It is my pleasure, Sir, to express our deepest appreciation to you for having taken the initiative to convene this meeting of the General Assembly, with a view to allowing the States Members of the United Nations to
hold an exchange of views and ideas on the report of the Secretary-General concerni…
I had been reluctant to ask to speak in exercise of the right of reply. But, as we see from the report of the Fifth Committee, the representative of Israel was among those who spoke in explanation of vote on this item in the Committee, and the Assembly has been reminded that delegations that explain…
My delegation echoes the words of other delegations that have explained their position on the valuable resolution we have just adopted. Its value lies principally in the importance and sensitivity of its subject: the staff of the United Nations, who define the identity of the Organization. Everywher…
The Syrian Arab Republic attaches particular importance to the question of transnational organized crime. Syria has contributed to all the international efforts made to combat this phenomenon within the framework of international law and of the Charter of the United Nations.
Syria has also effectiv…
My delegation wishes to explain its position on the draft resolution submitted under agenda item 121, entitled “Pattern of conferences”. However, we
would first like to extend our thanks to the representative of Botswana, the Vice-Chairman who acted as coordinator of the consultations that led to c…
Our delegation abstained from the vote on the resolution just adopted. We abstained because we condemn terrorism in all its manifestations and forms and because this resolution does not contain a clear distinction between the kind of terrorism that we condemn as a crime and the right of people to re…
My delegation asked for the floor to reply to the allegations made by the representative of the Israeli occupation a little while ago. Our delegation fully supports the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Arab Group and also the reply and the explanations made by Egypt jus…
I would have wished not to have to use the right of reply again on this issue. I had really hoped that the representative of Israel would not have used the right of reply in the light of the voting that he witnessed today.
After being indicted and condemned for the crimes it perpetrates every day, …
At the beginning of this meeting we heard another Israeli statement that distorted the truth and reflected the aggressive logic of the Israelis. The representative of Israel covered his statement, which was full of threats to the Arabs, with expressions of peace. He tried to show, erroneously, that …
This meeting of the General Assembly is being held to discuss the two points on the agenda concerning the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine. The situation is complex and threatening and tensions are on the rise. The blood of the martyred and the wounded continues to flow abu…
I am pleased to extend my thanks and appreciation to you, Mr. President, to your predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, and to the two Vice-Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group, Ambassador de Saram and Ambassador Dahlgren, for their efforts and wisdom in attempting to reach a consensus on the questi…
My delegation wishes to reply to the statement made by the Israeli representative that some delegations have attempted to politicize the issue. Let me just recall that, at the Copenhagen Summit and at the twenty-fourth special session, there was a clear reference to the fact that foreign occupation …
Five years have elapsed since the World Summit for Social Development, which was an important landmark and in which we all expressed our aspirations for a better future in which man would enjoy prosperity and freedom from poverty, disease, want, ignorance and many other problems afflicting various s…
I wish to respond to the statement of the representative of Israel a moment ago. After listening to his statement, everyone can see clearly that Israel does indeed possess chemical weapons and that it considers the possession and stockpiling of such weapons to be a means of providing security for it…
We apologize for taking the floor at this late hour. However, my delegation was surprised to observe that
the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has chosen to twist facts and to disregard the real situation in the Middle East in his remarks about armaments …
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic has asked to speak on a point of order to express its view on the procedure that was followed in dealing with item 181 on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons”.
In this respect, my delegation …
Thank you, Sir. I do not really want to play ping-pong. I am not very good at the game. I do not want to get into an argument with you, but nevertheless, if this is your explanation, why then should we have this sentence about no verbatim records? Surely, it would be enough to have one single senten…
As a matter of fact, I have a few simple comments with regard to paragraphs 10 and 11 of the annex. My delegation was one of the delegations that has asked for oral and written minutes to be provided for the meetings of the round tables.
As regards paragraph 10, in addition to the consensus that th…
