Allow me on behalf of the Group of 77 and China to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the co-facilitators, His Excellency Mr. Paul Badji, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal, and His Excellency Mr. Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Den…
I would like, at the outset, to thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his annual report, in document GC(53)/7, presented to the General Assembly. That report mentions the programmes and plans drawn up by the Agency with a view to developi…
I would like to express the appreciation of my delegation for the statement made by the President of the Human Rights Council before the General Assembly, having spoken in the Third Committee last Thursday at the beginning of deliberations on the report of the Human Rights Council (A/64/53). My dele…
The barbaric Israeli war against Gaza was no secret. It was watched by people near and far. Millions of people around the world followed it through various mass media. That the Israeli forces terrorized and murdered innocent Palestinian civilians is not in question. The Israeli occupying Power waged…
In the lives of nations and peoples there are significant landmarks through which the international community has sought to achieve peace, development and social
justice. The League of Nations was among those landmarks. It failed and was succeeded by the United Nations, which we are now striving to…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the member States of the Group of 77 and China on agenda items 63 and 47. We wish to thank the Secretary-General for his reports on the items that we are discussing today.
African countries have taken concrete steps to implement the New Partn…
The world came together in Cairo 15 years ago at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and agreed by consensus on a 20-year Programme of Action that integrated a comprehensive range of population, development and human rights issues necessary for ensuring that every perso…
Following the adoption of resolution 64/1, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the States members of the Group of 77 and China (G-77).
We greatly value South-South cooperation and look forward to a successful outcome of the Conference to be held from 1 to 3 December 2009 in Nai…
It is my pleasure at the outset to convey the best wishes of the Government and people of the Sudan for successful deliberations in the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly on its entire agenda. The agenda contains topics reflecting the challenges faced by the international community and the…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We are happy to see the General Assembly formally decide on setting up the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to follow up on the issues contained in the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impac…
At the outset, my delegation would like to take note of the report of the Secretary- General on implementing the responsibility to protect, as contained in document A/63/677. My delegation would have preferred the General Assembly to debate the concept of the responsibility to protect prior to the p…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to congratulate you on your presidency of the Council for this month. Your neighbouring and friendly State has helped to maintain and strengthen international peace and security, especially in our mother continent, Africa, and in my country, the Sudan, whic…
Thank you, Mr. President, for presenting us with the first draft of this document for our consideration. I am going to say a few things. First of all, let me thank the facilitators — all three of them, because there is continuity in this process. I have attended all the consultations and the discuss…
Permit me at the outset to express our satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council as the representative of a country that is well known for its full commitment to the firm principles guiding international relations and that has friendly relations with my own country. We hav…
I have taken the floor to introduce draft resolution A/63/L.60/Rev.1*, entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support” and sponsored by Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the Sud…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I would like to express our sincere congratulations to Ms. Helen Clark of New Zealand on her nomination by the Secretary-General as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). We take this opportunity to extend to her our best wishes for …
I asked for the floor to very briefly clarify a few facts regarding, first, the incomplete description of the situation in Darfur and the Sudan in general. Such a description will neither advance political settlement nor help our people in Darfur, the people of the Sudan in general or the continent …
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on
your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I also welcome the interest that your presidency has focused on the affairs of our African continent, most recently with respect to support for the African Union’s peaceke…
I have taken the floor to say how pleased the Group of 77 and China is about the consensus reached on rescheduling to 24 to 26 June the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development.
We take this opportunity to reaffirm the importance of the Conf…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, which should be a source of pride four your friendly country. I would like to thank Mr. Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Ms. Malcorra, Under-Secretar…
