I would like to commend Indonesia’s initiative to convene today’s open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which is a timely agenda at the current critical juncture of international security. I also wish to thank Secretary- General António Guterres for his informative briefing.
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I wish to join other representatives in congratulating you, Sir, on your unanimous election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I am confident that, under your able guidance, the General Assembly will respond wisely and effectively to the needs and expectations of the i…
I have the honour, on behalf of the 10 States members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — to introduce draft resolution A/57/L.16 on c…
Mr. President, may I first offer you my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I am confident that under your wise leadership and guidance we will have a productive and successful 57th session which will contribute to solution…
The Kingdom of Cambodia, one of the countries endowed with enormous archaeological, historical and artistic wealth, is particularly pleased at seeing the General Assembly take up again the question of the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin. This question is of part…
It has been barely three weeks since the terrible 11 September terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, in which more than 6,000 innocent Americans and people from almost 80 other countries lost their lives, and in which more than 8,000 people were wounded. Most of the world exp…
At the outset, allow me to express my sincere congratulations to Mr. Han Seung- soo on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. We are confident that under his able guidance the work of this session will be a landmark on the new international scene…
Since this is the first time I have addressed the Assembly, allow me, Sir, on behalf of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to express our warmest congratulations on your election to preside over the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I am sure that, with your eminent qualities and wealth of experien…
On the basis of General Assembly resolutions 47/62 and 48/26, we are gathered today to pursue the question of Security Council reform — which has been the object of intense discussions among Members of the United Nations — in order to strengthen the Council's authority and assure its primary respons…
We are meeting here today to consider for the seventeenth time since 1973, the very important question of the return or restitution of cultural property to the country of origin. The report of the Secretary-General in document A/54/436, which contains the report of the Director-General of the United…
As have done preceding speakers, my delegation endorses the very relevant observations made by the French representative in his eloquent introduction of the draft resolution under consideration.
On 15 November 1997, in Hanoi, some 30 years after its establishment in March 1970 in Niamey, the Summit…
Since this is the first time I have had the honour and privilege to address the Assembly in contributing to the debate on this agenda item, I wish, on behalf of the delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to associate myself with previous speakers who have warmly congratulated Mr. Essy on his electio…
