Allow me at the outset to express our profound thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu,
for presenting the insightful and touching report of the Secretary-General. It will, obviously, serve to strengthen our resolve to fully ad…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Abe, Under-Secretary- General for Disarmament Affairs, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General. We recognize the presence of Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi in our midst today in the Council.
Tanzania acknowledges and welcomes the increasing systemwide recognition …
We wish first to acknowledge with thanks the welcome extended to my delegation by Ambassador Denisov, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). As a new member of the Security Council and the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the United Republic of Tanzania will do all that is within its capabil…
The United Republic of Tanzania welcomes the initiative of Argentina to organize this special debate on Haiti and also welcomes Argentina’s commitment to Haiti, which is demonstrated, Mr. Minister, by your presence among us today. We thank Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdés, Special Representative of the Secre…
On behalf of the African Union and all sponsors, the United Republic of Tanzania has the honour to introduce, under agenda item 46, the draft resolution entitled “2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa”, as contained in document A/59/L.56.
In addition…
I should like, first, to join others in thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report under this agenda item. My delegation associates itself fully with the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and wishes to make a few additional remarks…
Like others who have spoken before us, my
delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary- General, as contained in document A/59/183, and the ninth annual report delivered before this Assembly by Judge Erik Møse, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. We would also like t…
It has been 13 years since this agenda item first came before the Assembly for deliberation. I would like to join previous speakers in reaffirming my delegation’s support for the draft resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States o…
At the outset I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports contained in documents A/59/206 and A/59/261. We find the information contained in the reports very informative and valuable.
We would also like to associate ourselves with the statements made by Nigeria, on beh…
I should like, on behalf of the countries of the Great Lakes region, to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, and to all the members of the Security Council, for having convened this special meeting to discuss the proposed international conference for the Great Lakes region. This is a clear d…
Tanzania is addressing the Assembly once again this year to join the international plea to the United States of America to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, which is entering its forty-fifth year. This is the twelfth successive year that the item is being deliberated i…
My delegation joins others in acknowledging your ongoing spirited initiative, Mr. President, to advance the debate on revitalizing the General Assembly in the context of the overarching agenda of the reform of the United Nations. It is a timely and commendable initiative. My delegation fully associa…
It is with great pleasure that I take the floor on behalf of my delegation to speak on the agenda item entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support”. That item became part of the annual agenda of the General Assembly in accordance with reso…
It gives me great pleasure on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. My delegation is particularly pleased at the way you have been conducting the work of the A…
In his address to the General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Benjamin William Mkapa, acknowledged that the primary responsibility in the war on HIV/AIDS rests with each country and that our national Governments will take leade…
Mr. President, Tanzania would like to join others in welcoming you and the members of the Council back from the important mission you undertook in the Great Lakes region, which included a visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I hope you had the time to enjoy the bright sunshine in Dar es Salaam, which c…
My country, as one of the States affected by the invalidation of the election results announced on 29 January, still believes that the invalidation was wrongly done by the President. Tanzania believes that the President should have first consulted with the General Assembly before adopting that rulin…
Two hours ago, the General Assembly adopted 11 draft resolutions. And a few moments ago, before the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, another resolution, a twelfth one, was adopted by consensus. There was no controversial clause in any of them.
My…
At the outset, I would like express the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for his report (A/57/227) on the progress made towards implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. The report, which is based on responses to a questionnaire sent to Member States, provide…
It is always difficult to follow the Permanent Representative of Grenada. However, I am going to be my own self.
My delegation would like at the outset to associate itself with the statements made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of 77; the representative of South Africa on…