Tunisia welcomes the convening of this debate on the fourth annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the report of the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), contained in documents A/65/701 and A/65/353, respectively. My delegation expresses its thanks to His Excellency Mr. Peter Wittig, Permanent…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate and thank both coordinators, Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States and Ambassador Henrique Valle of Brazil, for the remarkable professionalism with which they led the negotiations on the draft resolutions (A/65/L.20 and A/65/L.21) before the General Assembly t…
Since 1978, in implementation of General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 1977, we have celebrated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which is very symbolic and demonstrates broad international support for a people suffering under occupation and unable to enjoy its simple…
First, I would like to express my delegation’s satisfaction with the Secretary-General’s report entitled “Sport for development and peace: strengthening the partnerships” (A/65/270). We welcome the actions undertaken by the United Nations system, especially the Office of Sport for Development and Pe…
I have the pleasure and the honour to speak before the General Assembly today to debate the important points on its agenda regarding the development of Africa. I would first of all like to thank the Secretary-General
for his reports and notes concerning the items under consideration (A/65/152, A/65…
It is a pleasure to address the Assembly today and to offer my congratulations on its adoption of resolution 64/289, on system-wide coherence. This is a historic occasion and a milestone in the work of the Organization and its efforts to develop its working methods and adopt reform measures that res…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam, on Lebanon assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to convey to you and your delegation our sincere wishes for success. We appreciate the approach that you have taken in guiding the work of the Council, particularly with regard to e…
Yesterday, we all observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, an occasion that reminds us of the continuing daily suffering of the brotherly Palestinian people and the tragic situation that necessitates the further intensive efforts of the international community and al…
May I first of all thank the President very much for including the item on reform of the Security Council as one of his top priorities. I assure him of my delegation’s firm support for any action you may take in order to bring this process to completion at this session under his presidency.
While w…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the African Group.
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, upon your presidency of the Security Council for this month and on the wise manner in which you have been conducting the Council’s
proceedings. We want to thank Mr. Le Roy for his …
I have the honour of delivering this statement on agenda items 63 and 47, which deal with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the 2001-2010 Decade to Roll Back Malaria, respectively, on behalf of the Group of African States.
The African Group associates itself with the statemen…
The General Assembly is meeting today to consider the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48) adopted by the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Our delegation agrees with the conclusions of this report, which are intended to guarantee the impleme…
As we consider agenda item 113, on multilingualism, I am very glad to take the floor to thank the Secretary- General for his informative report on the position of multilingualism within the Secretariat (A/63/338) and his recommendations and conclusions to ensure that multilingualism remains at the h…
Draft resolution III recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 49 of its report (A/49/726) is entitled
The delegation of Tunisia made a statement on this matter when the draft resolution was being adopted by the Second Committee, but there is no mention of that statement in paragraph 14 of t…
We have supported draft resolution VI, on the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and during the first session of the Conference we supported the proposal to have two further sessions of the Conference. We have, however, made clear this reservation: …
