After seven years of deliberations within the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council, the General Assembly has the right to make a comprehensive review of the Wor…
First, there is a close relationship among disarmament conventions, especially those dealing with a single category like weapons of mass destruction. Disregarding this fact is indeed a reflection of selectivity and exacerbates the problems instead of solving them.
We would have liked Mr. Bustani’s …
I apologize for asking to speak yet again, but I will be very brief. I should like to respond to one particular point that has just been made.
Anyone who speaks in this Hall should respect other speakers’ intelligence, as he should also respect facts and reality. When the representative of Kuwait s…
I regret having to take the floor at this late hour, but I am obliged to respond to the representative of the Kuwaiti regime, a puppet of the United States and talking on its behalf. The representative of Kuwait wants to tell the General Assembly and the representatives of the States in attendance w…
The use or threat of use of coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion is a flagrant violation of the principles embodied in the United Nations Charter and international law, particularly in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Charter stipulating that the Organization is ba…
Allow me at the outset to express to you, Mr. President, our sincere thanks for convening this meeting to consider the issue of sanctions, which has become a source of concern for the entire international community, especially in the past decade — the “decade of sanctions”, as it has come to be know…
The Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform will begin its new session at the dawn of the third millennium. We urge all States Members of the United Nations to resume the debate in a new spirit, giving priority to the interests of the international community and to the principles of the …
The progress made by mankind is the outcome of the achievements of peoples since the dawn of history: from the civilizations of Mesopotamia to the Phoenician and Egyptian civilizations and those of India, China and Latin America, including the Arab Islamic civilization, the European Renaissance and,…
I will limit my observations on the report of the Secretary-General to two issues. First, in paragraph 81 of his report in document A/54/1, the Secretary-General referred to the developments with regard to Iraq by describing the American and United Kingdom aggression against Iraq on 16 December 1998…
The United States of America is the last country entitled to speak about international law or commitment to the Charter of the United Nations. The United States intervenes in the internal affairs of Iraq and those of numerous other States and sets aside funds for mercenaries who have admitted perpet…
I will try to be brief. Iraq has implemented everything that is required of it by the resolutions of the Security Council, but the Security Council has not done what it should have, because there is a secret American political programme against Iraq. Everybody knows that that political programme aga…
I wish to respond to the distortion of facts in the statement of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait. First of all, he spoke of the imposition of sanctions as a successful way to settle issues. We believe that the sanctions against Libya and against Iraq have resulted in humanitarian…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep condolences to the people and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the victims of the bombing of the premises of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). We condemn this barbaric act, which viola…
I have the pleasure of introducing Iraq’s amendment, contained in document A/53/L.19, to draft resolution A/53/L.18, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”.
Paragraph 7 of draft resolution A/53/L.18 pertains to Iraq and gives a crystal clear example of the attempts being made b…
I should like once again to reaffirm our position on the draft resolution submitted under agenda item 14 on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The draft resolution should stress the nature of the Agency and commend its efforts within its areas of competence. As to the explo…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Arab Group for the month of October, I would like on behalf of the Arab delegations that are members of the League of Arab States (LAS) to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.18 under item 25 of our agenda, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Leag…
I should like to say first how deeply grateful we are to the sisterly delegation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for having taking the initiative to include this important item on the agenda.
The increasing use of coercive economic measures as a means of economic and political compulsion has led to a…
Since its forty-seventh session, the General Assembly has been considering the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. Every year it has adopted a resolution reaffirming the call on all States to refrain…
Our delegation did not participate in the voting since our contribution was not paid in due time as a result of the full embargo against Iraq under the resolutions of the Security Council and since the Committee on Contributions did not respond to our request for deferment of the payment of the cont…
Allow me to respond briefly to the representative of the United States of America. First, let me remind him that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Has the representative of the United States forgotten that the greatest crimes against humanity have been perpetrated by his own c…
