Allow me, Sir, to join preceding speakers in congratulating Mr. Opertti and the
One of the pressing issues that mankind is facing today is globalization and the growing interdependence of States and their effects on international relations. These objective processes will to a great extent determine…
Mongolia attaches great importance to the consideration by the Assembly of the agenda item entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”.
My delegation welcomes the Secretary-General’s report on this item, contai…
First of all, like many others, my delegation wishes to associate itself with the statement made earlier this morning by the representative of the United Republic of Tanzania on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Mongolia attaches great importance to the Assembly's consideration of this agenda it…
It gives me pleasure to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, on his unanimous election to the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly and to wish him success in the discharge of his important responsibilities and duties. May I also than…
The delegation of Mongolia welcomes the consensus adoption of the resolution on Non-Self-Governing Territories. We would like to thank in this connection Ambassador Kittikhoun, Chairman of the Fourth Committee, for his dedication and initiative encouraging greater dialogue and negotiations.
My dele…
On behalf of the States members of the Asian Group, it is my great honour and pleasure to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Kofi Annan of Ghana on his well-deserved appointment to the high post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Asian countries truly believe that Mr. Kofi Anna…
It gives me great pleasure to speak on behalf of the States members of the Asian Group on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which was brought into being initially to help children affected by the Second World War. Over the years, UNICEF has developed …
It is my great honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Asian Group on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
As is well known, the International Bill of Human Rights, and in particular article 8 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, …
When addressing the General Assembly early last month, the Prime Minister of Mongolia underlined that:
Mongolia’s choice for democratic development is natural. Democracy, as is stated in the Managua Declaration — which was adopted at the Second International Conference on New or Restored Democracie…
At the outset, I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Razali Ismail of Malaysia on his unanimous election to the high post of the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I also wish to express my appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral for his exce…
It is a great honour for me to represent the youth of Mongolia at this special plenary meeting of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year.
It is especially opportune that this occasion should fall shortly after the solemn com…
May I be permitted to offer to His Excellency Mr. Freitas do Amaral my sincere congratulations on his election to the high post of President of the golden fiftieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that, under his able stewardship, the Assembly will succeed in advancing the noble aims …
General Assembly resolution 47/181, “An agenda for development”, adopted nearly two years ago, set in motion a process of comprehensive re-evaluation of the established patterns and the traditional philosophy of development. We expect that
My delegation expresses its high appreciation of the Secret…
At the outset, I wish to express my delegation’s sincere gratitude to Ambassador Bo Kjellén of Sweden, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, for his outstanding contribution to the elaboration of the International Convention to Combat Desertification. We owe our gratitude also to …
We have gathered here to discuss the status of world-wide activities in observance of the International Year of the Family and to set guidelines for further global action in support of families. In our view, the high policy-making level of participants is ample evidence of increased public and inter…
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement delivered earlier on this agenda item by the representative of Indonesia, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and endorses the points raised therein. The purpose of my statement is to highlight the issues of particular interest to my delega…
May I offer you, Sir, our sincere congratulations on your election to the high post of President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. We are confident that under your able guidance the General Assembly will make significant progress on the important issues before it.
We express our d…
It is with a sense of profound sorrow and pain that I speak today as Chairman of the Group of Asian States Members of the United Nations.
On behalf of the members of the Asian Group, I extend our deepest condolences to the Governments and peoples of Burundi and Rwanda upon the tragic deaths of Pres…
The Mongolian delegation has studied with a great deal of attention and interest the report of the Secretary-General (A/48/466) on item 21, "Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin".
We are gratified at the work done and the progress made since the seventh session of t…
At the outset, permit me to offer to you, Sir, my delegation’s sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Your professional experience as your country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations will undoubtedly be a…
