I have the honour to present the report of the Third Committee under agenda item 117, entitled “Elimination of racism and racial discrimination”, which is contained in document A/56/581.
Under this item, the Third Committee, in section III, paragraph 28, of its report, recommends the adoption of fo…
At the outset let me thank the Secretary-General for his reports on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, which give an impressive account of the broad scope of cooperation with those organizations. Slovakia wishes to support the Secretary-General’s call for en…
At the outset, I wish to join other speakers in warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. It is my deep conviction that in this difficult situation we will, under your experienced leadership, materialize the expectations of the …
I begin by expressing my gratitude to the former President of the General Assembly, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for the leadership he demonstrated on Security Council reform. I also thank
Ambassadors de Saram of Sri Lanka and Ingólfsson of Iceland for their good work.
The Slovak Republic, like the overwhel…
First and foremost, I would like to thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei for his comprehensive introduction of the report on the
activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Again, we find the report well balanced and highly informative.
My delegation fully supports and associates itself with the …
This is a good opportunity for the General Assembly to review the past year’s work of the Security Council and to consider its future direction. Let me thank Ambassador Ryan, President of the Security Council, for his thoughtful introduction of the annual report. Our debate is a significant exercise…
My country has aligned itself with the statement made by the delegate of Belgium, last Monday morning, on behalf of the European Union and the associated countries. The importance of the topic under consideration nevertheless warrants that some additional national points be made.
The terrorist acts…
Before dealing with the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, I would like, on behalf of my country and on my own behalf, to express condemnation of the horrible terrorist crimes committed on 11 September here in New York, in Washington, D.C., and in Pennsylvania, as well …
At the outset, I would like to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I am confident that your vast experience and outstanding record of achievements will guarantee the best results for this session. I wish you every succes…
At the dawn of a new millennium, the human race is going through fundamental changes, within a global context, that are bound to have a significant impact on the future of humanity in the twenty-first century in all walks of life. Apart from triggering the process of democratization, the end of the …
At the outset, let me thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Mr. Knut Vollebaek, for his tireless efforts, in his capacity as the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to bring peace and stability to Europe, as well as for his contribution t…
I have the honour of speaking in my capacity as President of the ninth Meeting of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which took place from 19 to 28 May 1999. I join previous speakers in presenting to delegations here in the Assembly a modest but, let us hope, …
I should like to express my Government's deepest gratitude to all delegations that lent Slovakia their valuable support in its quest for membership of the Security Council for the first time ever — to those delegations that have promoted the principles of rotation and equal opportunity. We are parti…
I would like to express my sincere congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session and to extend my best wishes for a successful conduct of the deliberations and work of this body.
I wish also to thank your predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti, for…
I am very honoured to address the General Assembly on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Slovak Republic associated itself yesterday with the statement made by Austria on behalf of the European Union, and I
The commemoration of…
At the outset, let me thank the Permanent Representative of Poland, in his capacity as representative of the chairmanship-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for introducing draft resolution A/53/L.60. Slovakia has the honour to be a sponsor of the draft reso…
At the outset, allow me to thank the President of the Security Council for the month of October, Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, the representative of the United Kingdom, for his comprehensive presentation of the Council’s annual report to the General Assembly. Our compliments also go to the Secretari…
First of all, I wish to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session and to express my sincere belief that under his leadership this session of the General Assembly will carry out successfully the tasks that the international communi…
Allow me to express, on behalf of the delegation of Slovakia, my appreciation for the convening of this meeting on such a timely and urgent subject. I sincerely welcome the initiative to organize an open debate on children in armed conflict, something that is taking place in the Security Council for…
