On behalf of the General Assembly, I have the honour to welcome to the United Nations the President of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and to invite him to address the Assembly.
President Aptidon (interpretation from French): I bring to you, Sir, and to all the r…
In a letter contained in document A/53/345/Add.3, the Secretary-General informs the President of the General Assembly that, since the issuance of his communications contained in document A/53/345 and its addenda 1 and 2, Burundi and the Republic of Moldova have made the necessary payment to reduce t…
The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Her Excellency Ms. Tarja Halonen, on whom I now call.
Finland aligns itself with the statement made by my Austrian colleague, Mr. Wolfgang Schüssel, on behalf of the European Union.
As has been mentioned in other statements, one of t…
The next speaker is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, His Excellency Mr. Somsavat Lengsavad, on whom I now call.
On behalf of the General Assembly, I have the honour to welcome to the United Nations the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Mr. Jerry John Rawlings, and to invite him to address the Assembly.
Mr. Rawlings: Thank you very much, Sir. But I prefer to be called “Flight-Lieutenant” and …
On behalf of the General Assembly, I have the honour to welcome to the United Nations the President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency Mr. Pierre Buyoya, and to invite him to address the Assembly.
President Buyoya (interpretation from French): The fifty-third session of the General Assembly…
We have heard the last speaker in the general debate for this meeting.
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I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in exercise of the right of reply.
I remind members that statements in exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first
