I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the work of the Organization. It is refreshingly concise yet comprehensive in its coverage. It deserves our serious and in-depth discussion and consideration. Our deliberations in this particular debate, under item 10 of the agenda of the Gener…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am confident that with his vast experience and diplomatic skills in the service of his country, Uruguay, he will be able to steer our deliberations to a fruitful…
I would like to fully associate my delegation with the statement made this morning by Minister Ali Alatas of Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. My delegation welcomes the convening of this high-level meeting.
The discussion in this forum on the economic and social impact of globaliza…
The Malaysian delegation wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also wish to extend our sincere appreciation to Ambassador Mahugu, Permanent Representative of Kenya, for the skilful manner in which he presided over the work of…
My delegation expresses its satisfaction at the Security Council’s decision to convene this formal meeting today under your presidency, Sir, to consider the dispute between the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the United States and the United Kingdom, with the participation of Member States which are not …
I wish to extend my delegation’s profound appreciation and congratulations to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for undertaking his bold initiative to visit Baghdad and for concluding an agreement with the Iraqi Government on 23 February 1998 which has profound implications for i…
My delegation is gratified that progress continues to be made towards consolidating peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. During the past 12 months many important achievements have been made. Armed hostilities have ceased and peace is…
My delegation wishes to join the preceding speakers in expressing our appreciation to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for presenting the second annual report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serio…
I have listened very carefully to the statements made by the distinguished speakers before me on this very important subject we are considering today. They represent a wide spectrum of views and positions of the Member States, many of which have been stated in the past, either in this Assembly or in…
It is most regrettable that the situation in the Middle East continues to remain tense and unstable due to the unresolved Arab-Israeli conflict. The prolonged cycle of violence and hostilities, as a direct consequence of Israel’s continued illegal occupation of Arab territories, has brought tremendo…
My delegation is seriously concerned about the current status of negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis, which, having started off well following the signing of the Oslo accords, have since encountered a series of serious setbacks. Quite clearly, the disappointing lack of progress in…
My delegation has carefully studied President Cassese’s report, and we share the concerns of the Tribunal as highlighted in it.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was established four years ago with the main objective of dispensing justice to the victims of genocide and a…
I thank all those who have supported our candidature in the last three rounds of voting. Given the fact that there have been three ballots and in the light of our commitment to the Asian Group that we would not stand in the way of a clean slate, we wish to facilitate the proceedings today by withdra…
I would like to express my deep appreciation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Somavía of Chile, for introducing the report of the Security Council to the
The debate on the report of the Security Council will provide an opportunity for the other 170 Members of the Organization th…
My delegation wishes to congratulate Judge Stephen M. Schwebel on his re-election, as well as his elevation to
My delegation notes that there has been increasing recourse to the Court by Member States over the years. It is also heartening to note that 60 States have made declarations recognizing as…
My delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his report, entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development” and contained in document A/52/305. The report provides an important and useful framework for our deliberations in this Assembly. My delegation also…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. We have no doubt that under your able stewardship this session will successfully address the many and complex issues confronting the Assembly and the Organization.
May…
My delegation would like to join other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, and your Co-Vice-Chairmen, Ambassador Mangoaela of Lesotho and Ambassador Powles of New Zealand, for the successful conclusion of your work. Without a doubt, you and the two Vice-Chairmen have been the driving a…
This urgent meeting of the Assembly has been convened at the request of the Arab Group and the Non-Aligned Movement to consider the current, potentially dangerous situation in the Middle East, which has arisen from the decision of the Israeli Government to build a new Jewish settlement in Jabal Abu …
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his report. Speaking in Malaysia’s capacity as the current Chairman of the Islamic Group at the United Nations in New York, I am pleased to note that the Secretary-General’s report on
this item indicates a welcome deepening of relations betwee…
