I take the floor on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
While a period of extraordinary challenges is still evolving in the Middle East, a credible peace process towards a two-State solution remains a core priority of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. We reaffirm the per…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of African States to warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, as well as to wish h…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African Group.
The African Group thanks the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Accelerating the AIDS response: achieving the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration” (A/67/822) and takes note of its recommendations, as expressed…
In my capacity as the Chair of the group of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in New York, I am pleased to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.29, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation”. The draft resolution is consistent with the…
I wish at the outset to commend President Deiss for having facilitated the holding of this meeting at the initiative of Bolivia, joined by more than 20 States, including my own, with the aim of providing a dialogue on the principal
challenges related to the realization of the human right to safe an…
I take this opportunity, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I would also like to congratulate the Austrian delegation for its excellent
work last month. My delegation hails Burkina Faso’s outstanding work as a member of t…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting at the request of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab Group to consider the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, also known as the Goldstone report (A/HRC/12/48), following the reco…
I would like to begin by extending my warmest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I also take this opportunity to place on record our sincere appreciation of Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann for his efforts and leadership…
My delegation congratulates President Kerim on his efficient, effective and proactive stewardship of the General Assembly. We are indeed very pleased to have him guide our deliberations. In particular, we commend him for convening this debate under the rubric “Recognizing the achievements, addressin…
We thank you, Sir, and the Secretary-General, for initiating and closely coordinating the various conferences, events and thematic debates on climate change that have been held over the past year. Each passing day brings increased public awareness about the ever-pressing and inevitable consequences …
Viewed in the context of far too many years — almost a decade — without any process but with mounting bloodshed, destruction and misery, the talks that have just concluded in Annapolis assume enormous proportions. Sixty years have elapsed since the formation of the State of Israel and 40 years have …
At the outset, we wish to express our sincere sympathy to the people of Bangladesh, who are struggling to cope with one of the worst cyclones in a decade. Already, more than 2,000 people are dead, but the true scale of disaster is such that it is feared that thousands more may have perished. In the …
This occasion affords us the opportunity to assess the agreements reached at the International Conference on Financing for Development held in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002. At that time, we were able to arrive at what is referred to as the Monterrey Consensus, which had six core areas. In fact, while …
My delegation is pleased to participate in this joint debate on agenda items 9 and 122, relating to the report of the Security Council and the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
Djibouti aligns itself with the statemen…
We are gathered here today for the second High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in order to take stock of the extensive array of efforts and experiences since the holding of the historic International Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002 at Monterrey, Mexico. Its outcome …
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of Africa. My delegation also wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his second consolidated report on progress in implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (A/59/206), his repo…
We welcome the opportunity to participate in the joint debate relating to the report of the Security Council (A/59/2) and to the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
At the outset, we would like to express our thanks to …
With the advent of information technology and instant communications, our world appears to have gone from a state of information awareness and knowledge, to one of information overload and virtual ignorance. Consequently, many concerns deserving the attention of the international community are drive…
Let me first express my greetings to you, Mr. President. I am very delighted to
see you chairing this meeting today, thus underscoring the importance that Singapore attaches to Africa in general and to the prevention and resolution of conflict in Africa in particular. Our congratulations go also to…
Mr. President, I thank you for calling this emergency Council meeting. I also welcome the timely and pertinent statement made by the Secretary-General. We find it forthright and visionary. We applaud his courage and his relentless efforts to achieve peace and stability in that troubled region.
Befo…
