Allow me, at the outset, to express our gratitude to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for his tireless efforts and for his report to the General Assembly, in which he has provided additional information on the main developments in the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during 2002.
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I should like to join previous speakers in expressing our felicitations to you, Sir, on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council and to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, on the excellent way he conducted the work of the Council last month. I also wish to thank …
Allow me to join previous speakers in extending our congratulations to you, Sir, on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council. Our thanks also go to your predecessor for his excellent work. I wish also to thank you, Sir, for holding this open debate on such an important issue on the agen…
My Government deplores that diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving and implementing Security Council resolutions on the disarmament of Iraq were prematurely and arbitrarily aborted, and that a sovereign member of this Organization has become subject to an outright invasion. We believe that there was …
I would like to join earlier speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, expressing appreciation to your predecessor and thanking you for having convened this meeting. I should also like to associate my delegation with the stateme…
Allow me to begin by expressing my appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convening this meeting, to the Secretary-General for his thoughtful remarks on 20 January and to Ambassador Greenstock for his able leadership and his briefing to the Council.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a countr…
I should like to join previous speakers in briefly expressing our felicitations to you, Mr. President, and to your French predecessor, as well as our appreciation to Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei.
My country, as one of Iraq’s neighbours, is following attentively the situation concerning Iraq and its d…
I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to the Secretary- General for his personal commitment to Afghanistan and for his comprehensive and informative quarterly reports, presented over the past year on various aspects of the situation in Afghanistan. I would also like to thank his Special Repr…
The report before us tells of the ever-increasing severity of the
Israeli siege and control imposed on the Palestinian people in the occupied territories. My delegation is appalled by the continuation of the aggressive reoccupation of Palestinian cities and villages over the past year. The cycle of…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and detailed reports on various aspects of strengthening the coordination of United Nations humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.
The nature and extent of humanitarian situations have changed d…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and also to commend your predecessor, Ambassador Tafrov of Bulgaria. I wish especially to thank the Secretary- General for his thoughtful and far-sighted remarks to the Council earlier this morning.
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I wish to begin by expressing my gratitude to the Secretary- General for producing a comprehensive and thoughtful report on the work of the Organization. This report bears witness to the extensive and unrelenting efforts made by the Secretary-General and his colleagues in the Secretariat to advance …
I am honoured and privileged to speak today on behalf of the Asian Group to welcome an Asian country to the United Nations family. We are extremely pleased to have among us the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, led by President Xanana Gusmão. We offer our most sincere congratulat…
It is a great honour and a privilege for me, acting in my capacity as the Chairman of the Asian Group, to congratulate the Swiss Confederation on its admission today to membership of the United Nations. We are profoundly glad to welcome to this Hall the Swiss delegation, whose presence here has furt…
Terrorism is a global menace. The tragic events of 11 September indeed shocked and outraged the international community. They illustrated the scope and magnitude of our common vulnerability — the vulnerability of each and every one of us to the barbarism and inhumanity of a perverted response to inj…
The founders of our Organization enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations the common aspirations of the whole of humanity and, indeed, their determination to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in their lifetime had brought untold sorrow to mankind. They sought to …
We find this two-day high-level dialogue on the economic and social impacts of globalization a very opportune occasion for the international community to take stock of past developments, engage in an objective assessment of the global situation and, hopefully, I might add, devise necessary policy fr…
Have we achieved what we have yearned for through decades: a comprehensive ban? Have we succeeded in freezing the development of nuclear weapons? Have we at long last set the stage for nuclear disarmament? Will this generation or our children be able to open their eyes one day soon to a world that i…
For the past 14 days, the world has been watching with much horror and indignation, but regrettably with little action, the latest episode of Zionist lawlessness, aggression, and terrorism against the innocent men, women and children of Lebanon. The President of Lebanon, in his moving statement yest…
I would like to begin by
offering my appreciation to all those who contributed to the success of the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, as well as to the
Government and the people of Brazil for hosting the Conference.
The Rio Conference on Environment and Development, 20 y…
