Uganda is delighted to take part in this debate. My contribution today will be on the agenda item concerning malaria. Malaria has killed many people in sub-Saharan Africa.
I want to discuss something I have seen for myself. I have seen people walking into drugstores and asking for tablets to treat …
The Ugandan delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/62/1), and in particular for his references to tables that show our performance in realization of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The picture revealed by these tables shows that we have a long way t…
Allow me at the outset to extend our congratulations to Mr. Kerim on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- second session. I wish to thank most sincerely his predecessor, Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Khalifa of Bahrain, for the able manner in which she handled th…
As this is the first time that I am taking the floor under your presidency, Sir, I would like to congratulate you and to wish you well as you preside over the General Assembly.
Considering the issue of Taiwan has become an annual ritual. If the General Assembly were a debating club, we would sit ha…
Before a vote is taken, I thought I should take the floor just to underscore the importance of the Secretary-General’s report and the accompanying draft resolution on peacekeeping.
My country attaches great importance to the peacekeeping role of the United Nations, not only because Uganda has its f…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representatives of Pakistan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, of Bangladesh on behalf of least developed countries (LDCs), and of Benin on behalf of the African Group.
As we begin to prepare for the Follow-up International Confere…
Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you, Madam President, and your facilitators for the work well done in making sure that these two resolutions have been adopted by consensus.
I would like to place on the record our thanks to the Secretary-General for coming out early in his term with the…
Much has been said on this subject, and there is danger of treating this important matter as one of routine or ritual, and carrying on business as usual. But judging from the large percentage of Member States participating in this debate, this issue cannot be shrugged off. The Security Council must …
The African Union (AU) is now a dynamic organization, spearheading the development of Africa under well-defined structures. Among them are the Peace and Security Council and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Under the Peace and Security Council, issues of peace and security are b…
Let me first of all congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I am confident that, with her wealth of experience, she will guide our deliberations effectively. I wish also to thank her predecessor, Mr. Jan Eliasson o…
Allow me to add my congratulations to those of the other delegates who have spoken before me in congratulating the President on her election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.
I wish to begin by noting the significance of the opportunity to voice concerns pertaining to…
My delegation wishes to register its support for the decision of the President, which is clearly in line with General Assembly resolution 2758 (XXVI) of 1971 on the question of China’s representation in the United Nations.
The Uganda delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Ambassador of Algeria on behalf of the African Group.
On the issue of the expansion of the Security Council, Africa’s position is clear and unambiguous — we call for no less than two permanent seats with a veto, and five non-pe…
I shall be extremely brief and make only one point, but before doing so I wish to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Egeland for his usual concern about the fate of civilians caught in armed conflict, and also to register my thanks to him for the good working relationship existing between his Depart…
I bring greetings from His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni, who was unable to attend this meeting owing to prior commitments.
Uganda is grateful to the United Nations for having provided this opportunity for the international community to recall the need to fully implement the commitments prev…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the African Group during this special commemorative meeting to observe the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, under agenda item 73 (c). This commemoration is significant, for it reminds the international community to continue its generosity to th…
Allow me, Sir, to join my colleague, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, in congratulating the People’s Republic of China on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April 2006.
My colleague talked about the relationship between the establishment of the join…
On behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I would like to congratulate the People’s Republic of China on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April 2006.
Members will recall that, during the Security Council debate in January 2006 on the situation in the Great Lak…
Madam President, I take this opportunity to join in congratulating you on the assumption of your important role.
Uganda takes cognizance of the well-developed manual, the International Agenda for Migration Management, to which my country contributed during the global consultative process at the reg…
At the outset, permit me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and also to congratulate your predecessor. I shall be brief.
First of all, I would like to commend and thank the Security Council delegation that visited the region, in particular Uganda.…
