I congratulate Mr. Yang on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session and assure him of Zambia’s cooperation during his tenure.
We extend Zambia’s sincere gratitude to His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis for his exemplary work during the seventy-eighth sessi…
We gather here to forge a new international consensus on how to deliver and safeguard a better future that leaves no one behind. This once-in- a-generation Summit presents us with an opportunity to reinvigorate multilateralism, supercharge the implementation of prior commitments and tackle existing …
I have the honour to make the following remarks regarding the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa on behalf of the Group of African States.
Decades of work to eradicate poverty and end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa are being reversed as the continent continues to fac…
First, Zambia welcomes the informative presentation by the President of the International Court of Justice (see A/78/PV.20) of the annual report of the Court (A/78/4).
Zambia notes that there has been an increase the number of cases being deliberated by the Court, as well as the diverse cases refer…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States on the agenda item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.
This matter continues to be of great importance and concern to …
The world today is overcome with the overlapping challenges of war, global economic uncertainty, climate change and food insecurity. The cost of war, be it in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the heart of the Sudan, or the war between Russia and Ukraine, has at best led to t…
Before I deliver my national statement, allow me to express our solidarity upon the adoption of resolution 77/289, on the political declaration. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Zambia, we commend the work of the co-Facilitators on the Declaration on the mid-term review of the Sendai F…
First and foremost, I wish to offer our congratulations to Ambassador Michal Mlynár, Permanent Representative of Slovakia, and Ambassador Tareq Albanai, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait, on their appointment as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations process. Zambia assures th…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this first annual meeting to review the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030, which was adopted in June 2021.
My delegation takes note of the repor…
My delegation has the honour to introduce draft resolution A/76/L.42, entitled “International Day of Plant Health”. We are most grateful to all delegations that actively engaged during the informal consultations, and their contributions through constructive engagement and flexibility are much apprec…
Zambia supports the democratization and further deepening of all democratic values and has always remained committed to the further deepening of those values. In addition,
Zambia always supports the further deepening of all human rights and the further consolidation of human rights. However, Zambia…
It is my honour and privilege to be speaking on the occasion of the comprehensive high-level midterm review on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024.
Zambia remains very committed to the ideals and of the Vienna Programme o…
At the outset, I wish to thank the President for organizing this important meeting on agenda item 122, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”. I wish to further thank the previous co-Chairs, A…
The Chair of the Group of African States for this month is Ambassador Moncef Baati, Permanent Representative of Tunisia, who has asked me to speak on his behalf and on behalf of the African Group on this important issue.
First, I would like to thank you, Sir, for your letter dated 21 October on the…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Group of African States at this joint debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) — an issue whose importance to Africa I cannot overstate. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive rep…
I make this statement today in my capacity as Chair of the Group of African States for the month of October.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on 3 October after a protracted illness. Mr. Freitas do Amaral was a statesman and…
On behalf of the Zambian Government, I am honoured to address the General Assembly at this high-level meeting on the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
Let me begin by assuring the Assembly that the Government of Zambi…
As you have indicated, Mr. President, I am Honourable Malanji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zambia and Chairperson of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation of Southern African Development Community (SADC). Allow me to deliver this statement to this m…
Not long ago, in the General Assembly Hall and from this very rostrum, the whole world paused as leader after leader praised one of the greatest human beings that ever lived, Nelson Mandela. We extolled his virtues, his principles and the peace and reconciliation that he preached and lived by.
At t…