Allow me to read to you the statement of the permanent representative of Sudan, who was unable to attend this meeting.
It gives me pleasure to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are fully confident that thanks to your wide experience, yo…
It would not be far from the truth to say that all Member States want to see reform of the principal organs of the United Nations, in particular the Security Council. Article 24 of the Charter establishes the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace a…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its thanks and appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for having submitted the two important reports now before the Assembly. In addition, we subscribe to the statement made earlier by the representative of Morocco on behalf of the G…
At the outset, Sir, I would like to congratulate you, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are fully confident of your ability and wisdom. We would also like to thank Sir Emyr Jones Parry, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for the wise way…
I should like to begin my statement with a quotation from the Koran:
“O mankind! We created
You from a single (pair)
Of a male and a female,
And made you into
Nations and tribes, that
Ye may know each other
(Not that ye may despise
(Each other). Verily
The most honoured of you in the sight …
It gives me pleasure at the outset, to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. We are confident that his long experience and high professional capabilities will lead to the success of this session. I wish to assure him of the …
Mr. President, I want to greet you and your brotherly country as you preside over the Council at this dangerous juncture. We fully trust that, with your wisdom and ability, you will lead our ship through the storm to safe port.
We also wish to pay tribute to the Council members who refused to go al…
I am pleased to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are also most pleased to thank the representative of France for his outstanding leadership of the Council last month.
The holding of this open meeting shows the extraord…
My delegation supports the principle of cooperation between the Council of Europe and the United Nations. Furthermore, Sudan supports all areas of cooperation between the United Nations and the other regional organizations.
My delegation regrets that we were unable to adopt this draft resolution by…
It is my pleasure, on behalf of my country’s delegation, to hail the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Yesterday’s commemoration was an historic and grand occasion to emphasize the international aspect of this Conventi…
Allow me at the outset to express our thanks to the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his report on the situation in the Middle East (A/56/470). It is also my pleasure, Madam, to see you presiding over this important meeting.
My delegation attaches the utmost importance to developments in the…
The question of Palestine is the highest priority for us because it represents a real danger not just for the peoples of the region but also for international peace and security.
The absence of a just and lasting solution for the question of Palestine, which is the core and essence of the Middle Ea…
It is a pleasure and an honour to submit to the Assembly the draft resolution contained in document A/57/L.28, which is sponsored by Algeria, Gambia, Mali, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Syria and Turkey. I will read out additional sponsors later on.
The draft resolution relates …
It gives me pleasure, as we meet today to examine agenda item 28 regarding assistance in mine action, to express, on behalf of the Sudan, our deep gratitude and appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/57/430) on the subject and for his invaluable efforts in ensuring the…
I should like first of all to thank Mr. ElBaradei, the Executive Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his briefing and his comprehensive report on the activities of the IAEA. I would also like to pay tribute to him for his efforts to improve the performance and effectivenes…
At the outset, I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for introducing his important report (A/57/387). We commend him for his initiatives to reform the work of the Organization in various spheres, in order to improve its efficiency and to make it a capable Organiza…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Allow me at the outset to draw the attention of the Assembly to its resolution 55/6, adopted in this very Hall, which called on the international community to take urgent, ef…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council, under the leadership of the Ambassador Mahbubani, for its ongoing work in the framewor…
It is our pleasure to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for
having responded to General Assembly resolutions by issuing these two important reports (A/57/1 and A/57/270 and A/57/270/Corr.1) to set out for Member States the vision, and status of the implementation, of declared commitments.
The int…
At the outset, I should like to express my sincere
congratulations, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We are fully confident that your renowned diplomatic experience will lead to the success of this important session’s deliberations a…
