On behalf of Mauritania, allow me in turn to offer our deep condolences to the families of the Blue Helmets killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to all those who defend the values of peacekeeping. This is also an opportune moment for my country to extend our thanks to the highest authoriti…
At the outset, on behalf of the people of Mauritania and its President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, I would like to thank the Security Council and express our gratitude for its ongoing interest in the security and development challenges of the Sahel region.
Mauritania is absolutely determined to fight …
It gives me pleasure to read out the statement of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Azia, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, on the occasion of the convening of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly.
“First, I would like to express our sincere congratulations to His E…
It is a great honour for me to begin by congratulating Mr. Peter Thomson on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I wish him every success in the noble task that has been conferred upon him. I would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft …
I, too, would like to thank the two co-facilitators.
It is clear that AIDS represents a serious danger and a huge challenge that we have to face. That is why we achieved unanimity on the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (resolution 70/266, annex). However, it includes certain principles on whi…
It is an honour for me to deliver the statement of the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and to speak on his behalf.
“It gives me pleasure, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, to extend to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft our warm congratu…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States on the occasion of the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
As we gather today to celebrate this anniversary, it is an opportunity to give an overview of the progress made in the…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States. The African Group welcomes the President of the Human Rights Council, Mr. Baudelaire Ndong Ella, to the General Assembly and wishes to extend our appreciation for the opportunity to engage in a general debate on th…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/69/228).
Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union is founded on the Charter of the
United Nations, in particular Chapter VIII, which focuses on cooperation with regional organizations. The partnership between the United Na…
I am particularly pleased to present our warmest
congratulations to the President on the occasion of his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. I am convinced that he will spare no effort to strengthen the gains made and to firmly establish international peace an…
I am pleased and honoured at the outset to express our heartfelt congratulations on the election of Mr. Vuk Jeremić as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. We have every confidence in his efforts and in everything that he will undertake in order to maintain the gains made …
It is my honour and pleasure at the outset of this brief statement to welcome and congratulate the Republic of South Sudan upon its accession to membership in the United Nations and for its participation for the first time in the work of the General Assembly.
I am also happy to warmly congratulate …
It is a great honour to take the floor before the General Assembly, which is meeting to discuss the issue of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), one of the most serious and widespread threats to health care in the twenty-first century. I would like to take this opportunit…
Allow me first to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his efforts to convene this High-level
Meeting on HIV/AIDS, which is one of the major challenges of our time.
It has been 30 years since the first cases of HIV/AIDS were recognized and since that disease struck, with more than 25 million de…
The African Group associates itself with draft resolution A/65/L.36. It also attaches great importance to the realization of the goals of resolution 61/19 of 2006. Understandably, the African Group is an active player in the group of interested States overseeing the permanent memorial project and is…
At the outset, I would like to express the condolences of the President, Government and people of Mauritania to the Kingdom of Norway on the terrorist act that claimed dozens of innocent victims. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement of condolence in that regard two days ago.
I would a…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate, on behalf of Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and on my own behalf, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session and to wish him every success in h…
It is a great honour to stand before this Assembly and to present, on behalf of the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a progress report of our country’s march towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Let me first congratulate you, Sir, o…
Mr. President, I would like at the outset to thank you for organizing this important meeting so quickly at the request of the Group of Arab States to study the war of 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009 and the report on that war. The report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Con…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I would like to congratulate President Treki on his excellent opening address and to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the steadfast support he has given the Progr…
