Allow me at the outset to salute your high qualities, Mr. President, as a statesman and diplomat and to wish you a most successful outcome in our work.
On several occasions, my delegation has stated its position regarding the reform of the Security Council. Today I would like to sum up our position…
My delegation takes this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your delegation’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I also wish to thank your predecessor, the representative of Gabon, who did a remarkable job of presiding over the Council last month.
We associate ou…
Allow me at the outset to express our thanks and congratulations to you, Mr. President, on the way you conducted consultations on this very important agenda item. Allow me also to express our satisfaction at the reconfirmation of the two Vice-Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group, Ambassador Brei…
We have heard the representative of the occupying Power in southern Lebanon denounce the guns of those who are resisting the occupation of their land, a part of their country, calling them terrorists. Why? Because they refuse to be cowed by the oppression of
As we stand at the threshold of the twen…
The delegation of Lebanon would first like to express its appreciation for the important report submitted to us by the Secretary-General on assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon.
I would like to point out that I am referring to document E/1997/96, which was also supposed to b…
I wish first of all to say on behalf of the delegation of Lebanon that the Assembly’s adoption of today’s resolution on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is recognition of the fact that Israel is responsible for the costs and losses caused by the bombardment of th…
This morning we heard a statement by the representative of the Israeli forces that are occupying southern Lebanon that described those people resisting the occupation of their territory as terrorists simply because they refuse to bow to Israeli oppression and because they are committed to freedom an…
At the outset, I should like to say that Lebanon is one of the countries that has suffered most from the Arab-Israeli conflict. We believe that we have much to gain if we can achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace — a peace that all in our region are working towards — in accordance with Sec…
It gives me great pleasure to speak on agenda item 21, entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”. My personal knowledge of Mr. Akashi and his long-established experience and great dedicatio…
On behalf of the Asian Group of States Members of the United Nations, I wish to pay tribute to the memory of two distinguished and prominent figures in the diplomatic world, whom we lost recently: Mr. Paul John Firmino Lusaka, former Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations, who serv…
I would simply like to state that my delegation had intended to abstain and through a technical error the red button was pressed. I would therefore like to have my comments included in the records of the meeting. Lebanon abstains in the voting on this draft resolution.
We consider the work of the Conference on Disarmament in the negotiations to draft this important treaty to be of great significance because it touches on the vital interests of all States, nuclear and non-nuclear alike. Lebanon sincerely hopes that these efforts will succeed in achieving the comple…
Let me at the outset express to you, Sir, the satisfaction of my Government, my people and myself for your positive attitude in convening this resumed session of the General Assembly on the situation in the Middle East to discuss the Israeli attacks against Lebanon and their consequences.
My thanks…
My delegation would like, at the outset, to express its regrets and sympathy to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) command for the casualties suffered by the members of the Fijian battalion through the premeditated and clearly deliberate shelling of their headquarters today by the …
I am delighted, Sir, to express our pleasure at seeing you presiding over the Security Council this month. We are fully aware of your wisdom and your broad knowledge, as well as of your country’s commitment to the cause of peace. We are therefore convinced that you will lead the Council very effecti…
Once again, Lebanon is pleading before you, members of the Security Council, to take action to stop the Israeli military aggression against my country, its people, its territorial integrity, its independence and its sovereignty. Military aggression is a flagrant violation of the United Nations Chart…
Lebanon is the country that has suffered most as a result of the Israeli-Arab conflict. We feel that we have a great deal to gain from the achievement of the just, comprehensive and lasting peace we are striving to establish in the region on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 …
I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to Minister Essy and to the Vice- Chairmen, Ambassador Breitenstein of Finland and Ambassador Pibulsonggram of Thailand, for their timely and systematic efforts in the tasks of the Open-ended Working Group, whose report is now before the Assembly.…
Lebanon is a country where, in addition to the official language, Arabic, foreign languages are widely spoken. French and English are common languages which the great majority of Lebanese learn and use from their earliest days at school and in universities and their everyday life. Public and private…
My delegation is pleased to be one of the sponsors of the draft resolution on the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation. Lebanon is one of the 37 member States of the Agency, the intergovernmental organization of the francophone movement, which is, above all, a meeting point formed around an…
