At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to congratulate Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his reappointment as the chair of the intergovernmental negotiations. We also thank India for presenting the annual report of the Security Council (A/67/2) at our …
We would like to make this cross-regional statement on behalf of a group of countries. The statement is identical to that delivered on behalf of 35 countries in Geneva during the most recent session of the Human Rights Council. The countries associated with the statement are Algeria, Argentina, Aust…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on Somalia, which comes at the very start of the new era in Somalia. I would also like to extend our gratitude and appreciation to His Excellency the Secretary-General for having convened a mini-summit on 26 September. That t…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate my dear friend His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I believe that, with his able leadership, he will contribute greatly to the work of the Assembly.
I want to be frank and s…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his comprehensive briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2012/703). I would also like to warmly welcome the Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zalmai Ras…
I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution” (A/66/L.60), on
behalf of the Group of Friends of Mediation, chaired by the representatives of Finland and Turkey. Over a yea…
I will be brief. We had not intended to take the floor again, but we find ourselves obliged to do so.
I have listened to my colleague, the Permanent Representative of Syria. I think an attempt was made to represent the facts about our position with regard to Syria. In that respect, the crisis in Sy…
I wish to start by expressing our thanks to the French presidency and to you, personally, Sir, for organizing this timely and very important meeting on Syria and inviting us, the neighbouring countries that have borne the brunt of the crisis in Syria. I also extend our appreciation to Deputy Secreta…
I take the floor to briefly explain our position. We are concerned about the fact that the conflicts in the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions of Georgia remain unresolved. The situation has serious economic, social and humanitarian consequences, primarily for the people of Georgia but also for the …
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for his opening remarks. Likewise, I wish to thank Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski of Canada and his able team for their unremitting efforts to facilitate an agreement on the draft resolution before us today (A/66/L.53).
In …
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous for his comprehensive briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2012/462). I would also like to thank the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Yuri Fedotov for his briefing …
On behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, I have the honour to extend our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić of the Republic of Serbia on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. As Minister for Foreign Affairs of …
Let me begin by warmly greeting Special Representative Jan Kubiš and take this opportunity to thank him for his comprehensive briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2012/133). I would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for his insightful statement.
The p…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate. Allow me to commend the remarks made by the Secretary-General, who has been personally committed to peace efforts in Somalia. We would also like to commend the Government of the United Kingdom for having organized the inte…
Mr. President, we welcome your initiative in convening this meeting. We also thank
the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay, for her briefing.
Turkey deeply regrets the ongoing violence and the mounting civilian death toll in Syria. International efforts should be focused on bringing the…
Turkey voted against resolution 66/231, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, under sub-item (a) of agenda item 76. I would like to recall that the reasons that have prevented Turkey from becoming a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea remain valid. Turkey supports intern…
I would like to reiterate that Turkey stands ready and will be honoured to host the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urbanization (Habitat III) in Istanbul in 2016. We have already notified the Secretary-General, by a letter dated 30 November, of our willingness to host the…
I wish to extend warm greetings to His Excellency Mr. Jawed Ludin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, who is with us today. We welcome the insightful and comprehensive statement he has made. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous for his insightful briefing…
I should like to begin by thanking President Al-Nasser for having convened the fifth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development and by stressing our expectation that this dialogue will strengthen Member States’ commitment to the development agenda of the United Nations.
Since the fourth High-…
With regard to resolution 66/68, I would like to state that Turkey is fully committed to the conservation, management and sustainable use of marine living resources and attaches great importance to regional cooperation to that end. In that context, Turkey supported the resolution. However, Turkey di…
