Today, the global call to combat terrorism rings out above all others and is gaining in urgency. Though this call has been tarnished, at times, by politics and derailed by certain interests, it remains a legitimate one that we fully support. It enjoys priority within the general framework of initiat…
At the outset, allow me to associate my delegation with the statement of the Non-Aligned Movement on this item. We wish to express our support for the Movement’s position, which was reaffirmed at the Durban summit. I also wish to express my delegation’s support for the African position concerning th…
My delegation has read with interest the report of the Secretary-General on assistance in mine clearance (A/53/496). My delegation would like to pay tribute to the strenuous efforts of the United Nations system in cooperation with non-governmental organizations and other parties that are working to …
As Chairman of the African Group this month, I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly the draft
As you know, Niger belongs to the Sahelian geographic region, whose environment is unstable and subject to drought and desertification. This limits the economic activities of its inhabitant…
The United Nations was founded after the indescribable destruction and human suffering of the Second World War, which claimed millions of victims and dispersed hundreds of thousands of refugees. The United Nations embodied the hope of a final end to humanity’s suffering.
Fifty years later, the Unit…
“Among the Believers are men Who have been true to Their covenant with Allah: Of them some have died And some (still) wait: But they have never changed (Their determination) in the least.” (The Holy Koran, XXXIII:23)
This is a sad time to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Afric…
The United Nations General Assembly has been looking at the issue of the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba for the last five years, and the Assembly has been calling for its end. Today my delegation would like to express its grave concern…
I wish at the outset to express our gratitude to the Secretary- General for his effort in preparing the report, contained in document A/53/211 of 6 August 1998, on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development. My delegation also wants to associate
By giving special a…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Although my Minister for Foreign Affairs has already done so, I wished to congratulate him personally.
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General for his efforts in preparing the rep…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. We are confident that his vast experience and capabilities will lead this session to success. I would like to assure him of the full cooperation of my delegation. Allow me al…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. Our thanks go also to the representative of Kenya for the able way in which he presided over the work of the Council last month.
I have the honour of addressing the Council on behalf of the …
It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to extend to you once again our congratulations on presiding over the Council. I should like also to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the Ambassador of Gabon on his presidency of the Council.
The Sudan, thanks to the close neighbourly ties of kinship an…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you and your fraternal country, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I would like to thank you personally for your guidance of the Council. We would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to His Excellency the…
The delegation of Sudan has carefully read the report of the Secretary-General on assistance in mine clearance contained in document A/52/679.
We would like to take this opportunity to commend the activities of the organizations of the United Nations system and other bodies and organizations involv…
As the General Assembly resumes its consideration of agenda item 59, I cannot at the outset fail to extend my thanks to President Udovenko's predecessor, Ambassador Razali Ismail, the Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membersh…
I should like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing the General Assembly take up agenda item 156, “Towards a culture of peace”, during this session. We are convinced that peace and its culture are no longer a mere desirable objective but have become a comprehensive process aimed at ensur…
In his statement today before this Assembly, the representative of the Eritrean regime made certain naive and absurd accusations against my country, and I take the floor in order to exercise my right of reply.
At the outset I would like to make it clear that the target of this response is the Eritr…
At the outset I would like to express my congratulations to the President on the confidence the General Assembly showed in him by electing him to preside over fifty- second session. We have no doubt that his experience and capability in multilateral diplomacy will assist him in conducting the delibe…
My delegation would like to join with previous speakers in expressing its deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to the two Vice-Chairmen for your great efforts, which have led to the successful outcome of the Ad Hoc Open- ended Working Group, in continuation of the process started by your pre…
