Allow me, Mr. President, to commend the manner in which you are conducting the work of the Council for this month. We also wish to commend Ambassador Mikhail Wehbe of Syria for the competent manner in which he accomplished his task during the previous month.
The Security Council meets once again to…
It is my honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States. First of all, on behalf of the Group, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for responding quickly to its request to convene this urgent meeting to reconsider the grave situation still prevailing in the occupied Pales…
We are meeting here today once again to consider the tragic deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, due to the refusal by Israel, the occupying Power, to abide by the relevant Security Council resolutions, which call upon it to withdraw from the town of Ramallah and o…
My delegation would like to explain its vote on draft resolution VI contained in document A/56/583/Add.3, entitled “Human rights situation in Sudan”.
My delegation, along with that of the European Union, tried to achieve consensus on this draft resolution. However, it has now become clear that some…
The General Assembly is meeting once again to consider the agenda item on Assistance in Mine Action. We take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his exhaustive report on this topic.
As a country that has been a victim of mines and their danger, the Sudan supports all international e…
Allow me to extend, on behalf of the people and Government of the Sudan, our heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of the Dominican Republic and to the families of the victims of the tragic American Airlines crash that took place earlier this week.
We would also like to express our con…
Allow me at the outset to extend to you, Sir, my congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. We also thank your predecessor, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for his efforts in making the fifty-fifth session a success. We extend our appreciation to the st…
I would like at the outset to express our gratitude to the former President of the General Assembly, Mr. Holkeri, for his leadership of our efforts to reform the Security Council. I also extend my gratitude to the Ambassadors of Sri Lanka and Iceland for their efforts in preparing
the comprehensive…
The General Assembly gathers this morning to eulogize the late Ismat Kittani. The record of his life is replete with distinguished and abundant diplomatic activity and achievement. He was the representative of his country, Iraq. He began his long, rich career as a diplomat in the Iraqi Foreign Minis…
I apologize for interrupting the proceedings. However, with respect to the information that was given earlier concerning the elections to the International Law Commission, I would like to confirm that Africa will be allocated nine seats this time. I do so because, in some of the texts of the Secreta…
I am indeed overwhelmed to be standing here on this momentous day to express, on behalf of my brothers in the Group of African States, our sincere congratulations to our Organization and to a distinguished son of Africa — and, indeed, of the world — Mr. Kofi Annan.
The decision on this award has co…
At the outset, I have the great pleasure of extending my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to preside over the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. We are confident that, with your well- known statesmanship and abilities, you will successfully conduct the work of this ses…
It is an honour at the outset to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on your impressive performance in presiding over the deliberations of the Security Council during the month of September. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Colombia, on his excellent …
My country’s delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this debate to discuss the prevention of conflicts, which lies at the very heart of the General Assembly’s competence under Articles 10, 11 and 14 of the United Nations Charter. We should also like to voice our appreciation to the S…
I am taking the floor, Mr. President, to respond to your announcement in my capacity as coordinator of the African group of experts on economic matters — the Second Committee African representatives.
We are grateful to you for the appointment of the Permanent Representative of Pakistan and the reap…
Before explaining my delegation’s vote, I should like to take this opportunity to thank the representative of Australia for submitting this resolution to the members of the Sixth Committee. I congratulate her on the adoption of the draft resolution in the Committee on 22 November. I should like to e…
I asked for the floor not to explain the vote that my country cast, but only to note that my country was one of the sponsors of draft resolution IV, “Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system”, and
this fact was not reflected in the report. We trust that the Secretariat will i…
At the outset, Mr. President, I wish to express our appreciation for the work carried out by your predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, the Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform. Likewise, I wish to thank the Vice-Chairmen of the Working Group, Ambassadors Dahlgren and de …
I should like at the outset to present my deep condolences to the delegation, Government and people of Singapore for the demise of the victims of the recent air disaster. We wish them solace in their great loss.
The Sudanese delegation would like to commend and thank Mr. Kishore Mahbubani of Singap…
It gives me great pleasure to express my thanks and appreciation to the delegation of Guyana for their excellent and timely initiative to include an agenda item entitled “The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order” at this General Assembly. Guyana is well known for the cons…
