It is my pleasure to thank the President and the Secretary- General for the convening of this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for its efforts.
I want to speak today about our total commitment to the implementation of the 2001 Dec…
I am grateful to the President for convening this important High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General and to the States that have sent high-level representatives to the Dialogue. I also welcome the representativ…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting of the General Assembly in follow up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, widely known as the Goldstone report (A/HRC/12/48). We thank you for you…
I am honoured to speak under agenda item 11 to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.12, entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”.
Since the draft resolution was introduced, the followi…
We thank the President of the Assembly for responding to the request of the Arab Group and the Non-Aligned Movement to convene a meeting of the General Assembly to consider the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Gaza (A/HRC/12/48), also known as the Goldstone report…
I should like to express my gratitude to the President of the
General Assembly for having organized the interactive debate and for holding this meeting on a most important issue — the responsibility to protect — that requires an expanded and frank discussion of its emerging specificities.
We expre…
The State of Qatar attaches utmost importance to the question of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to participate in today’s important debate. I wish also to thank Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency R…
It gives me great pleasure to convey my gratitude and appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting, to the Secretary- General and to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for their great efforts in carrying out their work.
I wish to em…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on an item that relates to one of the most significant challenges to international peace and security. I thank Their Excellencies the Chairmen of the three Security Council Committees for their briefings. The briefings were of great importance beca…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to address the atrocities being committed in the occupied Palestinian Gaza Strip. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you every success in your presidency of the Council in these difficult circumstances. Through you,…
At the outset, my country’s delegation wishes to pay tribute to the efforts of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which for more than 30 years has worked to empower the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights, including their right to s…
I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. I also thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his briefing this morning.
I have the honour to address the Council on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I thank you, Mr. President, …
Permit me at the outset to thank the President of the General Assembly for having taken the initiative to convene this important meeting to shed light on the critical situation facing the world’s poor, who are suffering as a result of the global food crisis, with soaring food prices that are too hig…
Mr. President, we wish to thank you for convening this thematic debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also wish to thank Mr. Holmes for his very important and comprehensive briefing. The last report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in cases of armed confli…
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the President on having taken the initiative to convene this important meeting. Undoubtedly, the constructive debate in which we were engaged yesterday was an additional opportunity to promote solidarity and partnership within the international community an…
First of all, I would like to pay tribute to the President of the General Assembly for his personal interest in the issue of climate change and for making it one of this year’s
top priorities. We appreciate his awareness of the importance of this issue and its grave consequences for our planet. We …
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Verbeke for his briefing. Qatar attaches great importance to the peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear file, and we wish therefore to comment on the following regional considerations.
Qatar affirms that a peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear file i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I wish to welcome Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia. I thank him for his briefing and urge him to continue the efforts he has undertaken since he took office to promote a comprehensive politi…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to speak today in my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone and of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning L…
Thank you again for convening this debate this morning, Mr. President, and allow me to thank Ambassador Baso Sangqu, Deputy Permanent Representative of South Africa, for his briefing on behalf of Ambassador Kumalo, head of the Security Council field mission to Timor-Leste. I would also like to comme…
