Today’s environment tells us that many of the challenges we face as nations are actually collective concerns which require collective responses. We believe that the United Nations remains the most important international body for generating the necessary multilateral and collective action to address…
The United Nations has accorded high priority to the development of Africa — rightly so, in the opinion of my delegation. In this regard, we thank the Secretary-General for his reports on this important subject.
Africa’s development is a major challenge for all of us. For many years now, parts of t…
Through you, Sir, allow me to thank the Permanent Representative of Cameroon and President of the Security Council for this month, Ambassador Belinga-Eboutou, for introducing this year’s report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
The Philippines also wishes to extend its deepest condol…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and substantive reports on the work of the Organization and the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration. In view of our limited time, however, I shall focus only on some issues raised in the report on the work of the Organization.
My deleg…
As we welcome our newest members, Switzerland and East Timor, we reaffirm our faith in the United Nations and in the principles of the Charter.
Today, the United Nations faces more challenges and must respond to far more demands than were ever contemplated by its founders. Yet the Organization
rem…
The global victory over apartheid was won through the leadership, determination and sacrifice of the African people. Today, there is once again a need to call on that same resolve to win the battle for development. The road map to accomplish this is the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPA…
First of all, Mr. President, I convey our appreciation in seeing you chair today’s meeting. I wish also to thank you and members of the Security Council for the opportunity to address this body on this historic day. It is fitting that the celebration in Dili is extended today in this Chamber by the …
May I begin by expressing my delegation’s gratitude to the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report on the support by the United Nations system of efforts to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies.
The Philippine delegation is gratified that the momentum towards greater democrac…
This session’s consideration of the sub-item on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is of particular importance as we consider the adoption of a draft resolution that calls for a decision to be taken at the fifty-seventh session on the modalities for a new …
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for preparing the road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. We are grateful that he has suggested possible strategies and actions to meet the goals and commitments in the Declaration.
I shall …
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations and we thank the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its initiative in advancing our discussion on this important item. It is very timely that, this year, we are celebrating the United…
Today’s debate is particularly interesting and vibrant, as it shows how much progress can be achieved in the span of one year.
In the debate on this agenda item at the fifty-fifth session, many of us contributed ideas on the various ways and means to make development work for Africa, particularly i…
As a founding member of the United Nations, the Philippines has a profound interest in the reform of the Security Council. We are therefore fully committed to finding a mutually acceptable compromise on the outstanding issues before the Open-ended Working Group on the reform of the Security Council,…
The Philippine delegation is happy to be participating in this plenary meeting on a culture of peace, particularly since we are celebrating the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.
The Philippine delegation is pleased also to extend a word of c…
I should like at the outset to thank the Permanent Representative of Ireland, Ambassador Richard Ryan, for introducing this year’s report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
Article 24, paragraph 3, of the Charter mandates the Security Council to submit annual reports to the General As…
The terrorist attacks of 11 September were attacks on us all. We, as one indivisible human family, cannot allow the scourge of international terrorism to stand, first, because it is cowardly and deliberately indiscriminate, as it targets innocent and defenceless civilians; secondly, because it is in…
I would like first of all to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election. At the same time, I wish to convey my Government’s deepest sympathies to the people of New York City and the United States for the barbaric terrorist attack launched almost two weeks ago.
My delegation would also…
At the outset, please accept my delegation’s congratulations on your election, as well as the assurances of our fullest cooperation in ensuring the success of this high-level dialogue and of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
Allow me also, Mr. President, to take this opportunity on b…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for her presentation this morning of the report of the Secretary-General (A/55/985).
Today, the General Assembly is discussing the specific issue of conflict prevention for the first time. It is an issue that has been kept more or less bac…
Much has been said about the imperative need for the United Nations to improve its working methods. Critics have said that, when it comes to the Organization’s agencies, the left hand knows not what the right hand is doing. This is clearly not the case when it comes to mine action.
Mine action is a…
