I begin, Sir, by expressing the warm congratulations of the Algerian delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. Your professional and human qualities guarantee the success of the Council's work at a time when the international community is preparing to mark further sign…
My statement, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on this important agenda item is an expression of the widest solidarity of our Group with the African countries, which make up an essential part of its composition. Beyond this natural duty and this need for solidarity on behalf of the delegation…
I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on the important issue of the financial situation of the
United Nations, which has been a matter of growing concern to us all. From time to time the Secretary- General has brought the current unsatisfactory situation to…
Consideration of agenda item 35 at the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly entitled “Law of the sea” comes at one of those rare moments in history which are particularly favourable both for taking stock and for looking to the future, for it coincides with a job well done and the dawn of a ne…
The consideration of the Secretary-General’s report in document A/49/558 on the implementation of recommendations contained in resolutions on the restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields gives me the opportunity, on behalf of the States member…
I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General and the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for their respective reports, which contain useful information on recent developments in the Palestinian question and on future prospects for that …
I have the privilege of speaking on behalf of the delegations of the countries members of the Group of 77 and of China on the International Conference on Population and Development, which a fraternal country, Egypt, had the honour and the generosity to host from 5 to 13 September 1994 and which will…
Capital punishment is, undoubtedly an important question and a sensitive issue. It is not a new question, either, as it has been a matter of conscience for mankind since the beginning of life in organized society. Nor is it, in view of the priorities and the work of the forty-ninth session of the Ge…
The consideration of the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations provides me with the pleasant opportunity to pay a keenly felt tribute to Ambassador Richard Butler, Chairman of this Committee, for the outstanding efforts he has been making in carrying …
Allow me first, Madam President, to convey heartfelt congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November — a month during which many questions that are both sensitive and complex will require your clear- sighted analysis and your perspicaciou…
It is with great emotion, Mr. President, that I associate myself and the Algerian delegation with the condolences you expressed to the delegation of Egypt on the terrible, cruel losses that the brotherly Egyptian people have suffered as a result of the flooding that occurred on 3 November last. As s…
The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is rightly of concern to the international community. It shakes our fundamental values and sorely tests our declared ability to promote peace with justice and respect for the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter. For over two years, one State M…
First of all, I should like to thank the President of the Security Council, Sir David Hannay, for introducing the Council’s report, which covers the period from 16 June 1993 to 15 June 1994. This is a continuation of the welcome practice which was so appropriately inaugurated last year by the Perman…
On behalf of the Algerian delegation, I should like to extend my warm congratulations to the Secretary- General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the substantive report he has submitted to the General Assembly. My delegation is pleased to be participating in a discussion on the report, the content of …
Allow me first of all to extend, on behalf of the delegation that are members of the Group of 77, on behalf of the delegation of China and on my own behalf, warmest congratulations to Ambassador Bo Kjellén of Sweden, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention that is …
I understand that the Chairman of the Group of 77 can speak in that capacity only by way of an exception. It is therefore an honour and a privilege for me to address the Assembly on behalf of the delegations that are members of the Group of 77 and on behalf of the delegation of China, during the com…
On behalf of the Algerian delegation and in my own capacity, I am pleased to express our great appreciation to Mr. Hans Blix, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the excellent report he has just presented to us on the Agency’s activities. Like those before it, …
It is a great privilege for me to speak here on the occasion of our consideration of the annual report of the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, whose lofty responsibility it is to settle, in accordance with international law, disputes brought to it i…
Allow me first to extend my thanks and congratulations to President Samuel Insanally and the Ambassadors of Singapore and Finland for their wise and effective guidance of the Working Group whose report is now before the Assembly.
The holding at this point in time of a public debate on the question …
I thank you, Mr. President, for the kind words you addressed, on behalf of the General Assembly and on your own behalf, to the Government and the people of Algeria with respect to the earthquake that struck my country, resulting in the death of 171 people and in injury or homelessness for thousands …
