I am honoured to address the General Assembly. Turkey attaches great importance to volunteerism and appreciates the efforts of all countries that are trying to bring volunteerism to the forefront of the development agenda.
Turkey is one of the countries that consider volunteerism as an integral par…
The global agenda is currently full of important developments, among which the historic transition in the Middle East and North Africa comes to the fore, with its global ramifications. The people of the Middle East rightfully deserve a dignified life and the dividends of democracy and peace.
The Ar…
Turkey is pleased to sponsor the draft resolution before us today on the situation in Afghanistan (A/66/L.10). The draft resolution recognizes the progress made by Afghanistan and emphasizes the remaining challenges ahead of us. We believe that its adoption by consensus will reflect the internationa…
At the outset, let me thank the President for convening this meeting and for his leadership. I also wish to express our appreciation for the decision to identify United Nations reform and revitalization as one of the priority issues of the sixty- sixth session of the General Assembly. In that connec…
Turkey welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the culture of peace (A/66/280). I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his personal engagement in this very important matter.
As a sponsor of the Alliance of Civilizations, we are particularly pleased…
Let me begin by warmly greeting His Excellency Minister Ambassador Rassoul and Special Representative Staffan de Mistura. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/590) and the Special Representative for his briefing.
Before I go any further, I would like to express on…
I extend my warm and respectful greetings to all, and hope that the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly will yield fruitful results. I would like to congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his assumption of the presidency, and extend my sincere appreciation to Mr.
Joseph Deiss for hi…
It is a pleasure for me to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Republic of Turkey on the very important subject of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the Director-General of the World Health Organiz…
Let me begin by warmly greeting Ambassador Tanin and Special Representative of the Secretary-General De Mistura. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/381) and his Special Representative for his insightful briefing.
We are grateful for the dedicated and outstanding…
At the outset I would like to thank the members of the Group of Friends of Mediation — or, as mentioned in the draft resolution contained in document A/65/L.79, the “mediation for peace initiative” — for preparing the draft resolution that the Assembly will vote on today, and all Member States for t…
Let me begin by thanking the three Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for their comprehensive and informative briefings. We highly appreciate their leadership and the valuable work undertaken by the Committees they respectively cha…
We join others in warmly welcoming High Representative Inzko and we thank him for his insightful briefing and for sharing with us his candid assessment of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which we fully share.
We believe that the Balkans continue to represent the essential test case for las…
Let me begin by warmly greeting Ambassador Tanin and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/120*) and the Special Representative for his insightful briefing. We remain strongly supportive and a…
I wish to congratulate the Chinese presidency for organizing this open debate. I also want to thank the Secretary-General, the Prime Minister of Somalia, and the Special Representative for Somalia of the African Union Commission, Mr. Diarra, for their statements. We welcome and strongly support the …
I would like thank and commend the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
for organizing today’s open debate on this important issue.
We currently have a sound conceptual framework and a better understanding of post-conflict peacebuilding, thanks to the considerable endeavours made within the United…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, for your kind words about me and my delegation.
Given the topic of our discussion today, I would like to start by remembering Ambassador Holbrooke and his vast legacy. At the time of his passing he was doing his utmost to help yield a stable and …
I would like to thank you, Madam, for giving me the opportunity to speak in my capacity as Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) concerning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
At the open debate of …
Over the past five years, the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have worked together peacefully to address their issues and take this historic rapprochement forward. There have been successes and there have been failures, but through the ups and downs the parties have stayed the cou…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2010/604) and briefing, which contain valuable recommendations for addressing challenges regarding women and peace and security. The report is indeed most useful for understanding the conflict- related sexual vio…
Before I start, let me take a moment to say a couple of words in remembrance of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Dick was a man of peace. He will be remembered for never taking no for an answer in times of crisis and for delivering peaceful solutions when all efforts seemed to have failed. We mourn the…
