It is my pleasure to thank you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, for having initiated the discussion on this important agenda item. We also salute the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Rela…
On behalf of my country, I wish to pay tribute to the Secretary- General for his report before the General Assembly.
The item entitled “Dialogue among civilizations” reflects not only the significance of the dialogue among civilizations, but also the resolve of the international community to enter …
Permit me, at the outset, to extend to you, Mr. President, my congratulations on your election to the presidency of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. Let me also pay a tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, who guided the work of the previous session of the General Assembl…
At the outset, Sir, allow me to congratulate you very sincerely on your wise and skilful management of the work of the Council this month. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Ambassador of China.
Our country is concerned at the situation and developments in Somalia because of the histo…
Once again, as for year after year for more than five decades, this Organization is discussing the question of the Middle East. Many resolutions on the Middle East have not been implemented as a result of Israeli intransigence, based on the logic of power and defiance and its non-response to the wil…
The question of Palestine has been one of the most important items on the agenda of the General Assembly since its twenty-ninth session, held in 1974. At that historic session, the Assembly invited the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, to participate in…
For almost a decade now, concepts and principles of democracy have been spreading on a wide, global scale and have had a direct impact on the lives of many peoples around the world that were languishing under oppressive regimes. With the expanding circle of States that have adopted democratic system…
Today, we mark the end of the United Nations Decade of International Law in the light of its successes and
My country wishes to refer to the significant events that have taken place over the course of the Decade. These include the establishment of the two International Criminal Tribunals for the fo…
I wish first of all to thank the current President of the Security Council, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for having clearly and succinctly presented the report of the Security Council for the period 16 June 1998 to 15 June 1999. I would also like to t…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his annual report on the work of the Organization. We pay tribute to him for his constant efforts to strengthen the Organization in all areas.
In contrast to the usual descriptive reports, this report the Secretary-General has taken a ve…
The delegation of the Republic of Yemen would like to express its support for the statement made by the representative of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on the item 37 under discussion.
We are committed to the obligations and directives of the World Summit for Social Development. All…
I am pleased to convey to you, Sir, the assurances of my greatest esteem on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Yemen, I congratulate you on your assumption of this high office. We are certain that under your distinguishe…
Together with all humanity we are commemorating today the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption by the international community of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which represents the general framework for the subsequent international instruments whose contents now constitute what is known …
The Republic of Yemen attaches great importance to the development of the situation in the Middle East. We have always strongly supported the peace process. The process that began at the Madrid Conference in 1991 was aimed at bringing about a comprehensive and just settlement on the basis of the pri…
Yesterday we commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People by reaffirming the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self- determination and to the establishment of their own independent State on all their occupied territory.
The problem of Palestine is not a …
First of all, I wish to congratulate the President most warmly on his efforts in connection with organizing the work of this session. I would also express my appreciation for the wise manner in which he has presided with a view to ensuring success here.
The importance attached to agenda item 157, “…
The conclusion and signature of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction was a milestone in the efforts of the international community to put an end to the human suffering caused by the widespread use of these…
On behalf of the Group of Arab States, I wish to express our most sincere condolences to the Government and people of the Comoros islands on the untimely death of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, who assumed the presidency of his country on 25 March 1996 after having played a great role …
On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Yemen, I have great pleasure in expressing to Mr. Opertti
At the same time, I should like to express our recognition of the good offices of Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the Organization, and of his great success in serving peace within the fram…
At the outset, I extend to Mr. Opertti our warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am confident that the Assembly’s work at this session will be crowned with success under his able leadership.
We are discussing today an issue t…
