In considering the item entitled “Assistance in mine action”, the General Assembly is once again reaffirming the importance that the international community attaches to the threat posed by landmines, which are deployed in more than 60 countries. Every year mines kill or maim thousands of people in t…
Once again the General Assembly is considering the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, despite the vast number of resolutions adopted by many regional and international bodies, including the General …
The Libyan delegation would like to express its satisfaction with the international community’s rules that protect and restore culture and cultural legacies to their original countries.
There are now many conventions and agreements that are concerned with these valuable legacies. Among these is the…
The Libyan delegation expresses its satisfaction at the importance attached to the reform of the United Nations and the rationalization of the role of the General Assembly. My delegation expresses its appreciation to you, Sir, for your initiative to study methods of improving the work of the General…
In 1998 the Secretary-General submitted a report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa. A little over a year ago, the first summit meeting of the African Union adopted a document on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), in …
I would like, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly during its fifty-seventh session, for having
so skilfully over the previous year guided the work of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in …
The President of the Security Council for this month has introduced the Council’s report covering the period from 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003. My delegation believes that the General Assembly’s discussion of the report will provide an opportunity to review developments in the maintenance of intern…
My delegation has carefully considered the Secretary-General’s report on the work of the Organization, contained in document A/58/1, and his report on the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit, contained in document A/58/323. We wish at the outset to express our satisfaction with the con…
My delegation has always supported cooperation between the United Nations and regional as well as other organizations. My delegation joined the consensus on all the resolutions we have adopted in the past few days. Of course, we would have liked this draft resolution, which relates to cooperation be…
My delegation associated itself with the general consensus regarding the adoption of draft resolution A/57/L.66 on the safety and security of
humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel. However, our position should not be interpreted as agreeing to what is contained in operat…
My delegation joined the consensus on draft resolution A/57/L.53, entitled “Assistance in mine action”. However, we would like to make the following comments.
First, the contents of the report (A/57/430) of the Secretary-General were taken into consideration in the drafting of the resolution. That …
Today’s debate in the General Assembly on assistance in mine action is another attempt to call the international community’s attention to the danger of the landmines laid in more than 60 countries, which
kill or permanently disable thousands of individuals, including women and children. Landmines a…
We welcome the fact that Secretary-General Kofi Annan has begun his second term of office by submitting proposals aimed at ensuring that the United Nations focuses its efforts on implementing the priorities set out at a number of conferences. My country has already expressed its views regarding the
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The representative of Egypt this morning made a statement on behalf of the African Group. My delegation supports his statement. Allow me now to make a statement on the two items before us.
This is the third time this session that the General Assembly has held joint debates on more than one agenda i…
My delegation welcomes this joint debate in the General Assembly to discuss the report of the Security Council (A/57/2) and the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, since we believe that the two issues are closely linked.…
My delegation has considered with interest the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/57/1), as well as the report on the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit (A/57/270).
I should like at the outset to express our satisfaction at the contents of the two repo…
My delegation joined in the consensus on the draft resolution entitled “Assistance in mine action”, contained in document A/56/L.63/Rev.1. We would like to thank the sponsors of this resolution for having accepted the amendments to operative paragraph 1, which takes note of the Secretary-General’s r…
In 1998, the Secretary-General issued his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa. In that document, he made a number of recommendations to address issues ranging from post- conflict peace-building to the mobilization of resources for…
At the Assembly’s previous session, the international community reaffirmed for the ninth time its categorical rejection of the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. A cause of deep regret and grave concern is the fact that successive America…
Allow me at the outset to express my delegation’s gratitude to Mr. Holkeri, the President of the fifty-fifth session of General Assembly, for the manner in which he conducted the work of the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of th…
