First of all, I would like to express my congratulations to the President of the General Assembly for the skilful way in which he has conducted the open debate on the situation in Afghanistan since the meetings of the open-ended panel of the General Assembly held in the Trusteeship Council Chamber o…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “International Year of Volunteers: outcomes and future perspectives” (A/57/352). The report refers to the work done by volunteers at the national, regional and international levels. It also celebrates recognition of v…
Having listened to the statement of my friend, the representative of Grenada, I do not have much to add. But, since I sent the text of my statement to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I have to read it aloud.
Our delegation wishes to express sincere thanks to you, Sir, for giving us the opportunity…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for giving me the floor. Allow me to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. We have no doubt that your experience, wisdom and infinite patience will lead us to a successf…
I should like to express my pleasure at participating in this high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to consider ways and means to support the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
First of all, on behalf of my Government, I should like thank the international community for …
It is an honour for me, on behalf of the State of Qatar, to offer my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on presiding over the General Assembly during its meeting devoted to information and communications technologies (ICT) for development in preparation for the upcoming World Summit on the Informa…
At the outset, I thank you most sincerely, Sir, for your work at the helm of the Council this month and for your rapid response to the request of the Arab Group to convene a meeting on the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. As the President of the Organization…
At the outset, I would like, on behalf of Qatar, Chairman of the Ninth Islamic Summit, to extend my warmest thanks to you, Mr. President, for the interest you have shown and for responding so quickly to the call to hold this urgent meeting to consider the unprecedented aggression against the Palesti…
Mr. President, at the outset, on behalf of the delegation of Qatar, the Chairman of the Ninth Islamic Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), allow me to extend our sincere thanks for your prompt response to my Government’s response to hold this important meeting in order to cons…
Allow me at the outset to convey the feelings of the State of Qatar regarding this debate on the dialogue among civilizations.
This is a timely debate, given current conditions in the world. It is timely not only because of the new millennium that has just begun — a new era in which we had hoped th…
Allow me at the outset, to extend my congratulations to Mr. Han on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I wish him every success in conducting the work of this session in a
manner that brings about the attainment of its objectives. I would also like to expre…
First, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. I am confident that your wisdom, experience and expertise will lead the work of the Council to the desired success.
My delegation also wishes to avail itself…
On behalf of the Asian Group, and on my own behalf, I would like to express our deepest sorrow and condolences to the family of Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, who died on 10 July 2001, and to the friendly Government and people of Bangladesh.
As the Assembly knows, Mr. Choudhury was an important Gen…
In accordance with rule 77 of our rules of procedure, my delegation would like to propose postponing discussion of the item before us until we get a written legal opinion from the legal services of the United Nations.
My country wishes first and foremost to support the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Arab States regarding measures to eliminate international terrorism.
The delegation of the State of Qatar has provided all information regarding efforts made during consultations in th…
My delegation asked for the floor to explain our vote before the vote on draft resolution VI, on promoting and consolidating democracy. The State of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir, Sheikh bin Hamad Al-Thani, took a great stride forward to build a democratic State enjoying indiv…
My delegation would like to offer its views on the draft resolution on crimes of passion against women. In Qatar, as in other Islamic countries, we try to protect women’s rights, and we have always recognized full equality between men and women.
My country believes that all crimes against men or wo…
As the General Assembly debates agenda item 41, “Question of Palestine”, I take pleasure in conveying our thanks to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for his report (A/55/639) submitted pursuant to the request made in resolution 54/42 of 1 December 1999 on the peaceful settlement…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the State of Qatar on this agenda item, “Special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children”. Given the great importance of this issue at the national, regional and international levels, it is indeed an honour to …
I am pleased to come before the General Assembly to participate on behalf of my country in the discussion of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, in which much work has been done to bring together the different points of view of different cu…
