We congratulate Kenya on its presidency of the Security Council. We thank you, Mr. President, as Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary of Kenya, for presiding over this important meeting and welcome you to the Security Council. We also wish to thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing …
It is a pleasure for me to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States in New York.
We are gathered here today to pay tribute to the memory of the late Algerian President, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and to remember together a man who spent his life serving his country and defending …
It is my honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, before the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly. I wish this session every success in dealing with the challenges that the peoples of the world and our people fa…
At the outset, I thank France for its presidency, which has shed light on issues of importance for Palestine and humankind, including the critical matter of the protection for civilians. I take this opportunity to declare that the State of Palestine is proud to have joined the call for action to str…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your valuable efforts during this month since the beginning of the aggression directed against us. We also thank all our brothers and friends in the Security Council who have cooperated with you, Sir, to put an end to that aggression since it began. Indeed, several fo…
We thank the General Assembly for holding today’s meeting at the request of the Group of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. A large number of Foreign Ministers from Arab and Islamic States are taking part in this meeting, along with repres…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening the General Assembly to address the question of Palestine as we mark 73 years since the Assembly’s 1947 adoption of resolution 181 (II) and the decision to partition historic Palestine. The consequences of that decision have continued to unfold to this day,…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf, for his report (A/75/4) on the work of the Court over the past year, and to commend the Court for its important role and for having continued to make every effort to fulfil its mandate despi…
Let me start by thanking the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its annual report to the United Nations (see A/75/324) and the President of the ICC for presenting the main points in the report as well as highlighting the history that underlies the establishment of this important Court. We
also …
It is my honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement of His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
We congratulate Viet Nam and express our appreciation for its able leadership of the Security Council. We also congratulate the other
newly elected members — Estonia, the Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Tunisia — and express our hope for their success, together with the rest of the Coun…
Before we proceed to the voting, I have a few words to say on behalf of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China regarding the draft oral amendment proposed by the Russian Federation.
The draft oral amendment proposed by the Russian Federation is compatible and consistent with the objective of broad geogra…
In line with our introduction of draft resolution A/74/L.5, on the enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), the Group of 77 and China reiterates that the objective of broad geographical representation, which is enshrined in the Charter of the United Na…
I take the floor in response to the motion put forward by Japan. Our understanding is that the purpose of rule 163 concerns how we draft an amendment to the rules of procedure and ensuring that it is legally sound. That is evident when reading annex II, paragraph 1 (c), of the rules of procedure. It…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China to introduce draft resolution A/74/L.5, on the enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), under agenda item 123, “Strengthening of the United Nations system”.
The ACABQ has undergo…
I congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council during this month. We thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/938). We also listened to Ms. Raemer’s briefing.
As…
I will be delivering two statements: one on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, in relation to the draft resolution on international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, and another in my national capacity in relation to the draft resolution on assistance to the…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
At the outset, the Group would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important midterm review. This is a crucial time for landlocked developing countries, as they undertake a comp…
We thank you, Sir, for presiding over this important meeting as the General Assembly convenes to address the question of Palestine,
and we express our appreciation for your calls for justice and respect for the United Nations resolutions aimed at ending this injustice, resolving the conflict and es…
