First, we would like to thank the Secretary-General for his thorough reports on progress in the implementation of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/59/206) and the causes of conflict in Africa (A/59/285) and his note on malaria (A/59/261). We share the view of the Secretary-General…
Thank you, Sir, for presiding over this debate, which has been lengthy and extremely fruitful and positive. I hope that under your leadership we will be able to draw the best possible conclusions for the future of our Organization.
Allow me also to take this opportunity to congratulate the Permanen…
The irreversible changes that international relations have undergone since the end of the cold war, the increasingly unpredictable threats to international peace and security and the effects of rapid globalization, compounded by imperative development needs, present major challenges to our Organizat…
My delegation is happy to participate in today’s meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the report of the Economic and Social Council for 2011 (A/66/3). I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe, President of the Council, for the remarkable work he has done…
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. As you know, the Kingdom of Morocco is convinced that, thanks to your wisdom and experience, the Council’s deliberations will be crowned with success in the interests of int…
Allow me at the outset to express to you, Mr. President, and to the other members of the Security Council our
appreciation for your immediate response to the request made by the Group of Arab States to hold an emergency Council meeting to discuss the dangerous situation prevailing in the occupied P…
I have known Ms. Louise Arbour and appreciated her work during her tenure as chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and I must say that the proposal of the Secretary-General and the decision just taken by the General Assembly are most appropriate and wise …
Very briefly, Mr. President, I would like to express the gratitude of the Moroccan Government for the generous words that you have just spoken on behalf of the international community, and for the condolences you offered. I must say that since yesterday, after the sad event that my country has exper…
I have the honour, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to introduce draft resolution A/58/L.36 entitled, “Report of the Committee for Development Policy”. We should
point out that the Committee for Development Policy in its report E/2003/33 concluded that Timor-Leste fulfilled the necessary con…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I would like to ask you, Mr. President, to leave open item 49 of the General Assembly’s agenda, entitled “Information and communication technology for development”. The importance of the first stage of the Geneva Summit on the Information Society requires that…
It is an honour for me to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on the agenda item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
The States Parties to the Convention that are members of the Group of 77 and China believe that the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the…
The Group of 77, at their first summit in Havana in 2000, called for the end of the economic embargo against Cuba. In this context, I would like, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to reiterate the position of the Group of 77 on the agenda item before us today, entitled “Necessity of ending the…
I would like to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I am pleased to speak after my Algerian brother, Ambassador Baali, because we also hope to coordinate our efforts with the Malaysian presidency of the Non- Aligned Movement in our important task of United Nations reform.
I would like to …
I would like, on behalf of the Group of 77 (G-77), to thank the delegation of China for having introduced this very important draft resolution on enhancing capacity-building in global public health. We fully support this initiative, as it will help the international community to further enhance capa…
I should like to make the following comments on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The question before us today is indeed important, if not critical, given that the strengthening of multilateralism and the viability of international action for development depends, to a great extent, on the intern…
I am very proud to speak again on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on the very sensitive item on United Nations humanitarian assistance.
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As members are aware, the question of strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance is an extremely sensitiv…
Ambassador Rosenthal, President of the Economic and Social Council, has just given us a comprehensive briefing on the work done by that body, particularly on the substantive session in Geneva. As Chairman of the Group of 77 and China, my country participated actively during that meeting and contribu…
I would like to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on the subject of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and
international support. As you know, my group, the Group of 77, has supported from the beginning and still energetically supports the NEPAD init…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor at the opening of this crucial debate being held at the fifty- eighth session on questions of development, in
particular the implementation of the Millennium Summit. We, in the Group of 77 and China, know that you attach great importance to the impl…
I wish to add my voice to those have already done so in expressing our full confidence in you, Sir, as President of the Council this month. I also wish to congratulate Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry for a very determined and innovative presidency last month.
Syria, a fraternal country and member of th…
