Malta would like to associate itself with the statement delivered yesterday by His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium on behalf of the European Union member States.
Malta would like to extend its deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Pakist…
May I first of all, Mr. President, extend the appreciation of my delegation for your initiative to convene the General Assembly to honour two of your predecessors, the Presidents of the
Assembly at its forty-fifth and forty-sixth session. I thank you and the Secretary-General for your words of trib…
It is an honour for me, in my capacity as Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to present to the General Assembly the annual report of the Committee, contained in document A/64/35. Indeed, the report I am presenting today is the Committee’s…
Malta wishes to align itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
My delegation notes with appreciation the report on oceans and the law of the sea submitted to this Assembly by the Secretary-General (A/64/66), which provides a comprehensive …
My delegation would like to commend the work and activities of the Security Council during the past 12 months, as reflected in its report A/64/2 introduced by the Permanent Representative of Austria.
In this regard, we note, in particular, the fact that there was an increase in the number of open d…
It is an acknowledged fact that the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, and the fifteenth anniversary of which we are commemorating today, is one of the principal achievements of the Organization.
The 1994 Cairo Declaration and Programme of Action (see A/CON…
I would like to congratulate Mr. Ali Treki on his unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. His election is a deserved tribute to his personal qualities as a seasoned politician and diplomat and also to his country, Libya, with which Malta has long-standing…
It is an honour for me, in my capacity as the Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to introduce to the General Assembly the annual report of the Committee, which is contained in document A/63/35. Allow me to summarize each section of the re…
This year’s report of the Security Council (A/63/2) once again demonstrates the array of challenges which the members of the Council were confronted with during the 12 months of the reporting period. The 58 resolutions adopted by the Council as well as the 50 presidential statements clearly indicate…
I would like to join other delegations in congratulating you, Sir, on your unanimous election to preside over the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. I am sure that with your experience and diplomatic skills you will chart a successful outcome of this session.
I also take this opportunity …
Malta associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Slovenia at the 88th meeting on behalf of the member States of the European Union.
Three of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that are fundamental to the achievement of the MDGs by 2015 — the eradication of poverty…
The President of the General Assembly has described climate change as unquestionably the biggest challenge facing humanity in the twenty-first century. The Secretary-General has described climate change as “one of the most complex, multifaceted and serious threats the world faces”.
Last September, …
It is an honour for me, in my capacity as Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to introduce to the General Assembly the annual report of the Committee, which is contained in document A/62/35.
In the course of the past year, the Committee c…
I would like, first of all, to extend my congratulations to you, Sir, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- second session. I am convinced that you will guide the General Assembly through its important deliberations and challenges. I assure you of my full support an…
I would like to join previous speakers in expressing to Mr. Kerim my delegation’s congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session.
The delegation of Malta has on previous occasions made the point that resolution 2758 (XXVI), which was adopted in…
I should like, on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, to convey our condolences to the Government and the people of Turkmenistan on the death of their President, Mr. Saparmurat Niyazov. Our condolences go also to the members of his family grieving at his loss.
Mr. Niyazov had …
I have the pleasure and honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
On this important occasion, I should like to express our great appreciation for Mr. Kofi Annan’s outstanding performance as Secretary-General over the past 10 years. Mr. Annan’s dedication to the pu…
I would like, at the outset, to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Permanent Representative of Qatar and current President of the Security Council, for his presentation to the General Assembly yesterday of the exhaustive and enlightening ann…
In my capacity as Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I have the honour to present to the General Assembly the annual report of the Committee, contained in document A/61/35. Allow me to summarize each section of the report.
Chapter I cont…
I would like to congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I am confident that her efforts will ensure a successful outcome of this session. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing President, …
