Malaysia, as the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement and in its own name, wishes to convey our congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I am confident that, under your able stewardship, the work of the Assembly will reach a succ…
Recent studies by the United Nations have shown that the gaps between the rich and the poor of the world have worsened over the past decade. Unless these gaps and inequalities are addressed effectively soon, there is every danger that a widespread feeling of injustice will prevail, which will cause …
Let me join others, Mr. President, in thanking you for convening this meeting, enabling non-members of the Security Council to participate in the deliberations on the important issue before the Council. We also look forward to open, inclusive and more comprehensive deliberations in the General Assem…
I wish to congratulate you and your Government, Mr. Minister, on Greece’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to thank your delegation for taking the initiative to consider the role of the Security Council in humanitarian crises, which is indeed an…
I note that there is an air of optimism during this second High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. I also note the progress made since the Monterrey Consensus in moving forward towards meeting our development goals.
In particular, the decision on debt cancellation by the G8 and the achiev…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report (S/2005/310) on the ending of the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and the preparations for the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL), whose establishment
w…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member countries of the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM).
First of all, I’d like to associate the Non-Aligned Movement with previous speakers in expressing heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the delegation of the Holy See and the followers of the Catholic C…
My delegation welcomes the resumption of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly today. My delegation, representing both a country affected by the tsunami and a country member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), fully associates itself with the statement made by the Lao P…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Secretary-General; his Special Representative, Mr. Jean Arnaud; the relevant United Nations agencies; and all the men and women of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their remarkable efforts and for the valuable work that …
The situation in the Middle East remains precarious and volatile. Events in the region continue to unfold with a high degree of uncertainty, posing a serious threat to international peace and security. My delegation profoundly regrets that after 34 years, the situation in the Middle East remains on …
My delegation associates itself with the statement made earlier this afternoon by His Excellency Ambassador 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 than…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his reports on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, and the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit, …
I offer my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom on his stewardship of the Council last month.
My delegation is pleased to address the Security Council on the situati…
I should like to thank The Honourable Judge Erik Møse, President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and The Honourable Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for introducing the reports of the two Tribunals and for their excellent…
I would like first of all to express our deepest sorrow and grief over the untimely passing of President Yasser Arafat and to convey our condolences to the Palestinian people.
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report under agenda ite…
I have the honour and the sad duty to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on this solemn occasion to pay tribute to the memory of the late President Yasser Arafat, who passed away on 11 November 2004. I extend the sincere condolences and heartfelt sympathies of the member countries of …
I wish to join you, Mr. President, and others in expressing the sincere condolences and deep sympathy of my delegation to the delegation of the United Arab Emirates upon the demise of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al- Nahyan, the late President of that country.
My delegation wishes to thank …
I join others in thanking Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his presentation to the General Assembly of the annual report of the Agency for the calendar year 2003, as contained in document GC(48)/3. It was a year of notable success for the …
Malaysia remains fundamentally opposed to all forms of unilateral economic, commercial and financial sanctions and embargoes. Therefore, we once again join the rest of the international community in calling
for an immediate end to the embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba and its people.
Si…
On behalf of the Malaysian delegation, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report, which contains the second update of the progress made in the follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on children (A/59/274). We are pleased to join Mr. Kul Gautam, Deputy Executive Director …
