My delegation would like to express its position vis-à-vis the draft resolution entitled “Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force”, contained in document A/50/792/Add.1.
We would like to indicate that had that draft resolution been put to the vote, we would have voted against i…
I am speaking on a point of order in reference to the rules of procedure that must be followed, especially rule 128, which stipulates that:
“After the Chairman has announced the beginning of voting, no representative shall interrupt the voting except on a point of order in connection with the actua…
The General Assembly is meeting today to consider the comprehensive aggression launched by Israel against Lebanon, and its dire consequences. This meeting is taking place after the Security Council failed to put an end to aggression and punish the aggressor in accordance with its responsibility to m…
The Security Council is meeting for the second time today to take up Israeli practices in occupied lands and blatant aggression against Lebanon. The extensive military aggression that Israel has been waging against Lebanon for the past five days marks a serious escalation of tension and poses a thre…
Allow me first to express thanks for this opportunity to speak, though my delegation is truly sorry to ask to speak at this particular moment.
Our delegation, like some 40 others, was surprised this morning, before we began the procedure of electing a judge to the International Court of Justice, by…
My delegation would like to explain its position on the draft resolution in document A/50/824 on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
We wish to indicate that, if this draft resolution had been put to a recorded vote, we would have voted against it in conformity wi…
I should like to explain the position of my delegation in respect of the draft resolution A/50/L.50 relating to the financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.
We wish to put on record that had this draft resolution been put to the vote, we would have voted against it, in keeping …
The changes that have been taking place on the international scene since the early 1990s, despite their magnitude and their far-reaching implications, cannot change the principles and moral values that mankind has endeavoured to live by since the dawn of history. Right cannot become wrong overnight;…
The United Nations dedicates the 29 November of every year to the celebration of the Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People — a people whose calamity and displacement date back to the beginning of the past five decades. This is a people who, since 1948, has constituted the largest mass of ref…
As has been mentioned by the Chairman of the Group of Asian States, the Syrian Arab Republic is one of the States that have submitted themselves as candidates for membership of the Economic and Social Council for the three year period from 1996 through 1998. Proceeding from its desire to preserve th…
When the representatives of world Governments meet at this high level to deliberate the realities of youth and to formulate a plan of action to deal with their problems over the coming period, such meetings and deliberations bespeak great interest in the future of our peoples and of mankind in gener…
It is my pleasure at the outset to express my congratulations to Mr. Freitas do Amaral personally, and to his friendly country, Portugal, upon his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are confident that his experience, wisdom and statesmanship will contribute to the success of this…
My delegation wishes to make a statement before the adoption of draft resolution III in order to express certain concerns we have about the budget of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the
Implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004).
We would like to point out that the Sp…
My delegation wishes to explain its position on the draft resolutions recommended in documents
Had these draft resolutions been put to the vote, my delegation would have voted against them, in accordance with our position of principle, as stated at previous sessions of the General Assembly, that th…
I wish to reiterate my delegation's position on the Conventions on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies.
My delegation is in favour of the provision of all possible assistance to United Nations staff by the terms of those Conventions. My delegation con…
Although time has marched on and we are nearing the beginning of the fourth year since the holding of the Madrid Conference on peace in the Middle East, the recent peace talks and the accompanying international efforts have not helped the peace process to progress towards the desired target of estab…
The United Nations has made a practice of devoting the 29th of November, every year, to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People’s just cause which has been on the agenda of the United Nations for about five decades.
This is a cause that relates to the destiny of a people whi…
It is a great pleasure for my delegation to see such a host of distinguished representatives celebrating the International Year of the Family. This attests to the extreme importance of the family as the principal building block of society and of the international community at large.
I should like, …
The General Assembly has been considering the item entitled "Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council" since its thirty-fourth session. Although consideration of
With the approaching fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, significant questi…
Notwithstanding the generous support for our candidature to membership on the Economic and Social Council, which we deeply appreciate, my delegation should like to announce that it does not insist on its candidature for this year and that it wishes to postpone it till next year out of a desire to ma…
