At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to place on record our great appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and the special session of the General Assembly. The report provides us…
Allow me first to express my delegation’s sincere thanks to Ambassador Martin Andjaba, Permanent Representative of Namibia, for his lucid introduction of the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. The long report reflects both the range and the complexity of work the Security…
Since I am speaking in the plenary for the first time, let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your well- deserved election to steer the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. With your consummate diplomatic skills and leadership, you are sure to guide the General Assembly succes…
Human beings have sought to secure peace with different weaponry at different
times: from weapons made of stone, to arrows and spears, to guns and cannons, to nuclear weapons. None of these have, however, ensured them a lasting peace. Human beings have also experimented with varied security doctrin…
I join previous speakers in congratulating the President on his well-deserved election to preside over this Millennium Assembly. I am confident that, with his wisdom and consummate diplomatic skill, he will steer the Assembly to a successful conclusion.
Let me also express our appreciation to Mr. T…
I bring the Assembly warm greetings from the Government and people of Nepal and the best wishes of His Majesty King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
Since its inception, the United Nations has been working to uphold peace, to promote the rule of law and to foster development. Yet freedom from want and…
After birth and development, review and reform are the inevitable stages of any institution’s life if it is to continue to sustain its credible service to and address the dynamic requirements of the peoples it is created to serve. This is even more true when it comes to an institution as universal a…
Vesak Purnima, or the Full Moon Day of May, is a thrice-blessed day. On this auspicious day, in a span of 80 years over two and a half millennia ago, Gautama Buddha was born at Lumbini, attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya and passed from physical form at Kusinagar.
The essence of Buddha’s teachings…
I bring to you, Mr. President, to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and to all representatives the greetings and best wishes of His Majesty King Birendra and of the Government and people of Nepal. Your election is testimony to the wide recognition of your great country's contribution to the cause of free…
In line with Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/45 of 22 July 1997, entitled “Proclamation of an international year of mountains”, my delegation is pleased to express its full support both in terms of the desirability of this proclamation and, most importantly, in terms of taking appropriat…
In order to facilitate the next round of voting, I wish to inform the Assembly that it is the wish of my candidate to have her name withdrawn from the next ballot paper.
On this solemn occasion marking the commemoration of 50 years of United Nations peacekeeping, I should like to pay the tribute of the member States of the Asian Group to the more than 1,500 peacekeepers who have made the ultimate sacrifice of their
Our homage is also due to the thousands of other p…
I wish to recall the late B.P. Koirala, the legendary leader who became the symbol of democracy in Nepal because of his long years of imprisonment, self-sacrifice and struggle. As the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal, he stood at this podium 38 years ago to this very day and declared that the f…
My delegation joined the consensus in favour of draft decision I, entitled “Implementation of General Assembly resolution 52/214 A, paragraphs 5 and 6”, in the belief that it seeks, basically and more than anything else, to promote the universal character of the United Nations.
One of the principal…
First of all, on behalf of the Government and people of Nepal and on my own behalf, I should like to extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly. I am confident that with your rich experience in international affa…
We are pleased to see Mr. Razali Ismail of Malaysia presiding over the deliberations of the General Assembly with dignity, firmness, dexterity and efficiency. I would venture to say that he has taken an important step in supplementing the ongoing reform process at the United Nations. He has the full…
On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I should like at the outset to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election to the presidency of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly, and to express my happiness at seeing a fellow Asian, from Malaysia, with which my country en…
A total nuclear test ban has been the elusive goal of the United Nations for over 40 years. We achieved a partial test ban 33 years ago. Since that time, a comprehensive test ban has remained one of the highest priority objectives of the United Nations in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-pro…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity provided by the resumed fiftieth session of the General Assembly to examine the question of public
The decade of the nineties has brought a multitude of challenges and opportunities, and to prepare themselves for the advent of the twenty-first century all nati…
The world has witnessed the rapid expansion of representative democracy all over the world in the past few years. While this world-wide surge for democracy is a welcome development for parliamentarians like us, the greatest challenge facing us today is how to sustain this democratic process. The arr…
