At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, for his briefing and his efforts to enhance respect for and promote human rights. From its own experience in the Council, on which it served for three terms, Qatar reiterates its conviction …
I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for having convened this meeting. We also thank Mr. Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under- Secretary-General for Huma…
We want to echo the statement just made by our colleague from Turkey. This issue continues to be one of great global concern. That is why we support the inclusion of agenda item 130 in the agenda of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly.
The introductory statement today by the President of the General Assembly reflected only a small part of the suffering and tragedy suffered by millions of refugees, especially refugees from Syria. My Turkish colleague has voiced the reasons that prompt us to support keeping the item on the Assembly’…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on Malaysia’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month. We thank you for convening this meeting to discuss a theme of great importance to the most vulnerable segment of society, namely, children. Qatar commends your d…
At the outset, Qatar aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (see A/70/PV.109).
I wish to extend our appreciation to the co-facilitators of the consultations on resolution 70/291 for their effort…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May. I wish you success in your endeavours. I thank Mr. Sameh Shokry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, for presiding over this open debate…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, and we thank the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning.
We also align ourselves with the statements made on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
The Israeli violations continu…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/453), as well as Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Advisor of Oxfam…
We are greatly honoured to address this High-level meeting on behalf of the State of Qatar. Our presence today underlines our ongoing commitment to the Summit’s goals and objectives as demonstrated in the Geneva Summit of 2003 and the Tunis Summit of 2005. The past decade has seen considerable progr…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States. The Group would like to express its appreciation for the efforts of the Secretary-General and for his reports entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations” (A/70/77), “Safety a…
First and foremost, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for all the efforts that have gone into preparing today’s report (A/70/359).
The General Assembly is convened today to review the situation in Afghanistan, which has made huge progress in the area of economic development and in improv…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for his statement (see A/70/PV.62 ), and the Division for Palestinian Rights for its rep…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation for the inclusion of this item in the agenda of this session. I would like to thank both the Secretary-General for his statement and the President for his opening remarks (see A/70/PV.59).
There have been a number of in-depth discussions recen…
On behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, we congratulate Mr. Filippo Grandi on his appointment and election to succeed Mr. António Guterres as High Commissioner for Re…
At the outset, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the victims of the criminal and terrorist attacks that took place in a number of neighbourhoods in the French capital of Paris and claimed the lives of many people. We strongly condemn such terrorist attacks, which run…
Qatar is also pleased to be a sponsor of today’s draft resolution A/70/L.3, entiled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”.
The outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, “Transforming our world: the 2030 A…
I would first like to thank the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, for presiding over our meeting this morning. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General and the Executive Director of UN-Women for their briefings. We warmly welcome the adoption this morning of resolution 2242 (…
We were distraught today to find out that the bombing campaign in the countryside of Homs and Hama — including the village of Restan — resulted in 40 deaths and 276 wounded, most of whom were women and children, according to preliminary reports. In that connection, we remain concerned and condemn th…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General for convening this Summit, giving impetus to the post- 2015 development agenda.
The world has seen profound changes since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000. While many of those Goals have been met, many have not. Today, the inte…
