I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March 2006. We have taken note with satisfaction of the important work done by the Counci…
We are certainly very pleased today that we have finally fulfilled the mandate given to us by our leaders at the 2005 World Summit. The resolution that we have just adopted, following several months of intense negotiation, provides a solid framework and sets in motion the process for the establishme…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
At the outset, NAM congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. My delegation expresses its appreciation to the Security Council for giving its consent to NAM t…
The convening of this meeting is both important and timely, given the increasing prominence that the issue of migration and development will play in the coming years, as well as the increasing complexity of that phenomenon.
As a country that is strategically located in the South-East Asian region a…
It is regrettable that the Middle East region continues to experience the damaging consequences of war, conflict and foreign occupation. Indeed, the situation in the region is at a delicate crossroads. The question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict remains at the core of the regional tensio…
My delegation is pleased to participate in this debate concerning Afghanistan. We wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the situation in Afghanistan, as contained in document A/60/224.
My delegation joins others in congratulating the Government of…
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made earlier by Mr. Paul Badji, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. We thank the Com…
I shall be speaking first on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under agenda item 73, sub-item (a); and then I will present a statement in my national capacity on sub-item (d).
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/60/L.20, entitled “Strengthening emergency rel…
At the outset, allow me to join you, Sir, and others who have spoken before me to express, in the strongest terms, our condemnation of the terrorist attacks that took place in Amman. On behalf of the Government and people of Malaysia, we extend our deepest condolences to the Government and people of…
At the outset, Malaysia wishes to associate itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his important report (A/60/213) on this agenda item.
Since its forty-seventh session, in …
My delegation joined the consensus on the resolution on Holocaust remembrance. We condemn the Holocaust, as it constituted a systematic and barbarous attempt to annihilate an entire people in a manner and on a scale that have no parallel in human history. Yet its lessons are universal, and my delega…
First and foremost, I have the pleasure to convey, on behalf of my delegation, our heartiest congratulations to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, on the outstanding achievement of being awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Malaysia believes…
My delegation wishes to thank Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, for his lucid presentation of the report of the Court (A/60/4). That comprehensive report contains useful information on the work of the
International Court of Justice and provides a better understandi…
Let me begin by expressing our appreciation to the World Health Organization (WHO) for presenting a thorough and comprehensive report on global road safety (A/60/181) with its long list of recommendations. The report provides us with useful information, especially on the activities that have been un…
On behalf of the Malaysian delegation, I wish to thank the Secretary- General for his report containing the third update on progress made in follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on children (A/60/207). We are pleased to note that Governments are taking substantive measures to pur…
First and foremost, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for his reports on the promotion of interreligious dialogue (A/60/201) and the implementation of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations (A/60/259), and the note of the Secretary-General on the midterm global rev…
The States members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, Thailand, the Socialist Republic …
I should like to thank Judge Erik Møse, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and Judge Theodore Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for presenting the reports of the two Tribunals (A/60/229, A/60/267) and for their …
On behalf of the people and Government of Malaysia, I take this opportunity to congratulate the Secretary-General on his timely decision to convene this congregation of distinguished personalities to deliberate upon youth perspectives, policies and interventions across the globe.
The tenth annivers…
Let me begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and incisive report on the work of the Organization, as contained in document A/60/1. My delegation wishes to associate
itself with the statement made by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of…