I should like at the outset to join previous speakers in welcoming the convening of this very important high- level meeting on HIV/AIDS during the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and analytical report (A/58/184) on
the…
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, but
on behalf of my own delegation, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the consensus that was forged on this very important resolution. I believe that your presidency will be remembered, inter alia, for the adoption of resolutio…
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. First, I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting of the General Assembly to adopt the draft resolution recommended by the Ad Hoc Working Group of the General Assembly on the Integrated and Coordinated Implementation of and Follow…
It is true that I am wearing several hats right now, but at this moment I am speaking in my capacity as Chairman of the Group of African States. I have the pleasure and the honour to extend my warmest congratulations to the Honourable Julian Hunte, Minister of External Affairs, International Trade a…
It is for me a great pleasure to congratulate, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, Mr. Rubens Ricupero on the extension of his appointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for a new period of one year. I would like to express the full satisf…
It is for me a great pleasure to congratulate, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, Mr. Malloch Brown on his appointment for a second term as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
I would like to express the full satisfaction of the G-77 and China at his confirmation …
Mr. President, I have already had an opportunity to tell you how grateful my country is to see you presiding over the Council, and I am following your instructions.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, when London was subjected to carpet bombing, it was a time for cries and tears but not for statements…
First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I should like to thank the delegation of South Africa for the initiative, taken on behalf of the non-aligned States, to hold this public meeting on the question of Iraq.
In accordance with your recommendation, Sir, I shall limit myself to associating myself…
The delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco voted in favour of the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, subject to Moroccan legislation and the penalties it prescribes for violations of it.
The Kingdom of Morocco is genuinely pleased to take part in this debate and to make a modest contribution to the Assembly’s collective reflection on reforming the United Nations. We wish to warmly thank the Secretary-General for having introduced to us this morning a very useful and stimulating repo…
First of all, I should like to congratulate the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, on his report (A/57/172), which describes specific follow-up measures undertaken with regard to the implementation of the
recommendations contained in his very important report of 1998 (A/52/871) on the causes of co…
Before addressing the subject under consideration, I wish to express Morocco’s condolences to Indonesia and to all the families of the victims of the serious terrorist attack that occurred in Bali a few days ago. The Kingdom of Morocco condemns and combats terrorism in all its forms, whatever its or…
First of all, in view of the reports that the Secretary- General has submitted to us on the activity of the Organization and on the follow-up to the Millennium Summit, I should like to congratulate the Secretary- General on those two very high-quality documents. The necessary exercise in which we ar…
I would like first, Mr. President, to thank you for organizing this meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which once again places Africa at the centre of the attention of the General Assembly and of the whole of the international community. As a member of the African famil…
I should like at the outset to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco, our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session and to assure you of my delegation’s full cooperation with a view to achieving a fruitful outco…
At the outset, the delegation of Morocco would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having initiated this process of discussion on information and communication technologies (ICT). You planned it in the initial programme of your presidency, and I must say that the debate yesterday and today has bee…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on Syria’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are fully confident that you will discharge your functions successfully.
I also take this opportunity to pay a tribute to Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani for his efficien…
As I said to you last time, Mr. President, as recently as 9 April, Morocco is pleased to see you in the chair, and we wish you much patience and courage in an extremely tense international situation, in which your knowledge of the United Nations system will be highly appreciated by all of us to adva…
I wish at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council. We hail the ideas put forth by the Secretary-General in his statement to the Council.
The Security Council is meeting today in exceptional circumstances, imposed by the delicate and critical situat…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend to you and to the other members of the Council our thanks for your immediate response to the request made by the Arab Group to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss the tragic situation prevailing in the occupied Palestinian terr…
