My delegation has requested the floor in response to the statement that has just been made by the representative of India.
Let me set the record straight. Jammu and Kashmir is not a part of India. It never was, and it never will be. India has no claim to Jammu and Kashmir, other than that of a mili…
My delegation has asked for the floor to explain our vote on draft resolution A/75/L.82, entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity”.
For an issue that provokes such divergent views on its nature, scope and applic…
Yesterday we commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It has been 73 years since the adoption of resolution 181 (II) of 1947, partitioning Palestine into two States. The story of Palestine has been an unremitting tale of broken promises and unfulfilled rights eve…
The Second World War was the most destructive war in human history. Its fascist ideologies, based on atavistic notions of racial superiority, sought to impose the totalitarian outlook across the globe. Millions of lives were lost to that insatiable ambition for hegemony and global domination. From t…
We thank the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization (A/74/1). We also listened carefully this morning to his priorities for 2020 (see A/74/PV.54). They reflect a breadth of ambition that is both realistic as well as lofty.
The Secretary-General’s report is a…
My delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate today. We also thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing earlier today.
Last week, as the State of Palestine assumed the Chair of the Group of 77 and China for 2019, it was not only a vote of confidence b…
My delegation thanks the President for having convened this high-level meeting today. This debate is all the more important as it coincides with the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark document that provides a blueprint for humankind’s collective ambitions…
I am taking the floor to exercise our right of reply to the statement just made by the representative of India. Her diatribe was a reflection not only of India’s deep-seated hostility towards my country but also of the Indian habit of conflating fact with fabrication.
We were treated to another hom…
My delegation is compelled to take the floor at this late hour in response to the statement made by the representative of India earlier today.
While there was nothing novel in the content of the Indian assertions — which we will not dignify with a response — what was remarkable was the setting chos…
Regrettably, we have to request the floor again to respond to the statement just made by the representative of India. We will not lend credence to his statement by responding to it. We will simply say that no amount of obfuscation by India can alter the incontrovertible reality of the grim human rig…
My delegation is obliged to take the floor to respond to the statement by the representative of India during the 100th plenary meeting of the Assembly, on 25 June, which was nothing but a concocted mix of delusion and falsehood. Contrary to India’s claim, Jammu and Kashmir never were or will be part…
My delegation is compelled to take the floor in exercise of the right of reply to the statement just made by the representative of India. Despite what some may believe, the repetition of groundless accusations and fabrications does not lend them credibility. They may at best satisfy a self-delusiona…
At the outset, let me join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the office of the President of the General Assembly.
The notion of the responsibility to protect is highly divisive. The selective and biased application of this notion has further eroded global confidence…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting.
Pakistan associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. We would like to make some additional points on our national capacity.
With regard to the agenda item on the imple…
We thank the Secretary- General for the reports on the agenda items under consideration today (A/68/220 and A/68/222). We congratulate African countries on the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union, and on the tenth anniversary of its u…
