thank the briefers for their reports and presentations.
The theme today is highly relev…
It is a national honour and a personal privilege for me to address the General Assembly today on the presentation of the annual report of the Human Rights Council (A/79/53 and A/79/53/Add.1) under the capable leadership of His Excellency Mr. Omar Zniber, the Moroccan President of the Human Rights Co…
President, Human Rights Council: It is an honour to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as President of the Human Rights Council, and to present the annual report of that essential body (A/79/53 and A/79/53/Add.1). I would like to begin by congratulating the newly elected members of th…
Let me begin by congratulating the General Assembly on holding this important debate, which offers an opportunity to review the major developments that have occurred since the publication of the 2023 report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (see A/79/266).
I am pleased to extend, on behalf …
I shall be happy to do so. All I was doing was responding to accusations that were made against my country by my brother from Algeria, but, given that he does not wish me to address him, I will speak to Algeria.
Why is Morocco addressing Algeria and not the other representatives who have spoken her…
I am very grateful to my brother, the Ambassador of Algeria, for having read out the section of his Minister’s statement on Moroccan Sahara. Those who had not heard it or who were not in the Hall when it was delivered will now understand why my country wished to exercise its right of reply.
What di…
An exercise that I hate more than anything in this Hall is that of exercising my right of reply, in particular when it comes to a brotherly, neighbouring country. Just as one cannot change one’s neighbours, however, at the same time one cannot remain silent when one is accused of things that are not…
I am pleased to congratulate Mr. Philemon Yang on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session and to wish him every success in fulfilling his mandate. I want to thank his predecessor, Mr. Dennis Francis, for his work in making the Assembly’s previous session a succ…
It is my pleasure to begin by conveying the greetings of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to the participants in this important Summit of the Future. The Summit, which is being held in a global context full of complex challenges, represents a unique opportunity to renew our devotion to the Charter of th…
I would like to congratulate Slovenia on its presidency of the Security Council for this month and for organizing today’s open debate on a key issue for the United Nations and its work on peace and security. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Ms. Comfort Er…
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the holding of this open debate of the Security Council under your presidency. This is a further opportunity for Member States to reaffirm their full and steadfast
commitment to promoting multilateralism for the sake of an equitable, jus…
I would like to begin by thanking the President for having convened this joint annual debate dedicated to the presentation of the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its seventeenth session (A/78/765) and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/78/779). I would like to…
First of all, my colleague and co-facilitator, Ambassador Philippe Kridelka, the Permanent Representative of Belgium, and myself would like to thank the President of the General Assembly and express to him our deep gratitude for permitting us to take the floor from one seat, the seat of Morocco. The…
I deliver this statement on behalf of my Ambassador, who this morning is chairing the informal negotiations with Member States in his capacity as co-facilitator of the intergovernmental process on the World Social Summit.
At the outset, I would like to thank and commend President Francis for organi…
I am pleased to introduce draft resolution A/78/L.78, entitled “Improving global road safety”. The draft resolution is the first overview of progress since the 2022 high-level meeting on road safety and the adoption of its political declaration, as well as of the road safety agenda considered by the…
Let me begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting, which concerns an issue that Morocco views as both important and essential, that is the preservation of our world against any use of weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
Humankind is driven by a …
