Mr. President, thank you for your welcome. It is a great honour to be present at this important debate. The fighting over the last two days between Palestinians and Israelis has shocked us all. The casualties suffered by both sides are very high. We have not seen violence on this scale since the Osl…
May I begin by congratulating Ambassador Razali of Malaysia on his assumption of office as our General Assembly’s new President and offer our thanks to his predecessor, Ambassador Freitas do Amaral, for all his valuable work during the fiftieth session.
The late twentieth century is an exciting tim…
Allow me first to congratulate you, Madam President, on presiding over this historic meeting of the Security Council.
The world in which the United Nations Charter was drafted 50 years ago was very different from the one in which we now live. But the Charter and the Security Council have stood the …
May I first congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency in this most important year for the United Nations.
It is nearly half a century since the General Assembly of the United Nations first met, in London. King George VI told the visiting representatives of 50 countries that no mor…
