Our delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary- General in document A/65/309, and the report on the work of the International Court of Justice in document A/65/4, which covers the period from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010. We also welcome the presence of Mr. Hisashi Owada, President of the Inte…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 65/6, which was introduced by Cuba in the presence of its Minister for Foreign Affairs, whom we welcome and congratulate on the overwhelming international support it enjoys. We confirm in this respect the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of…
It gives me pleasure, Sir, to warmly and sincerely congratulate you once again on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. It is no surprise that the Council’s programme of work for this month should be full of important items relating to Africa, including the recent debate on supp…
I should like to start by warmly congratulating you, Mr. President, on your leadership of the Council this month, all the more so as you come from a neighbourly and brotherly African country that has contributed so greatly to promoting peace and stability throughout our African continent. It is my g…
At the outset, I would like to greet this gathering and express the hope that the discussions here will lead to tangible progress on the various issues and challenges that must take priority on the General Assembly’s agenda this year, especially agenda item 9 on the report of the Economic and Social…
At the outset, please allow me to express my delegation’s appreciation for the inclusion of these two agenda items in our programme of work this year. The topics of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilization and the Culture of Peace are very important given the Assembly’s broad responsibility…
My country’s delegation would first like to congratulate Mr. Deiss on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. We trust that under his wise and able leadership the Assembly will achieve important accomplishments. My country’s delegation would also like to express…
At the outset, I should like to express our deep thanks and appreciation to the Secretary-General for his annual report on the work of the Organization, as contained in document A/65/1. We appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General across a range of areas, especially now that our world is facin…
It gives me great pleasure at the outset to extend warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I am confident that your election was the right choice.
I would also like to commend the outstanding manner in which Mr. Ali Abdussa…
At this morning’s meeting we heard the representative of the Netherlands express in his statement the refusal of his Government to accept that the President of my country, the Sudan, be permitted to travel to his country. He said that:
“it is unacceptable to the Dutch Government that someone like P…
My delegation would like at the outset to thank and commend the President for initiative to convene this important meeting to reaffirm the significance of
implementing our commitment to combating HIV/AIDS and to assess the progress made in the implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on…
Allow me at the outset to thank the President of the General Assembly for having organized this important discussion on human security.
The concept of human security has been a central concern since the creation of humankind. Freedom from want and freedom from fear are important in all religions. I…
I take the floor to correct an editorial mistake in draft resolution A/64/L.43, which we have just adopted as resolution 64/251. In paragraph 14, the phrase “in full accordance with the provisions of resolution 46/182 and the annex thereto” should read “in full accordance with the provisions of Gene…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of 77 and China to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.43. I wish to announce that Japan and the Republic of Korea have joined the sponsors of the resolution.
The developing countries face tremendous ch…
I wish at the outset, on behalf of my delegation and on my own account, to thank the organizers of this important event for their efforts in convening this High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and in promoting an agreed programme of action from now through 2015, the …
It gives me great honour to address this High-level Meeting on behalf of the African Group to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related In…
My delegation would like to explain its vote on resolution 64/77, on safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel. We participated in the consultations leading to the unanimous adoption of this resolution.
We would like to register in the record of this m…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and its Chair, the Permanent Representative of Senegal, Mr. Paul Badji, who yesterday organized an important ceremony to celebrate the Internation…
At the outset, Sir, allow me once again to congratulate you, on this last day of your presidency of the Security Council for this month. It has been a very fruitful month in terms of the activities and varied initiatives undertaken. I would also like to thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-Ge…
We have a small correction to the draft resolution on the Nairobi outcome document of the High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, contained in document A/64/L.37. The words “on South-South cooperation” in the final sentence of sub-paragraph (l) of paragraph 21 of the annex s…
