If we understand correctly, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, we are entitled to take the floor immediately upon raising a
point of order. My delegation therefore regrets that it was not given the floor when we initially raised the point of order.
The representativ…
My delegation supports the report of Mr. Paul Badji, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. We would like to thank him and members of his Committee for the valuable efforts they have made to provide the international community with a true pictu…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution, on the basis of its belief in the importance of the IAEA in monitoring nuclear non-proliferation and guaranteeing the right of Member States, large and small, to the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Yet my delegation would like to place on recor…
I congratulate you, Madam President, and your fraternal country, Bahrain, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. You are the first Arab woman ever to assume this high position. Your selection to this post is proof that the empowerment of women has beco…
Israel always tries to paint a false picture. I believe that it has not truly succeeded in doing so, and never will. No statement can mask Israel’s own brutal image of terrorism and evil.
I shall not refer much to the past in my comments. However, I will say that Israel was founded on terrorism by …
My delegation wishes to explain its position on resolution 60/288 on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
My country, Syria, emphasizes and reaffirms its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, regardless of its source or perpetrators, be they individuals, gr…
Madam President, my delegation appreciates your prompt response in convening this meeting of the Security Council on an important and delicate issue that has been on the Council’s agenda for decades, without any real enthusiasm ever having been shown to resolve it.
The Security Council is meeting t…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council. We wish you every success in leading the Council’s work this month.
We express our deep gratitude for the work of the Permanent Representative of the Congo and his friendly delegation and…
The challenge of stopping the AIDS pandemic is a national and international one. This scourge not only kills people but places a heavy burden on the shoulders of the world — a burden that in future will be even greater, with a larger number of countries strongly affected. It is difficult to foresee …
I wish to make one brief comment on the representative of Israel’s statement that we were not “supposed” to speak. We made our statement under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, which is perfectly clear, and with the approval of the Council. I think addressing the Council in th…
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to commend your leadership of the Security Council for this month. My delegation would also like to join others in thanking Ambassadors Løj, Mayoral and Burian for their briefings to the Security Council this morning.
Syria would like to reaffirm its condemnat…
My delegation joined in the consensus on the draft resolution recommended in A/60/608/Add.1, entitled “Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007”, particularly part I, regarding the financing of special political missions.
Before explaining our agreement with the …
Thank you, Mr. President, for having given me this opportunity to address the Council regarding the situation in the Middle East. I would like to welcome the Secretary-General, who is present at this meeting. I would also like to welcome the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr. Fouad Siniora, who has just…
My delegation would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your diplomatic expertise and political knowledge will galvanize the work of the Council and prompt it to assume its role in the maintenance of inter…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. We had hoped that the Security Council would give the opportunity to all delegations that wished to express their opinion to it on the tragic situation in this …
Permit me, Sir, to congratulate your friendly country and you personally on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I wish you every success in conducting the Council’s deliberations this month.
By the same token, I welcome the presence of Mr. Serge Brammertz, Commissioner of the United N…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, which is taking place following a series of intensive meetings and deliberations to discuss the best way to establish an important United Nations mechanism, namely, the Human Rights Council.
My delegation associates itself with …
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank Ambassadors Løj, Mayoral and Burian for their briefings.
We welcome these public Security Council meetings to discuss this important issue. Syria condemns international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Syria was a victim of terrible ter…
First of all, we would like to congratulate Ms. Al-Khalifa on her election to head the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. We wish her every success in her work and pledge the support of our delegation. I would also like to support the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of S…
Syria voted against the draft resolution on the International Year of Deserts and Desertification for one simple reason: one delegation’s politicization of the issue. That was also why Syria voted against the seventh preambular paragraph. That paragraph notes that the Israeli occupation authorities …
