I extend my gratitude to the briefers of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme for their insightful, sobering briefing today. I commend Guyana and Switzerland, the informal co-focal points on …
I would like to thank Guyana for convening this meeting and to express my appreciation to Secretary-General Guterres for his insightful yet sadly troubling briefing.
Indeed, it feels almost surreal to be in the very Chamber that bears the primary responsibility for international peace and security …
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing. My delegation also warmly welcomes President Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister Albin Kurti to the Security Council.
When Serbia and Kosovo agreed to resume negotiations to normalize relations based on th…
I too would like to thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and hard work over the past five years and to welcome the participation of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait in this meeting.
As a country that has been a long-standing partner of Iraq and that dispatched more…
I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important open debate, and to thank the briefers for their insightful remarks.
Today the world is faced with increasingly multifaceted and cross-cutting challenges all around the globe. On top of that, it continues to be affe…
Let me begin by commending your determined efforts, Mr. President, in organizing this important annual debate. The Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions also introduced its first-ever annual report (see S/2022/1032) and monitoring mechanism to track the implementatio…
At the outset, allow us to express the Republic of Korea’s full support for our collective efforts towards Africa’s development. We therefore support the overall concept behind the timely and important resolution 77/270.
However, our delegation cannot help but disassociate itself from paragraph 17 …
The Republic of Korea welcomes this opportunity for the General Assembly to debate a situation on which a veto was cast in the Security Council on 8 July (see S/PV.9087).
Syria is indeed in a grave humanitarian crisis. We are deeply troubled by the report that the number of people in need is the hi…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to debate the vetoes cast in the Security Council on 26 May (see S/PV.9048). As this is the first General Assembly meeting to address the use of the veto following the unanimous adoption of res…
We have asked for the floor to explain our position on the decision just adopted on the important issue of financing for East Timor.
The Republic of Korea has supported all efforts to bring a peaceful solution to the question of East Timor. We welcomed the signing of the agreement on the future of …
We listened very carefully and with great attention to the statement just made by our colleague from North Korea. Frankly, we are very disappointed in his statement; particularly, that part of it
If we were to go into detail and rebut him point by point, I imagine it would take several hours. I bel…
My delegation would like to extend its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as contained in document A/53/275 and Addendum 1.
We note with satisfaction that, over the last two years, a wid…
My delegation welcomes today’s opportunity to deliberate on the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. We consider this practice to be an important step forward in ensuring closer collaboration and coordination between the two principal United Nations organs sharing the respo…
My delegation would first of all like to express its appreciation to the Secretary- General for the reports he presented in response to General Assembly resolution 52/12 B. My delegation has carefully studied these reports, and I should like to make some preliminary comments.
We concur with the ide…
My delegation wishes to make a statement in explanation of position in connection with draft resolution A/52/L.48/Rev.1, which was just adopted by consensus.
The Republic of Korea strongly supports the humanitarian assistance activities of the United Nations to address humanitarian crises and disas…
It was nearly 25 years ago that the General Assembly first addressed the issue of the restitution of cultural property to its countries of origin. My delegation is gratified to see today that the General Assembly is once again considering this pressing issue, which has acquired added urgency over th…
It is with great pleasure that I take part in today’s discussion on the field of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations.
At the outset, I should like to express our gratitude to the courageous individuals working in the humanitarian aid community, who have dedicated their…
My delegation welcomes the adoption by consensus of the report including the draft resolution on the Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and anticipates that a well-balanced document can be formulated in the forthcoming sessions of the Conference, for the benefit o…
On behalf of the Republic of Korea delegation, I should like to commend Under-Secretary-General Peter Hansen and the Department of Humanitarian Affairs for their leadership role in providing a timely and effective response by the United Nations and the international community to natural and man-made…
I should like to begin by thanking the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mrs. Nafis Sadik, and her staff for their thorough preparations for the Conference. My delegation also expresses its sincere gratitude to the Egyptian Government and people for their hospitality …
