This session of the General Assembly is taking place at a time when certain signs of recovery are being observed in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis, and come on the heels of sharp spikes in food and energy prices. Although the world is still grappling with the effects of those m…
At the outset, may I join previous speakers in extending our sincere appreciation to you, Madam, for convening this special high-level meeting on transnational organized crime on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the launch of the Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime a…
Let me join previous speakers in commending the leadership of the President of the General Assembly in convening this formal debate on human security. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his submission to the General Assembly of his first report on human security (A/64/701).
My del…
My delegation associates itself with the statements made by the representative of Yemen, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the representative of Paraguay on behalf of the landlocked developing countries.
The Dialogue we are holding today is a timely one. It takes place at a time when the …
My delegation wishes to confine its remarks to agenda item 119, on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
Since the adoption of the historic decision 62/557, three rounds of intergovernmental negotiations have taken pl…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies (A/64/372). As seen in the report, Member States have made good progress in promoting and consolidating democracy, i…
I join other representatives in thanking Director General Mr. ElBaradei for introducing the report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during the past year. On behalf of the Government of Mongolia, I wish to take this opportunity to express our profound respect to Mr. ElBara…
On behalf of the Government of Mongolia and my delegation, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the United Nations, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other organizers of these special meetings to focus global attention on population and development issues.
Fifteen years have…
Let me begin by thanking His Excellency Ambassador Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica and President of the Security Council during the month of November, for presenting the report of the Security Council (A/63/2) to the General Assembly on behalf of the Council. My delegation would…
This session of the General Assembly is taking place at a time when the international community is faced with formidable challenges and threats of a much more complex nature. Global problems ranging from poverty, violence, inequality and disparity, terrorism, natural disasters and other acute proble…
On behalf of the Government of Mongolia, I wish to extend our great appreciation to President Kerim for convening this important and timely meeting. My delegation also commends the strong leadership of Secretary-General Ban in the global fight against AIDS.
We agree with the main conclusion of the …
My delegation commends the timely initiative of the President of the General
Assembly, Srgjan Kerim, and the strong leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in marshalling the efforts of the international community through stock- taking of the mid-point implementation of the Millennium Developme…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to commend the important and
timely initiative of the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Kerim, to convene this thematic debate on harnessing the work of the United Nations to address climate change. I wish to also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to join previous speakers in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist attacks carried out two days ago in Algeria. We express our sincere sympathy to, and solidarity with, the people and the Government of Algeria and the United Nations Secretary-…
I am taking the floor today to express my Government’s position on the issue of structural reform of the Security Council.
Mongolia supports early reform of the Security Council aimed at making it more broadly representative, efficient and transparent and thus further enhancing its effectiveness an…
At the outset, I would like, on behalf of my Government, to congratulate the Government of the State of Qatar on having successfully convened the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies on the main theme of “Building capacity for democracy, peace and social progress” in Doha fr…
Mongolia wishes to extend its strong support to the draft resolution entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula”, contained in document A/62/L.4. Mongolia is heartened by the outcome of the second inter-Korean
summit, held in early October, which resulted in the adoption of…
We are at the middle of the road, halfway towards the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Eight years are left — is that much? Are we keeping the pace? Measured against the history of the human race it is but a sand particle in an hourglass. But measured against the hopes a…
Upon instructions from my Government, I wish to reiterate its official position on the issue under consideration today. By resolution 2758 (XXVI), of 25 October 1971, the General Assembly restored the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China and settled the issue of the representation of the …
Considerable progress has been made in implementing the specific set of actions to ensure peace, development and human rights that was agreed upon by more than 150 heads of
State or Government at last year’s World Summit. The Peacebuilding Commission, the Human Rights Council, the Central Emergency…
