To begin, I would like, on behalf of the Ugandan Government, to extend our heartfelt condolences to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the tragic loss of innocent lives. This tragic incident underscores the fact that the international community should, more than ever before, resolve to fight the can…
From the outset, Uganda aligns itself with the statement of the African Group delivered by the representative of Nigeria.
One cannot help but recoil in horror at the conjectured picture of thousands of children ruthlessly kidnapped from their homes, their parents, and their communities and subjecte…
I align myself with the statements made by the representatives of Namibia on behalf of the African Group and of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
I would like to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on progress on implementation and internation…
I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this important session, at which we pledge our full cooperation. I also wish to thank your predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, for having conducted the proceedings of the fifty-ninth session so effi…
Allow me to associate my delegation with the statement made by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I would like also to associate myself with the remarks made by representatives of the landlocked and least developed countries. I thank the Secretary- General for the …
Permit me to join those who have spoken before me in mourning the untimely deaths of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
Uganda associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Malawi on behalf of the African Group, as well as with …
Uganda voted in favour of the draft Declaration on Human Cloning because, as a nation, we are firmly opposed to all forms of cloning that involve the destruction of embryonic stem cells and erode respect for and the protection of human dignity. The language of the Declaration reflects both the value…
Seeing is believing. Members of the Security Council delegation to Central Africa visited the region. They saw and heard what was going on with respect to the security situation in the region. They have come back convinced that the region has done a lot to promote peace and security. Their optimism …
Allow me, through the President of the General Assembly, to thank the Secretary-General, as well as Mr. Felipe H. Paolillo and Mr. Philip D. Burgess, in their capacity as co- chairpersons of the Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, for their most detailed, infor…
As we collectively reflect upon the ninth annual report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the eleventh report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), eloquently introduced by the
respective Presidents of the Tribunals, it is incumbent upon us to ta…
Let me first express our condolences to the United Arab Emirates upon the untimely death of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan. May God rest his soul in eternal peace.
Allow me to express our appreciation to President Shi Jiuyong for his very articulate and most succinct introduction of the report of the Inte…
We meet today to discuss how far we have come in achieving the goals of the outcome of the document entitled, “A World Fit for Children” and to learn lessons on how to strengthen our efforts so that we can achieve the goals that have not yet been achieved. We wish to thank the Secretary- General for…
I thank the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report (A/59/303) on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations. In my statement, I will confine myself to a few areas of the report.
My delegation welcomes the strengthened and dynamic cooperation between the Uni…
My delegation has already stated, in another United Nations forum, that the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa is tied to the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), in which African countries unequivocally committed themselves to good go…
In 1994, ten years ago, in Cairo, we committed ourselves as Governments to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action. We agreed to put human beings at the centre of our population and development programmes. We committed ourselves to a comprehensive reprod…
It has become an annual ritual. The question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council has been on the General Assembly’s agenda at least since the Assembly established, through resolution 48/26, an Open-ended Working Group to address the issue. The Group …
Since I am taking the floor for the first time at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, allow me, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Uganda and on my own account, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this world Assembly. I have every confidence in …
On behalf of my delegation, the people of Uganda, and on my own behalf, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Jean Ping, from the sister African Republic of Gabon, upon your election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I have every confidence in your stewardship in steer…
I am addressing the Assembly on behalf of the African Group.
We are gathered here today to pay tribute to the memory of the President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, His Excellency Boris Trajkovski, and the members of his delegation, who perished in a plane crash. He is remembered for…
I am speaking on behalf of the African Group. This day — 7 April 2004 — has been designated by the General Assembly as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, which took place between April and July of that year.
The genocide in Rwanda was not spontaneous. It was precede…
