The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic is pleased, Mr. Minister, to see you presiding over this open meeting of the Security Council to discuss the report of the Council mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea. We appreciate the contribution of your friendly
country, which provided the facilities neede…
My delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council. This is clear proof of the great importance that Norway attaches to the question of the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
I would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Kofi Annan, the Sec…
I should like at the outset to convey to you, Mr. President, my sincerest thanks and gratitude for your quick response to the request of the Arab Group
to convene this session of the Security Council to consider the extremely dangerous situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jeru…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting to consider the humanitarian situation in Angola.
We would also like to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his detailed an…
My delegation would like to welcome the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Ruud Lubbers, and to express its pleasure at seeing him here today. We are profoundly grateful for his comprehensive briefing and for his contribution to the cause of refugees — seeking solutions to the proble…
My delegation would like to join in the expressions of thanks and appreciation made by previous speakers. I pay special tribute to the Foreign Minister of Mauritius for his generous contribution not only to the meeting devoted to the situation in Africa, but also during the discussion and adoption o…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). We also welcome Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General, and Mr. John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, to today’s important debate.
We also wis…
We welcome the report of the Secretary- General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)(S/2002/62), submitted pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999). My delegation also thanks Mr. Guéhenno for his introduction of the report and for his very detailed briefing on the situati…
Every year we hear the same misleading statements from the representative of the occupying Israeli forces. However, bearing in mind that brevity is the soul of wit, I would like to say merely that I agree entirely with the comments made by the representative of Lebanon in both his first and second s…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 56/94 on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Our position reflects our conviction that the resolution constitutes a basis for the strengthening of the IAEA’s safeguards regime, which in turn is a means of maintaining international …
My delegation is grateful to all delegations that voted in favour of draft resolution A/56/L.24, entitled “The Syrian Golan”. The Assembly’s adoption of that draft resolution means a great deal to our people and to all those struggling for liberation and for an end to foreign occupation.
The resolu…
As a matter of fact, the latest statement by the representative of Israel deserves no reply. As usual, it is replete with lies, exaggerations and distortion of facts. I had wished that he had said one word on the roots of the dispute in the Middle East and the reason for all these developments.
The…
This year the General Assembly is discussing two items — the Middle East and the question of Palestine — amid some extremely important regional and international indicators. The terrorist attacks carried out against the United States have cast a shadow on our work throughout the past two months.
As…
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic would like to exercise its right of reply to respond to the shameless attempts to spread misconceptions made by the representative of Israel in the General Assembly this afternoon.
Let me stress at the very outset that the representative of Israel said eve…
The General Assembly has for the past nine years considered the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” This is the tenth year that this item has been included on the agenda of the General Assembly, and …
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session. We are confident that the posts you held in your country and the respect you enjoy will facilitate your task in leading the deliberations of this session of the General Assembly to their desired …
Mr. President, it is a pleasure for me to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I am convinced that your previous posts in your country and the respect you enjoy will facilitate your task of guiding the work of this session to the desired …
During the Shepherdstown talks, Israel did not offer what was required of it within the framework of the peace process, and it has not withdrawn from all occupied Syrian territory. That is why the peace talks failed and collapsed. All the comments by the Israeli representative about some interviews …
I apologize for taking the floor once again, but the falsehoods that the Israeli representative is trying to spread deserve a reply of several minutes from us. It is clear that the Israeli representative is trying to lie. Moreover, he appears to believe the falsehoods he is propagating.
The represe…
My delegation would like to exercise its right to reply to the statement made by the representative of Israel.
All the words used by the representative of Israel regarding the role of the United Nations in the prevention of armed conflict, regarding my country, Syria, and regarding the situation in…
