I wish first of all, Sir, to congratulate you heartily on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We know you as a talented diplomat with long and rich
I take this opportunity to convey to the Government and the people of the United States the deep sympathy of the Tunisian Govern…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the African Group.
Since the withdrawal of the United Nations Operation in Somalia nearly a year ago, the situation in that country, which remains uncontrollable, continues to worsen. That constitutes a source of anxiety for the international community.
I…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the African group.
I should like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, upon your accession to the Presidency of the Council. Your extensive experience and renowned talents as a veteran diplomat augur well, we are sure, for the success of the Counc…
May I first of all congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and wish you every success in the accomplishment of your tasks. The mission to Angola that you have just carried out and its results deserve to be welcomed as an important contrib…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Council for this month and for the outstanding way in which you have guided its work. I also congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Lavrov of the Russian Federation, for his excellent work last month.
We w…
Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Your outstanding qualities as an experienced diplomat guarantee the success of the Council’s work.
I should like also to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Al-Khussaiby of the Sulta…
The situation in Burundi today requires the international community to pursue its efforts to overcome the difficulties which continue to hamper the return to normalcy in that country.
We welcome the fact that almost all of the political parties in Burundi have reaffirmed their commitment to the
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU) is today more necessary than ever, since the complex and acute problems facing the African continent must be addressed in strict cooperation between the two Organizations.
In his report of 1 November 1995 on improvin…
Speaking today under item 161 of the agenda, entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World
Today’s consideration of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development gives us another opportunity to continue our dialogue about the best ways and means of strengthening the necessary comple…
The United Nations has been seized of the question of Palestine since it adopted the partition resolution in 1947. That resolution provided for the establishment of two States, one Arab and one Israeli, in Palestine. The successive resolutions of the United Nations laid the foundations for settling …
In speaking today on agenda item 20, “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”, the Tunisian delegation would like first of all to thank the Secretary-General for the excellence of the documentation…
As we meet today to commemorate together the end of the United Nations Year for Tolerance, I am pleased to pay a tribute to the United Nations for its efforts, under the leadership of its Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros- Ghali, to disseminate the values of tolerance, peace, cooperation and hu…
It is a great pleasure for me to speak today on the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”.
The institutionalization of the links between our universal Organization and the organization that represents the elected leaders of the various peopl…
Allow me at the outset to pay tribute to Mr. Amara Essy, President of the General Assembly at its last session, for his wise guidance of the work of the Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to th…
It gives me great pleasure on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year at a time when Tunisia, like other Member States, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, to recall the esteem and admiration expressed by President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali when he addr…
The consideration of the agenda item on cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACTC) gives me the opportunity to expound Tunisia’s viewpoint on the potential role of regional and supraregional organizations, such as the ACTC, in bringing peoples…
Draft resolution III recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 49 of its report (A/49/726) is entitled
The delegation of Tunisia made a statement on this matter when the draft resolution was being adopted by the Second Committee, but there is no mention of that statement in paragraph 14 of t…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity is of crucial importance for the promotion of both regional and international peace and development. Since its establishment, the pan-A…
My delegation, speaking on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), wishes to make some comments on the agenda item entitled “United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s”.
I want to begin by welcoming the international community’s interest …
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of
At its forty-eighth session the General Assembly proclaimed 1994 the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal, thereby emphasizing its commitment to the principles and objectives the Olympic Movement has constantly upheld and disseminated — tha…
