Today the global community observes, with due solemnity, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It is an occasion that calls for deep reflection and for thoughts on what the world can do to put an end to the bloodshed and to also create a structure of peace in that land who…
May I congratulate you most warmly, Mr. President, on your skilful stewardship of our proceedings. The Secretary- General’s very succinct report on this agenda item (A/58/392) reaffirms that the United Nations stands firm as a strong pillar of support to the ideal and institution of democracy worldw…
The Secretary- General has succinctly presented a most comprehensive report on strengthening the United Nations (A/58/351). It demonstrates his clear vision and consistent thoughts on bringing it to fruition. He is deserving of our most sincere thanks. But I would be remiss were I not to make very e…
You and your team, Sir, have been displaying a spirit of remarkable
collegial leadership. It is worthy of our admiration and our support.
Both the reports of the Secretary-General, the one on the work of the Organization (A/58/1) and the other on the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summ…
Bangladesh congratulates you most warmly, Mr. President, on your skilful conduct of the presidency of the Council. Plaudits are also owed to Ambassador Sergey Lavrov for Russia’s astute leadership of this forum during the month of June. The presence here today of Mr. Javier Solana, Mr. Jean-Marie Gu…
Mr. President, once again I should like to put on record my delegation’s appreciation of your excellent leadership of this Assembly through your prodigious wisdom, knowledge and skill. My delegation is committed to working closely with you and other delegations to ensure that the current Assembly se…
Over the past decades, the United Nations international and global agendas have expanded many-fold. The great conferences of the 1990s added to this unprecedented
scale and dimension. The United Nations needed to be restructured, revitalized and retooled to discharge its burgeoning responsibilities…
We meet today to address two major issues confronting Africa: conflict and development. The Secretary-General’s report on the causes of conflict in Africa (A/52/871) is now in its fifth year. The entirety of the United Nations membership has since lent unequivocal support to its recommendations. Tha…
I cannot begin today without expressing to the Indonesian authorities our profound shock and grief at what happened in Bali. We condemn the bombing in the strongest terms. Our thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost their loved ones.
We owe sincere thanks to Ambassador Martin Bel…
Sir, many speakers have preceded me in this debate; naturally therefore I run the risk of repeating much of what has already been said. However, in debates, arguments are often honed through repeated presentation, albeit in different words. The Secretary-General’s reports on the implementation of th…
At the Millennium Summit our leaders pledged to free the
world from poverty and underdevelopment. They committed themselves to ensuring that the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT) are made available to all. Indeed, that was not the first time such a commitment was entered …
Mr. President, we owe you a debt of gratitude for providing us this opportunity to share our views with you on the work of the ad hoc Working Group chaired by Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul.
We have studied with interest the extensive mandate given to him and his group. We are encouraged by the progres…
Mr. President, even as we meet right now, a humanitarian tragedy of immense magnitude is unfolding in the West Bank. The continued perpetration of Israeli atrocities is compounding the pains of Palestine. These are now beyond bearable proportions.
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell has c…
We applaud the manner of your current leadership of the Council. We also commend Mauritius for theirs in January.
The backdrop of events in the Middle East against which we meet is a tale of an unfolding tragedy. Two peoples, connected to each other across the widest possible socio-historical spect…
Mr. President, we appreciate your initiative in convening this meeting on Angola. We thank Ambassador Gambari for his briefing. He is too modest in his characterization of himself. His remarks reveal him to be a leading authority on the subject as well as an achiever in the field.
His enumeration o…
Pardon me, because I have been taken a bit by surprise. Nonetheless, we are prepared to make our statement. But before we make any substantive remarks, let me just say that we believe that Mali deserves praise for its stewardship of the Council this month. You and your team, Mr. President, have work…
When we speak of Afghanistan, we do so with a sense of déjà vu. For decades now, we have spoken on Afghanistan within this hallowed Hall. We have adopted resolutions and focused our attention on that country, but the focus was only momentary. The sense of urgency evaporated when the immediate concer…
Let me offer you, Mr. President, and through you the Council members, warm felicitations on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
We thank Mr. Ibrahima Fall for his detailed report. The Council should respond to his call for continued engagement. That is the only way to prevent the slide towards insecurity …
Bangladesh attaches particular importance to this agenda item, for we believe that the United Nations can indeed play an effective role in the global democratization process. It can also assist in promoting and strengthening democracies across the globe. I wish to place on record our appreciation to…
May I begin by expressing our confidence in your leadership, Mr. President, and assuring you of our fullest cooperation. Tributes are also due to Jamaica — the Ambassador and her team — for their role as President in November. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for hi…
