Let me begin by congratulating Brazil for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. I also convey our appreciation to His Excellency Ambassador Carlos Alberto Franco França, Foreign Minister of Brazil, for presiding over today’s open debate on the important and pertinent…
We thank the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its annual report for 2018 (see A/74/287) and thank the acting Director General of the Agency for providing additional information on the main developments in the Agency’s activities in 2019.
The report of the IAEA is an important publicati…
India is pleased to be a sponsor draft resolution A/71/L.35, on the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
We are happy to note that the IAEA is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary this year. This is an important occasion to reflect upon the critical role it has played in dis…
We would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this open debate. It not only allows us to focus on the multidimensional and evolving threat from the foreign terrorist fighters; it also underscores the need to correctly contextualize the problem and build the right narrative in order to …
Let me, at the outset, thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council. I also thank your delegation for authoring the concept paper (S/2013/613, annex), which gives a perspective on the various issues being discussed under the broad rubric of …
I deem it a singular privilege to be able to speak on behalf of my country on this important agenda item before the General Assembly. I would like to welcome the Secretary-General’s report on the programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery (A/68/291), and his statu…
Let me begin by thanking the Prosecutor, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing today. We have also taken note of her report on the situation in the Sudan, submitted pursuant to paragraph 8 of resolution 1593 (2005).
The continuing conflict in Darfur is cause for serious concern. We support all effo…
I am honoured to speak before the General Assembly. At the outset, I thank Judge Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Judge Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), for their excellent presentations,
and congratulat…
I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply because, regrettably, the delegation of Pakistan has once again raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have peacefully chosen their destiny in accordance with democratic practices, …
I take the floor in response to the gratuitous references by the delegation of Pakistan about the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is and has always been an integral part of India. It is ironic that those comments were made by the representative of a country that persists in its illegal occu…
Let me at the outset congratulate Judge Meron on his assumption of the presidency of the Residual Mechanism, in addition to his continuing presidency of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). I would also like to congratulate Judge Joensen on assuming the presidency of…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for his briefing today. We have also taken note of his third report to the Security Council pursuant to paragraph 7 of resolution 1970 (2011).
India is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, and we have stated our views on t…
At the outset, I would like to welcome High Representative Valentin Inzko to the Council and to thank him for his comprehensive briefing and for the report on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S/2012/307).
It is a matter of satisfaction that there were positive political developments in …
I would like to join other speakers in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Kosovo and the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I would also like to thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić,…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this Commemorative High-level Plenary Meeting Devoted to the Follow-up to the Outcome of the Special Session on Children. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report on this occasion.
The progress made so far in achieving the ident…
India, which is a founder member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has consistently attached the highest importance to the objectives of the Agency. Since this resolution pertains to the activities of the IAEA, to which we attach great value, we would go along with the resolution. Ne…
As a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since its inception in 1957, India has consistently attached the highest importance to the objectives of the IAEA. We actively participate in the activities of the Agency. Since this draft resolution pertains to the activities of the IAEA …
As a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since its inception in 1957, India has consistently attached the highest importance to its objectives. We actively participate in the activities of the Agency. Since draft resolution A/50/L.11 pertains to the activities of the IAEA as a wh…
An important area of the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) relates to the application of safeguards, and the Agency has embarked upon a major exercise on the strengthening of the safeguards system. We attach importance to this exercise, which is aimed at making the safeguards sys…
India has been a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since the inception of that body in 1957. We have consistently attached the highest importance to the objectives of the IAEA, and we are active participants in its activities. Since this draft resolution concerns the activities…
