At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your country, the Kingdom of Denmark, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. We trust that your diplomatic experience will greatly impact the success of this session. We are ready to work with you, Si…
I have the honour and pleasure to speak today on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman on the issue of Palestine. I would like first to express our appreciation to Mr. Fodé Seck, Permanent
Representative of the Republic of Senegal and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of th…
It is our pleasure, Mr. President, to congratulate you and your friendly country, the Republic of Uganda, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We are confident that your vast experience in diplomacy will steer the work of this session to a successful…
May I begin by hailing you and thanking you, Mr. President, for holding today’s special Security Council meeting.
We thank you, Sir, for having invited us to participate in the debate on the difficult context in Iraq at present. This is a time for us to see how to tackle the terrorist challenge rep…
It is a pleasure to address the Security Council on behalf of
the Arab Group and to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Your diplomatic skills and knowledge of international affairs are, we are sure, the best guarantee for ac…
On behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to His Excellency the Secretary-General for his report (A/68/368) on efforts to improve road safety around the world. In it, he reviews the most recent developments in the implementation o…
It gives me great pleasure, at the outset, to extend my warmest congratulations to the President and his friendly country, Antigua and Barbuda, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We wish him every success in his endeavour and assure him that the Su…
I will be brief. With respect to agenda item 145, “Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of
United Nations peacekeeping operations”, I should first like to thank the Chairman of the Fifth Committee, Ambassador Berger of Germany, for the wisdom with which he conducted the work o…
At the outset, I would like to offer the President and his friendly country, the Republic of Serbia, my warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I would also like to express my appreciation to his predecessor, Mr. Nassir Abdulazi…
Allow me, at the outset, to express my gratitude on behalf of my country, the Sultanate of Oman, to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report contained in document A/66/389, in which he provides us with an account of activities undertaken and achievements attained by the global road safety …
We are pleased to sincerely and warmly congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session and to his brotherly country, Qatar, with which we share deep fraternal relations. We are confident that his diplomatic experience, …
On behalf of the delegation of Oman, I would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to you, Sir, for having organized this special meeting to consider the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East. Through you, my delegation expresses its gratitude to Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo,…
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I wish you every success in your task so that we can achieve our desired objectives.
Sport is an important means of strengthening social cohesion and the ideal…
It gives me great pleasure to offer you, Sir, and your friendly country, Switzerland, our warmest congratulations on your election to preside over the sixty-fifth session of the General assembly. I also wish to express our appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, of the Libyan Ara…
The world is watching with grave concern the unfolding disaster in Pakistan, whose dimensions we continue to ascertain. The floods, which began more than three weeks ago, have affected about one fifth of the area of the country, with disastrous effects on its agricultural heartland. The scale of the…
Members may recall the report of the Secretary-General entitled “World Statistics Day” contained in document E/CN.3/2010/12, which relayed a proposal to organize World Statistics Day on 20 October 2010 in order to celebrate the many achievements of official statistics. At the recently concluded fort…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his note transmitting the report on improving global road safety (A/64/266), prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the United Nations regional commissions and other partners of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboratio…
The Millennium Summit held in the year 2000 was a milestone in international cooperation. There, our Heads of State and Government adopted the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2), in which they identified eight development goals that, if implemented, would lead to a world with less poverty, hun…
It gives me great pleasure to extend, on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman, our thanks and appreciation to His Excellency Ambassador Paul Badji, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, for the Committee’s comprehensive report in document A/64/35. …
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its thanks and appreciation to you, Mr. President, for holding this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to consider the report of the Human Rights Council on its twelfth special session (A/64/53/Add.1) and Council resolution S-12/1, as part of t…
