At the beginning of my statement, I would like to convey my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- second session. Your election, Mr. President, constitutes undoubtedly significant recognition of your country for its prioritized …
Madam President, I should like at the outset sincerely to congratulate you on your well-deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election represents not only a mark of considerable recognition for the Kingdom of Bahrain, which has tirelessly worked to p…
I wish at the outset to reiterate our feelings of solidarity and compassion to the Government of Haiti and the Government of the Dominican Republic following the natural disaster that has recently struck the populations of those two countries.
The Assembly has just elected me to preside over the fi…
Permit me at the outset to express to Assembly President Julian Hunte the congratulations of my country, Gabon, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. Indeed, his election has symbolic value, since, through him, Saint Lucia has become — as he himself said — the sm…
I have the honour to read out the message that His Excellency El Hadj Omar Bongo, President of the Gabonese Republic — who was prevented from attending — entrusted me with conveying to the Assembly.
“Mr. President, I should like at the outset to express to you the congratulations of my country, Gab…
First of all, I would like to associate myself with the statement that was made by His Excellency Mr. Rodolphe Adada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Congo, on behalf of the member countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). I also wish to commend the e…
Gabon is pleased to see Mr. Kavan presiding over the work of
the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, which is being held at a time when the need to strengthen international cooperation to resolve the world’s problems is indeed vital. His election is a recognition by the international com…
I would like to begin by congratulating the President on his outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. His election reflects the recognition by the international community of the
place and the role that the Republic of Korea, a great friend of Gabon, plays in t…
I welcome the opportunity and the honour afforded me to speak on behalf of Gabon at this session of the Assembly which, although a regular one, is no less an exceptional one.
Indeed, not only does this session prepare us to enter fully into the third millennium but also, and above all, it is being …
Sir, your presence here during this debate on Africa attests to the importance that you personally and your country attach to issues relating to our continent. My delegation appreciates this very much and would like most warmly to congratulate you.
Two years ago the Security Council, meeting in thi…
Like preceding speakers, I thank you for your delegation’s welcome initiative to include the item which brings us here today in the Council’s agenda: the problem of the massive illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons.
Today, the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons is a real thre…
I, in turn, on behalf of Gabon, would like to thank President Frederick Chiluba for the important statement he has just made to the Council and for his unrelenting efforts to promote a negotiated settlement to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the same time I would like to tha…
Allow me to begin by conveying to the President, on my own behalf and on that of the Gabonese delegation, warm and brotherly congratulations on his noteworthy election to the presidency of the Assembly. His great experience in international affairs, along with his outstanding intellectual and moral …
