My delegation welcomes the decision to convene this meeting to take stock of the situation regarding the reform of the Security Council and to consider future action.
We share the analysis of the current situation given by the Permanent Representative of Italy in his capacity as the focal point of …
My delegation fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the preceding speaker from Finland on behalf of the European Union. Migration poses one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century, with global economic and social repercussions which affect the countries from which migrants em…
It is an honour for me to present to the General Assembly, on behalf of the Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Ambassador Victor Camilleri, the annual report of the Committee, contained in document A/60/35.
In the course of the past year…
I would first like to congratulate Mr. Jan Eliasson upon his election to the
presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. He has an important and challenging task ahead. In carrying out his duties, he can be assured of my full support and of that of the Maltese delegation.
I take th…
This gathering of world leaders constitutes an impressive manifestation of our collective determination to work together in the promotion of a more peaceful, just and prosperous global order. On the one hand, this meeting is a reaffirmation of the trust that our peoples put into the United Nations p…
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/59/35.
In the course of the past year, the Committee continued to …
I would like first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. You have an important and challenging task ahead. In executing your duties you can be assured of my full support and that of the Maltese delegation.
I take t…
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/58/35.
In the course of the past year, the Committee continued to…
I would first like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. You have an important and challenging task ahead. In executing your duties, you can be assured of my full support and that of the Maltese delegation.
I take this oppo…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by Italy on behalf of the European Union and acceding countries.
Although the number of cases of HIV/AIDS in Malta remains comparatively low, we recognize the further potential devastating impact of the disease and acknowledge that there is c…
I have listened carefully to the explanation of positions expressed prior to and after the votes were taken on resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”.
It is very much regretted that, notwithstanding several genuine attempts to amend t…
Our globalized times cannot perhaps be best described as the result of the work contributed jointly and severally by a handful of visionaries. Millions upon millions of workers, hundreds of thousands of businessmen, managers and operators, an imprecise number of criminals also, thousands of politici…
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 (A/57/35).
In the course of the past year, the Committee continued to carry out the mandat…
As Permanent Representative of Malta and the current Chair-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, I am deeply honoured and proud to introduce this agenda item which, for the third consecutive time, features on the programme of work of the General Assembly. I would also lik…
Allow me to begin by offering Mr. Jan Kavan my Government’s warm congratulations as he assumes the presidency of the General Assembly.
He has served the Czech Republic so well as Foreign Minister, and I have full faith in his ability to meet the numerous challenges that the fifty-seventh session of…
I wish to refer to the votes taken at the 60th meeting of the Fifth Committee, held on Monday, 17 June 2002, on the fourth preambular paragraph and on operative paragraphs 3, 4 and 13 of the draft resolution entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon”. My delegation would lik…
It is an honour for my delegation to address the Assembly on agenda item 23, entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”.
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the United States for introducing this year’s draft resolution as host of the 2002 Wi…
Allow me to commence by thanking Mr. Marcel Biato of the Permanent Mission of Brazil for introducing the draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea yesterday afternoon, and for inviting me to assist him in coordinating the negotiations thereon. My sincere gratitude also goes to the numerous d…
Allow me to begin by expressing my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. The fifty-sixth session is clearly going to be a challenging one, and one that I predict will further strengthen the resolve of members to work hand in hand on all the different iss…
Earlier this week the representative of Belgium delivered a statement on behalf of the European Union and associated countries, including Malta. While endorsing the substance of his statement in its entirety, I should like to make a number of comments from Malta’s own perspective.
While terrorism h…
