My delegation, which has the honour of being one of the sponsors of the draft resolution before our Assembly today, warmly thanks the Secretary-General of our Organization for the comprehensive report he has submitted under the agenda item on emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy an…
Since the convening of the Madrid conference in 1991, there have been significant and positive developments in the Middle East peace process. Those developments show that the parties concerned are interested in making progress in the search for peace. My Government welcomes those developments, which…
In this debate on agenda item 37 the delegation of Tunisia would first like to thank the Secretariat for the quality of the documentation that it has provided.
The Secretary-General’s report refers to certain concerns regarding the devastating effects of natural disasters and other emergency situat…
We welcome the appearance of the much-anticipated report of the Secretary-General, “An Agenda for Development.” As we know, that document was produced at the specific request of the developing countries, countries whose concerns are focused on development — indeed, we may say that development is the…
We are meeting today to evaluate the activities of the Organization during the past year and to work collectively to enable it to deal effectively with challenges in the field of security and peace-keeping and in the promotion of global integrated development.
The Secretary-General’s has made a use…
Tunisia, in its capacity as current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) welcomes with
The leaders of the parties that signed the Convention on Governance demonstrated great wisdom by that act and showed that the people of Burundi is able to proceed responsibly in order to overcome t…
The Tunisian delegation would like first to express its satisfaction at the adoption and signing by a large number of countries of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
The binding natu…
I am grateful for this opportunity to address the Assembly. I have the honour today, near the end of the International Year of the Family, to present on behalf of the Republic of Tunisia an overview of our experience in the area of family policy, and to explain why Tunisia has chosen to address its …
Allow me first of all, Sir, on my own behalf and on that of my delegation, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly and on your outstanding leadership of our work.
In addition, it is my pleasure to pay a tribute to Ambassador Insanally, Chairman of the Open-e…
It is my pleasure to convey to you, Mr. President, the text of the letter I have been charged by President Zein El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia and the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity to read to the General Assembly on his behalf. The President would ha…
On behalf of my delegation, allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September and on the exemplary manner in which you are guiding its work.
Once again, the Security Council is discussing a question that continually tugs at the w…
Now that South Africa has moved towards a democratic and non-racial society, and now that there is a democratically elected executive body which reflects the concerns and hopes of the entire South African population, my country’s delegation is pleased to join all those who have expressed their pleas…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to express our great appreciation for the skill with which Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari has guided the work of this body.
Our congratulations go also to Ambassador Keating of N…
Allow me, Sir, to say how much we appreciate your readiness to preside over this important Security Council meeting, in which eminent Ministers for Foreign Affairs are participating on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). We should also like to take this opportunity to pay tri…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of this body and to tell you how very much we appreciate the way in which you are discharging your responsibility. My congratulations also go to your predecessor, Ambassador Jean-Ber…
We have supported draft resolution VI, on the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and during the first session of the Conference we supported the proposal to have two further sessions of the Conference. We have, however, made clear this reservation: …
The Arab Maghreb Union countries on whose behalf it is my honour to speak - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia - consider the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as undoubtedly the most serious tragedy to have confronted this Organization recently. It is a tragedy that p…
I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the delegations of the Arab Maghreb Union, Mauritania, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Algeria and my country, Tunisia, in the context of the Assembly’s consideration of the question of the elimination of apartheid and the establishment of a united,…
Today, as we mark the forty-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which on 10 December 1948 enshrined the principles already enshrined three years earlier in the San Francisco Charter, the international community is reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the noble objecti…
Given the special importance the Republic of Tunisia attaches to the family and its concerns; in view of Tunisia’s long and rich experience in the field of family policy, its structures and institutions, which have recently been developed both qualitatively and quantitatively, thus realizing one of …
