I would like to begin by joining my voice to those of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the efforts that you have made in the consultative process from its very inception. I would also like to thank the two facilitators for their efforts during this process…
My delegation’s explanation of position concerns section IV of the resolution just adopted, entitled “Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009”.
Our delegation would like to reiterate its position regarding the logical framework for the budget of the Special Envo…
Just two more minutes, please, Mr. President.
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My country’s delegation therefore asks the Secretary-General to consider the following.
First, we have asked that performance indicators pertaining to the establishment of diplomatic links and the demarcation of borders between State…
Since the adoption of the 2006-2007 budget on special political missions, my delegation has consistently sought to have a transparent dialogue with the Secretary-General and concerned delegations in order to comply with the relevant legislative mandates related to the budgets of the special represen…
The General Assembly has just adopted a resolution entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts”. The primary objective of the resolution, in our…
My delegation would like to explain its position on draft resolutions A/63/L.48 and A/63/L.49.
The General Assembly has just adopted draft resolution A/63/L.48, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”. Our delegation joined the consensus o…
My delegation is joining the consensus on the draft resolution under agenda item 99, entitled “Measures to eliminate international terrorism”, despite our reservations regarding the inclusion of a military organization among the organizations listed in its twenty-first preambular paragraph.
My country would like to explain its position on the resolution just adopted under agenda item 76, “Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts”.
We joined the consensus on the resolution despite our reservations …
Allow me to congratulate the President and his friendly country, Nicaragua, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I wish him every success in his mission and
express our satisfaction with the message of his introductory remarks at the opening of the g…
My delegation wishes to speak concerning resolution 63/308, entitled “The responsibility to protect”. My delegation thanks the sponsors of the resolution for their efforts to promote and ensure its adoption and for taking into consideration the suggestions made by delegations in the course of its dr…
Since the adoption of the budgets for special political missions for 2007, my delegation has sought to engage, in a transparent manner, the Secretariat and interested delegations in an attempt to guarantee respect for the relevant legislative mandates of the budget of the Special Envoy of the Secret…
The Syrian Arab Republic voted in favour of this important resolution, resolution 62/218, because we fully believe in the need to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against women. The Syrian Arab Republic is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …
Our delegation joined the consensus on the draft resolution entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency” (A/62/L.5), guided by its belief in the importance of the role of the Agency in monitoring nuclear non-proliferation and guaranteeing the right of all Member States, big and small …
I would like to congratulate Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to wish him every success in his important task. Allow me also to salute his predecessor, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa of sisterly Bahrain and to express our app…
My country’s delegation congratulates you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and reaffirms to you its full cooperation in order that you might be successful in your task.
My country’s delegation supports the statement of the repres…
At the outset, I would like to express my deep condolences to the Government and people of Algeria, to the United Nations and to the families of the victims of the terrorist bombings that occurred in brotherly Algeria yesterday morning.
It is my pleasure as Chair of the Family Commission to represe…
At the outset, we would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We would like to express our appreciation for the great efforts made by the Permanent Representative of South Africa and his delegation during his friendly country’s p…
My delegation wishes to explain its position on resolution 61/252, just adopted, and particularly on part VII thereof.
At the outset, I should like to express my delegation’s support for the General Assembly’s adoption of the resolution to finance special political missions, promoting the United Na…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 61/250 on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on the basis of a principle that my delegation has always stressed, namely, that the responsibility for financing the Force must be borne by Israel, the aggressor party whose actions le…
We listened carefully to the statement just made by the preceding speaker, who proposed amendments to the draft resolution recommended in document A/61/413, under agenda item 37. Those amendments have just been orally proposed, and I believe that they were distributed by e-mail late last night. Many…
