It is my great pleasure, Sir, to convey to you the heartfelt congratulations of the delegation of Mali upon your election to the presidency of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, and to assure you of our full support. I should like also to hail Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his devo…
I wish at the outset to convey the regrets of His Excellency Mr. Amadou Toumani Touré, President of the Republic of Mali, who owing to a particularly heavy national agenda, is unable to be with us today at this important high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS. He has asked me to convey to the Assembly his b…
At the outset, it is my great pleasure to express to you, Madam, the heartfelt congratulations of the delegation of Mali on your outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election attests to your eminent personal qualities and is a tribute to you…
President Amadou Toumani Touré of Mali very much regrets that, due to the demands of the national agenda, he is
not able to respond in person to the invitation of the Secretary-General to be here today. He is with us in spirit, however, as the fight against HIV/AIDS is one of his main personal and …
Allow me, Mr. President, on behalf of the President of Mali, His Excellency Mr. Amadou Toumani Touré, and the Government and people of Mali, to extend our warmest congratulations to Ambassador Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. The outsta…
My delegation would like to congratulate Benin for convening this open meeting of the Security Council on ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa.
We associate ourselves with the statement just made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Group.
My del…
Allow me first to convey to the President of the General Assembly the warm congratulations of the delegation of Mali on her outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.
I should like next to congratulate and thank Mr. Chowdhury, High Representative of t…
Resolution 58/181 of 22 December 2003 invites States to develop comprehensive, participatory and sustainable strategies for human rights education, and to make knowledge of human rights a main objective of their education policies. That resolution, adopted one year before the end of the United Natio…
My delegation also associates itself with the statement made by the delegation of Nigeria on behalf of the African Union. Allow me to express the great appreciation of my delegation for the high quality of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Union and with the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
My delegation commends the Secretary-General for the high quality of his reports…
My delegation thanks the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council.
The document submitted by Mr. Julian Hunte and his two Vice-Chairmen faithfully re…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to reiterate our support to you in the accomplishment of your duties. On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the quality of his report and the relevance of his recommendations.
This report, like previous annual reports, ca…
Allow me at the outset warmly to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session and to assure you and the other members of the Bureau, whom I also congratulate, of the full support of the delegation of Mali as you carry out your mission.
I al…
First, Sir, please accept my warm congratulations and my fervent hopes for your successful achievement of the mission entrusted to you. Your election to the presidency of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly is a fitting tribute by the international community to the people of Saint Lucia…
The celebration today of the conclusion of the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage provides us with the opportunity to take stock of actions taken to preserve, to make aware and to make use of cultural heritage and its contribution to strengthening peace and mutual understanding among nations …
First of all, I should like to associate myself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Egypt, speaking on behalf of the African Group.
Africa attaches particular importance to the two items before the General Assembly, related to the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable…
At the outset, I should like to tell you, Sir, how pleased my delegation is to see you presiding over the work of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. To your predecessor, Mr. Han Seung-soo, I should also like to express my sincere and warm congratulations on the competence, devotion a…
The General Assembly has chosen for this debate the theme of support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). I should like first of all to underline the particular importance that my country attaches to NEPAD, which offers Africa a new opportunity at a time when that continent is a…
