Like those who have taken the floor before me, the delegation of Zimbabwe congratulates you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the chair of the Assembly at its sixty-second session and assures you of its cooperation and support.
Maintaining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member Sta…
The African Group wishes to express through you, Madame, to the people and Government of Liberia and to the Government of Luxembourg its deepest condolences as we pay tribute on this solemn occasion to the illustrious life-time achievements attained by two of your predecessors, Ms. Angie Brooks-Rand…
On behalf of the African Group, I wish to start by commending you, Madam, for convening this important meeting. Since we are in the drawdown of your presidency, allow me also to express our deep appreciation for the strength, commitment, wisdom and excellent skill with which you have led the sixty-f…
On behalf of the African Group, I would like to express our deep
condolences to the people and Government of Saint Lucia on the passing away of Sir John Compton, the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia.
Sir John Compton, an outstanding and long- serving statesman who led his country for more than four d…
It is a pleasure for me to be here today to share ideas on the important subject of financing for development. My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Monterrey Consensus of 2002 launched a new partnership for…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by Ambassador Gaspar Martins of Angola on behalf of the African Group.
We thank Ambassador Natalegawa of Indonesia, President of the Security Council for November, for his informative presentation on the work of the Security Council over the 12 mo…
Madam President, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to address the Council on behalf of the African Group on the topical subject of the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. May I also commend the delegations of Algeria, in its capacity as Chair of the Group of Ar…
Zimbabwe feels honoured to address this very important gathering as we review progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS since 2001. We welcome this meeting very much indeed. So much has been said in the media about Zimbabwe, most of it negative, and I would like at this meeting to say what is happe…
Allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session and to express my confidence that this High- level Dialogue on International Migration and Development will have a fruitful outcome under your able stewardship. I would also like to …
This morning we have heard eloquent statements in connection with the economic embargo imposed by the United States against the Cuban people. We have also heard the United States declare that this is a bilateral issue. If it is a bilateral issue, why then is the United States legislating on behalf o…
My delegation, in its last intervention, invited the delegation of the Czech Republic to look at the issues with an open mind. It is clear from the response we have just received that it is not prepared to do so. That is understandable, but also regrettable.
The Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic today made a careless and unsubstantiated allegation: that my country is one of those that have repeatedly failed to respond to human rights concerns of the international community. We do not know what concerns he was talking about. The Minister has obvious…
Like many others who have spoken before us, my delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General as contained in document A/59/302 (Parts I and II). Virtually all of the responses of Member States and the relevant organs and agencies of the United Nations system contained in the report have ca…
I would like at the outset to commend you, Mr. President, for the able manner in which you have been guiding our work during this session. My delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Union, as well as with that of the…
We have listened to the views of the delegations that have taken the floor before us. Throughout those statements, we noted a commonality of interests regarding the absolute necessity of reforming the Security Council. However, beyond that common view, differences abound with regard to detail.
I ha…
I take the floor to address the Report of the Secretary-General in response to the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations (A/59/354) under agenda item 54, entitled “Strengthening of the
United Nations system”. Allow me to commend the Secretary-General for t…
I make this statement on behalf of my Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Stanislaus I. G. Mudenge.
“The Minister of the Netherlands, speaking on behalf of the European Union, expressed concern about what he called the situation in Zimbabwe. I am not sure whether by ‘situation in Zimbabwe’ he is allu…
Like many others who have spoken before me, my delegation firmly rejects the imposition of laws and regulations with extraterritorial impacts and all other forms of coercive economic measures — including unilateral sanctions
against Cuba — and reaffirms the urgent need to eliminate them immediately…
I join my colleagues in recognizing the significance of today’s meeting on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly at a time when there is a growing perception among the majority of the United Nations membership that the General Assembly has been marginalized and its role neglected.
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Let me begin by thanking the Secretariat for its report on the sub-item entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): progress in implementation and international support: causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa” (A/58/352), which was…
